Tweak i3 & rofi to be slightly more friendly

dotfiles/dot_config/private_rofi/config.rasi.tmpl

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ configuration {
   show-icons: false;
   terminal: "alacritty";
   disable-history: true;
-  sidebar-mode: true;
+  sidebar-mode: false;
 
   timeout {
       action: "kb-cancel";

dotfiles/private_bin/private_executable_rofi-i3-rename-workspace.tmpl

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{{- /* vim: set filetype=sh : */ -}}
+{{ if (and (eq .chezmoi.os "linux") (not .is_devcontainer)) -}}
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+CURRENT_WS_NAME=$(i3-msg -t get_workspaces | jq '.[] | select(.focused==true).name')
+NEW_WS_NAME=$(zenity --title="Rename: ${CURRENT_WS_NAME}" --text="New name:" --entry)
+if [ -z "$NEW_WS_NAME" ]; then
+  zenity --error --text="This script needs a workspace name to function correctly"
+  exit 1
+fi
+i3-msg "rename workspace to \"${NEW_WS_NAME}\""
+{{ end -}}

dotfiles/private_bin/private_executable_rofi-launcher.tmpl

@@ -8,11 +8,10 @@ I3LOCK='/usr/bin/i3lock --color 333333'
 if [ -z $@ ]; then
   function gen_options()
   {
-    option_list=("Lock Screen","Logout","Reboot Computer","Shutdown Computer","Enable Screensaver","Disable Screensaver","Toggle Do Not Disturb (DND)","Initiate Backup","Check Email","Create Development Workspace","2FA Tokens","Emoji Picker","Reset Workspace","Grab Screenshot","Calculator","URL Cleaner")
+    option_list=("Lock Screen","Logout","Reboot Computer","Shutdown Computer","Enable Screensaver","Disable Screensaver","Toggle Do Not Disturb (DND)","Initiate Backup","Check Email","Create Development Workspace","2FA Tokens","Emoji Picker","Reset Workspace","Grab Screenshot","Calculator","URL Cleaner","Rename i3 Workspace")
     echo ${option_list[@]} | tr ',' '\n' | sort
   }
-
-  echo "Choose an option from the list below:"; gen_options
+  gen_options
 else
   OPTION=$@
 
@@ -69,6 +68,9 @@ else
     'URL Cleaner')
       coproc (rofi-url-handler)
       ;;
+    'Rename i3 Workspace')
+      coproc (rofi-i3-rename-workspace)
+      ;;
     *)
       echo "Invalid option \"$OPTION\""
       exit 2

dotfiles/private_bin/private_executable_rofi-switch-workspaces.tmpl

@@ -1,15 +1,19 @@
+{{- /* vim: set filetype=sh : */ -}}
 {{ if (and (eq .chezmoi.os "linux") (not .is_devcontainer)) -}}
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 if [ -z $@ ]; then
   function gen_workspaces()
   {
     i3-msg -t get_workspaces | jq --raw-output ".[] | (.name)" | sort -n
   }
-  echo temporary; gen_workspaces
+  echo -ne "NEW\nscratch\n"; gen_workspaces
 else
     WORKSPACE=$@
-    if [ x"temporary" = x"${WORKSPACE}" ]; then
+    if [ x"scratch" = x"${WORKSPACE}" ]; then
       i3-msg workspace scratch >/dev/null
+    elif [ x"NEW" = x"${WORKSPACE}" ]; then
+      ws_name=new_workspace_$(echo $RANDOM | md5sum | head -c 5)
+      i3-msg workspace "${ws_name}" >/dev/null
     elif [ -n "${WORKSPACE}" ]; then
       i3-msg workspace "${WORKSPACE}" >/dev/null
     fi

dotfiles/private_dot_i3/config

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ bindsym $mod+BackSpace exec firefox
 bindsym $mod+Shift+q kill
 
 # rofi launcher
-bindsym $mod+d exec "rofi -switchers 'workspaces:rofi-switch-workspaces,launcher:rofi-launcher,run' -show launcher"
+bindsym $mod+d exec "rofi -combi-modi 'launcher:rofi-launcher,workspaces:rofi-switch-workspaces,drun' -show combi -modes combi -display-combi 'choice'"
 
 # change focus
 bindsym $mod+h focus left