hyprland-workspaces

A multi-monitor aware Hyprland workspace widget. Follows the specified monitor and outputs the currently open workspaces. Designed to be used with Eww, but may function with other bars. Compatible with hyprland-autoname-workspaces.

Installation Instructions

Dependencies

Hyprland

Arch Linux

Arch users can install from AUR using your favourite package manager.

  pikaur -S hyprland-workspaces

NixOS

NixOS users can use the unstable channel to try or install the package.

nix-shell -p hyprland-workspaces

Crates.io

It can be installed directly from crates.io with cargo.

  cargo install hyprland-workspaces

Building from source

git clone https://github.com/FieldofClay/hyprland-workspaces.git
cd hyprland-workspaces
cargo build --release

Usage

Basic Usage

Pass the name of the monitor to follow as the only argument.

./hyprland-workspaces eDP-1

If you wish to get all workspaces across all monitors, pass the special argument "ALL".

./hyprland-workspaces ALL

It will then follow that monitor(s) and output the workspaces details in JSON to stdout.

[{"active":false,"class":"workspace-button w1","id":1,"name":"1: "},{"active":false,"class":"workspace-button w2","id":2,"name":"2: "},{"active":true,"class":"workspace-button w4 workspace-active wa4","id":4,"name":"4: "}]

You can get the names of your monitors by running:

hyprctl monitors -j

It can be used as a workspaces widget in Eww with config similar to below.

(deflisten workspace0 "hyprland-workspaces `hyprctl monitors -j | jq -r \".[0].name\"`")
(deflisten workspace1 "hyprland-workspaces `hyprctl monitors -j | jq -r \".[1].name\"`")

(defwidget workspaces0 []
  (eventbox :onscroll "hyprctl dispatch workspace `echo {} | sed 's/up/+/\' | sed 's/down/-/'`1"
    (box :class "workspaces"
      (for i in workspace0
        (button
          :onclick "hyprctl dispatch workspace ${i.id}"
          :class "${i.class}"
          "${i.name}")))))
(defwidget workspaces1 []
  (eventbox :onscroll "hyprctl dispatch workspace `echo {} | sed 's/up/+/\' | sed 's/down/-/'`1"
    (box :class "workspaces"
      (for i in workspace1
        (button
          :onclick "hyprctl dispatch workspace ${i.id}"
          :class "${i.class}"
          "${i.name}")))))

(defwindow bar0 []
  :monitor 0
  (box 
    (workspaces0)
    (other_widget)))
(defwindow bar1 []
  :monitor 1
  (box
    (workspaces1)
    (other_widget)))

Advanced Usage

Passing the special argument '_' will output all workspaces, wrapped in an array of monitors. This allows only running a single instance of hyprland-workspaces and simplified eww configuration.

./hyprland-workspaces _

Each monitor will have a sub array, workspaces, which will be the same information output as hyprland-workspaces MONITORNAME.

[
   {
      "name": "eDP-1",
      "workspaces": [
         {"active": false,"class": "workspace-button w6","id": 6,"name": "6 []"}
      ]
   },
   {
      "name": "DP-3",
      "workspaces": [
         {"active": false,"class": "workspace-button w1","id": 1,"name": "1 "},
         {"active": true,"class": "workspace-button w3 workspace-active wa3","id": 3,"name": "3 "}
      ]
   },
   {
      "name": "DP-4",
      "workspaces": [
         {"active": false,"class": "workspace-button w2","id": 2,"name": "2 "},
         {"active": false,"class": "workspace-button w5","id": 5,"name": "5 "}
      ]
   }
]

This helps avoid repetition within your eww configuration, by using something similar to below.

(deflisten workspaces "hyprland-workspaces _")

(defwidget workspaceWidget [monitor]
  (eventbox :onscroll "hyprctl dispatch workspace `echo {} | sed 's/up/+/\' | sed 's/down/-/'`1"
    (box :class "workspaces"
      (for i in {workspaces[monitor].workspaces}
        (button
          :onclick "hyprctl dispatch workspace ${i.id}"
          :class "${i.class}"
          "${i.name}")))))

(defwidget bar0 []
  (box
    (workspaceWidget :monitor 0)
  )
)

(defwidget bar1 []
  (box
    (workspaceWidget :monitor 1)
  )
)

Classes

The following classes are output, to provide multiple options for theming your workspaces widget.

• workspace-button: all workspaces will have this class
• workspace-active: only the active workspace will have this class. Will not be present if workspace is active, but focus is on another monitor.
• w<WORKSPACEID>: Each workspace will have this class to allow for unique CSS per workspace.
• wa<WORKSPACEID>: The active workspace will have this to allow for unique CSS per workspace, when it is active. Like workspace-active, this does not appear when the focus is on another monitor.