vanadium/xmonad: shift windows based on dynamic title property

We spawn discord on certain window, and ignore its activation request

nix/configurations/vanadium/home/xmonad/xmonad.hs

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import XMonad.Hooks.EwmhDesktops
 import XMonad.Hooks.InsertPosition
 import XMonad.Hooks.ManageDocks
 import XMonad.Hooks.ManageHelpers
+import XMonad.Hooks.OnPropertyChange
 import XMonad.Hooks.RefocusLast
 import XMonad.Hooks.StatusBar
 import XMonad.Layout.NoBorders
@@ -24,12 +25,12 @@ import XMonad.Util.NamedScratchpad
 import XMonad.Util.SpawnOnce
 import XMonad.Layout.Magnifier
 
+import Data.Char.Greek
+import Data.Semigroup
 import qualified Data.Map.Strict as M
 import System.Posix
 import Graphics.X11.ExtraTypes.XF86
 
-import Data.Char.Greek
-
 main :: IO ()
 main =
   xmonad
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ main =
   -- https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/java#Gray_window,_applications_not_resizing_with_WM,_menus_immediately_closing
   . javaHack
   . withSB xmobarConfig . docks
+  . setEwmhActivateHook myActivateHook
   . ewmhFullscreen . ewmh
   $ def
       { modMask            = superMask
@@ -50,6 +52,7 @@ main =
       , startupHook        = myStartupHook
       , layoutHook         = myLayout
       , manageHook         = myManageHook
+      , handleEventHook    = myEventHandleHook
       }
 
     -- Only remove mappings that needs pass through
@@ -66,31 +69,88 @@ myLayout =
    in avoidStruts . smartBorders $
         mag tallr ||| Full
 
-isOneOf :: Eq a => Query a -> [a] -> Query Bool
-isOneOf q = fmap or . traverse (q =?)
+isSioyek :: Query Bool
+isSioyek = className =? "sioyek"
+
+isDiscord :: Query Bool
+isDiscord =
+  let electronDiscord = className =? "discord"
+      firefoxDiscord = isFirefox <&&> title ~? "Discord"
+  in  electronDiscord <||> firefoxDiscord
+
+isEvolution :: Query Bool
+isEvolution = className ~? "gnome.Evolution"
+
+isFirefox :: Query Bool
+isFirefox = className =? "firefox"
+
+isSpotify :: Query Bool
+isSpotify = isFirefox <&&> title ~? "Spotify"
+
+isFirefoxPip :: Query Bool
+isFirefoxPip = isFirefox <&&> title =? "Picture-in-Picture"
+
+isFeh :: Query Bool
+isFeh = className =? "feh"
+
+isNautilus :: Query Bool
+isNautilus = className ~? "Nautilus"
+
+isNautilusPreviewer :: Query Bool
+isNautilusPreviewer = className ~? "NautilusPreviewer"
+
+isMinder :: Query Bool
+isMinder = className =? "Minder" <&&> (not <$> title ~? "Pick a Color")
+
+isKitty :: Query Bool
+isKitty = className =? "kitty"
+
+myActivateHook :: ManageHook
+myActivateHook =
+  -- Ignore activate request
+  composeOne
+    [ isDiscord   -?> mempty
+    , isEvolution -?> mempty
+    , isSioyek    -?> mempty
+    , isFeh       -?> mempty
+    , return True -?> doFocus
+    ]
 
 myManageHook :: ManageHook
 myManageHook =
   composeAll
-    [ className ~? "NautilusPreviewer"  --> customFloating centeredFloat
-    , className =? "feh"                --> customFloating buttomRightFloat
-    , className =? "Minder"
-          <&&> not <$> title ~? "Pick a Color" -- ignore the color picker
-        --> customFloating centeredFloat
-    , className =? "firefox"
-          <&&> title =? "Picture-in-Picture"
-        --> doFloat
-    , namedScratchpadManageHook myScratchpads
+    [ isNautilusPreviewer      --> customFloating centeredFloat
+    , isFeh                    --> customFloating buttomRightFloat
+    , isMinder                 --> customFloating centeredFloat
+    , isFirefoxPip             --> doFloat
+    , isDiscord                --> (doF $ W.shift chatWS)
+    , isEvolution              --> (doF $ W.shift chatWS)
     ]
   <> composeOne
-    [ className =? "firefox" -?> insertPosition Master Newer
-    , className =? "kitty"   -?> insertPosition Below Newer
-    , className `isOneOf`
-          [ "sioyek"
-          , "Nautilus"
-          ]
-        -?> insertPosition End Older
+    [ isFirefox                -?> insertPosition Master Newer
+    , isKitty                  -?> insertPosition Below Newer
+    , isNautilus <||> isSioyek -?> insertPosition End Older
     ]
+  <> namedScratchpadManageHook myScratchpads
+
+myEventHandleHook :: Event -> X All
+myEventHandleHook =
+  -- TODO: is there a way to always open certain sites in new windows in firefox?
+  onTitleChange $ composeAll
+    [ isSpotify --> doShiftAndViewIfMoved multimediaWS
+    , isDiscord --> doShiftAndViewIfMoved chatWS
+    ]
+
+-- If the title changes in the background, we don't want to greedy view that workspace.
+-- Imagine Spotify playing in the background, a track change would focus that workspace.
+-- We prevent this by checking if the window is already there.
+doShiftAndViewIfMoved :: WorkspaceId -> Query (Endo WindowSet)
+doShiftAndViewIfMoved n = doF . shiftAndViewIfMoved n =<< ask
+
+shiftAndViewIfMoved :: WorkspaceId -> Window -> WindowSet -> WindowSet
+shiftAndViewIfMoved n w s = case W.findTag w s of
+  Just from | n `W.tagMember` s && n /= from -> W.greedyView n $ W.shiftWin n w s
+  _ -> s
 
 myStartupHook :: X ()
 myStartupHook = do
@@ -223,9 +283,15 @@ superMask, altMask :: KeyMask
 superMask = mod4Mask
 altMask = mod1Mask
 
-myWorkspaces :: [String]
+myWorkspaces :: [WorkspaceId]
 myWorkspaces = map (:[]) $ take 8 greekLower
 
+multimediaWS :: WorkspaceId
+multimediaWS = myWorkspaces !! 6
+
+chatWS :: WorkspaceId
+chatWS = myWorkspaces !! 3
+
 centeredFloat, smallFloat, fullFloat, buttomRightFloat :: W.RationalRect
 centeredFloat    = W.RationalRect (1/9) (1/9) (7/9) (7/9)
 smallFloat       = W.RationalRect (3/5) (3/5) (2/7) (2/7)

nix/disko/vanadium/btrfs.nix

@@ -75,7 +75,10 @@
                 };
 
                 "/home" = {
-                  mountOptions = [ "noatime" ];
+                  mountOptions = [
+                    "compress=zstd"
+                    "noatime"
+                  ];
                   mountpoint = "/home";
                 };
 

nix/homeModules/common/firefox.nix

@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@ in
         "browser.ctrlTab.sortByRecentlyUsed" = false;
         "layout.css.devPixelsPerPx" = 1.1;
 
+        # open links in new window
+        # this works a lot better with xmonad where I have a bunch of windows
+        "browser.link.open_newwindow" = 2;
+
         # Sponsored crap
         # Yes
         "browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.showSearch" = true;