From 89c9213617aede2a220a7c3a49e0a76e91e33951 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sommerfeld <sommerfeld@sommerfeld.dev>
Date: Wed, 13 May 2026 13:43:17 +0100
Subject: refactor(sway): stash thunderbird in scratchpad instead of hidden ws

waybar's sway/workspaces has no ignore-list (that option is hyprland-only),
so the _tb workspace always leaked into the bar and into super+tab cycling.
Using sway's native scratchpad solves both: the __i3_scratch workspace is
filtered automatically. We run 'floating disable' right after 'scratchpad
show' so the window lands tiled on the current workspace, preserving the
intended UX.
---
 dot_config/sway/executable_tb-toggle.sh | 35 ++++++++++++++++-----------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

(limited to 'dot_config/sway/executable_tb-toggle.sh')

diff --git a/dot_config/sway/executable_tb-toggle.sh b/dot_config/sway/executable_tb-toggle.sh
index 5288484..e52f20a 100644
--- a/dot_config/sway/executable_tb-toggle.sh
+++ b/dot_config/sway/executable_tb-toggle.sh
@@ -1,31 +1,30 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-# Toggle the Thunderbird main window between the current workspace (tiled)
-# and a hidden stash workspace. If Thunderbird isn't running yet, launch it —
-# the for_window rule in sway config will mark and park it on the stash.
+# Toggle the Thunderbird main window between the sway scratchpad and the
+# current workspace (tiled). If Thunderbird isn't running yet, launch it —
+# the for_window rule in sway config will mark it and stash it.
 
 set -eu
 
-STASH=_tb
 MARK=tb-main
 
-current_ws=$(swaymsg -t get_workspaces \
-    | jq -r '.[] | select(.focused) | .name')
-
-tb_ws=$(swaymsg -t get_tree \
-    | jq -r --arg m "$MARK" '
-        first(
-          .. | objects
-          | select(.type=="workspace")
-          | select([.. | objects | select(.marks? // [] | index($m))] | length > 0)
-          | .name
-        ) // empty')
+# Find the workspace ancestor name of the con carrying MARK.
+# __i3_scratch means the window is currently stashed in the scratchpad.
+tb_ws=$(swaymsg -t get_tree | jq -r --arg m "$MARK" '
+    first(
+      .. | objects
+      | select(.type=="workspace")
+      | select([.. | objects | select(.marks? // [] | index($m))] | length > 0)
+      | .name
+    ) // empty')
 
 if [ -z "$tb_ws" ]; then
     exec thunderbird
 fi
 
-if [ "$tb_ws" = "$current_ws" ]; then
-    swaymsg "[con_mark=\"$MARK\"] move container to workspace $STASH" >/dev/null
+if [ "$tb_ws" = "__i3_scratch" ]; then
+    # scratchpad show reveals it as floating; floating disable tiles it on the
+    # current workspace.
+    swaymsg "[con_mark=\"$MARK\"] scratchpad show, floating disable" >/dev/null
 else
-    swaymsg "[con_mark=\"$MARK\"] move container to workspace $current_ws, focus" >/dev/null
+    swaymsg "[con_mark=\"$MARK\"] move container to scratchpad" >/dev/null
 fi
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