Hi. Is it possible to add an indicator in the status bar that shows up when there is a window in the scratchpad, similar to the workspace indicators? It would sometimes be useful to see whether there still is a window open "in the background" without opening the scratchpad. Thanks!
A bit dirty solution that works could be a simple script that you append to the i3status output (see man for details):
#!/usr/bin/python
import subprocess
import simplejson
def getNodes(data):
result = 0
if data['scratchpad_state'] != 'none':
result += 1
if (len(data['nodes']) > 0) or (len(data['floating_nodes']) > 0):
for node in (data['nodes'] + data['floating_nodes']):
result += getNodes(node)
return result
r = subprocess.check_output(["i3-msg", "-t", "get_tree"])
j = simplejson.loads(r)
c = getNodes(j)
if c > 0:
print "S:%d" % c
else:
print ''You can save this simple script and call it with i3status, which should give similar result to what you are after.
If you need to output to i3bar in colors, here is a solution that works nicely: https://gist.github.com/brunobraga/6076658 (see the comments)
Asked: Aug 21 '13
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Last updated: Aug 21 '13
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Good idea. I would like to see something like that.