From 8ffd9be38739c511064eec00180187a79fdd8af6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pim Kunis <pim@kunis.nl>
Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2023 14:46:14 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] add script to switch to empty workspace

---
 roles/i3/files/config              |  2 ++
 roles/i3/files/scripts/empty_ws.sh | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 29 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 roles/i3/files/scripts/empty_ws.sh

diff --git a/roles/i3/files/config b/roles/i3/files/config
index 6cdb7c0..945d8f5 100644
--- a/roles/i3/files/config
+++ b/roles/i3/files/config
@@ -178,3 +178,5 @@ mode "$mode_apps" {
     bindsym Escape mode "default"
     bindsym Return mode "default"
 }
+
+bindsym $mod+grave exec --no-startup-id ~/.config/i3/scripts/empty_ws.sh
diff --git a/roles/i3/files/scripts/empty_ws.sh b/roles/i3/files/scripts/empty_ws.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..d4847ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/i3/files/scripts/empty_ws.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -euo pipefail
+IFS=$'\n\t'
+
+wss=`i3-msg -t get_workspaces | tr , '\n' | grep num | cut -d : -f 2 | sort -n`
+nextwss=()
+for ws in $wss; do
+	((ws=$ws+1))
+	nextwss+=( "$ws" )
+done
+
+for nextws in ${nextwss[@]}; do
+	exists=false
+	for ws in $wss; do
+		if [[ $ws -eq $nextws ]]; then
+			exists=true
+			break
+		fi
+	done
+
+	if [ $exists = false ]; then
+		newws=$nextws
+		break
+	fi
+done
+
+i3-msg workspace $newws