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authorLibravatar sommerfeld <sommerfeld@sommerfeld.dev>2026-05-13 13:43:15 +0100
committerLibravatar sommerfeld <sommerfeld@sommerfeld.dev>2026-05-13 13:43:15 +0100
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feat(sway): park thunderbird in scratchpad, toggle with Super+t
Autostart thunderbird on sway launch; window rule parks it in the scratchpad immediately so it runs in the background firing mako notifications. Super+t toggles the window visible/hidden without quitting the app — works around the long-standing lack of native Linux tray support in Thunderbird.
Diffstat (limited to 'dot_config')
-rw-r--r--dot_config/mimeapps.list12
-rw-r--r--dot_config/sway/config5
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/dot_config/mimeapps.list b/dot_config/mimeapps.list
index bd3a703..edc0ccd 100644
--- a/dot_config/mimeapps.list
+++ b/dot_config/mimeapps.list
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ application/pdf=org.pwmt.zathura-pdf-mupdf.desktop
application/postscript=zathura-pdf-poppler.desktop;org.pwmt.zathura-pdf-mupdf.desktop
application/rss+xml=rss.desktop
x-scheme-handler/magnet=transmission.desktop
-x-scheme-handler/mailto=mail.desktop
+x-scheme-handler/mailto=userapp-Thunderbird-CJ20N3.desktop
application/msword-template=xdot.desktop
x-scheme-handler/http=librewolf.desktop
x-scheme-handler/https=librewolf.desktop
@@ -87,6 +87,12 @@ application/x-extension-shtml=librewolf.desktop
application/xhtml+xml=librewolf.desktop
application/x-extension-xhtml=librewolf.desktop
application/x-extension-xht=librewolf.desktop
+message/rfc822=userapp-Thunderbird-CJ20N3.desktop
+x-scheme-handler/mid=userapp-Thunderbird-CJ20N3.desktop
+x-scheme-handler/webcal=userapp-Thunderbird-1BJ3N3.desktop
+text/calendar=userapp-Thunderbird-1BJ3N3.desktop
+application/x-extension-ics=userapp-Thunderbird-1BJ3N3.desktop
+x-scheme-handler/webcals=userapp-Thunderbird-1BJ3N3.desktop
[Added Associations]
x-scheme-handler/http=librewolf.desktop;
@@ -99,3 +105,7 @@ application/x-extension-shtml=librewolf.desktop;
application/xhtml+xml=librewolf.desktop;
application/x-extension-xhtml=librewolf.desktop;
application/x-extension-xht=librewolf.desktop;
+x-scheme-handler/mailto=userapp-Thunderbird-CJ20N3.desktop;
+x-scheme-handler/mid=userapp-Thunderbird-CJ20N3.desktop;
+x-scheme-handler/webcal=userapp-Thunderbird-1BJ3N3.desktop;
+x-scheme-handler/webcals=userapp-Thunderbird-1BJ3N3.desktop;
diff --git a/dot_config/sway/config b/dot_config/sway/config
index f802a30..c2f0343 100644
--- a/dot_config/sway/config
+++ b/dot_config/sway/config
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ output * bg #282828 solid_color
for_window [class="feh"] floating enable
for_window [app_id="imv"] floating enable
for_window [class="Tor Browser"] floating enable
+for_window [app_id="thunderbird"] move to scratchpad
# ── Standard keybinds (sway defaults) ─────────────────────────────────────────
bindsym $mod+Return exec $term
@@ -155,6 +156,9 @@ mode "qr" {
}
bindsym $mod+z mode "qr"
+# Thunderbird scratchpad toggle (auto-parked on launch, see window rules)
+bindsym $mod+t [app_id="thunderbird"] scratchpad show
+
# ── Bar ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
bar {
swaybar_command waybar
@@ -165,6 +169,7 @@ exec systemctl --user import-environment DISPLAY WAYLAND_DISPLAY SWAYSOCK XDG_CU
exec dbus-update-activation-environment --systemd DISPLAY WAYLAND_DISPLAY SWAYSOCK XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP
exec "sleep 2 && ~/.config/sway/display-toggle.sh init"
exec systemctl --user start sway-session.target
+exec thunderbird
# GTK4 reads dark mode from gsettings (settings.ini's prefer-dark is GTK3 only).
exec gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface color-scheme 'prefer-dark'