From 257dba8399c63a5523e81eab25c77c866a6f98ee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sommerfeld <sommerfeld@sommerfeld.dev>
Date: Wed, 13 May 2026 13:43:17 +0100
Subject: feat(sway): skip _tb stash when cycling workspaces with super+tab

---
 dot_config/sway/config                 |  6 +++---
 dot_config/sway/executable_ws-cycle.sh | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 dot_config/sway/executable_ws-cycle.sh

diff --git a/dot_config/sway/config b/dot_config/sway/config
index 5a0a6a0..2c2d4bf 100644
--- a/dot_config/sway/config
+++ b/dot_config/sway/config
@@ -117,9 +117,9 @@ bindsym $mod+Shift+e exec swaynag -t warning -m 'Exit sway?' -B 'Yes' 'swaymsg e
 
 # ── Personal keybinds ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
-# Workspace cycling
-bindsym $mod+Tab workspace next_on_output
-bindsym $mod+Shift+Tab workspace prev_on_output
+# Workspace cycling (skips the _tb stash workspace)
+bindsym $mod+Tab exec ~/.config/sway/ws-cycle.sh next
+bindsym $mod+Shift+Tab exec ~/.config/sway/ws-cycle.sh prev
 
 # Volume
 bindsym XF86AudioRaiseVolume exec pactl set-sink-volume @DEFAULT_SINK@ +5%
diff --git a/dot_config/sway/executable_ws-cycle.sh b/dot_config/sway/executable_ws-cycle.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..28a97f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dot_config/sway/executable_ws-cycle.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# Cycle to the next/previous workspace on the current output, skipping
+# the _tb stash workspace. Usage: ws-cycle.sh next|prev
+set -eu
+
+DIR=${1:?usage: ws-cycle.sh next|prev}
+SKIP=_tb
+
+swaymsg -t get_workspaces | jq -r --arg dir "$DIR" --arg skip "$SKIP" '
+    (map(select(.focused)) | .[0]) as $cur
+    | map(select(.output == $cur.output and .name != $skip))
+    | sort_by(.num, .name) as $list
+    | ($list | map(.name == $cur.name) | index(true)) as $i
+    | if $i == null then $list[0].name
+      elif $dir == "next" then $list[(($i + 1) % ($list | length))].name
+      else $list[(($i - 1 + ($list | length)) % ($list | length))].name
+      end
+' | xargs -I{} swaymsg workspace {} >/dev/null
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