swayrst

Called sway-workspaces before
Restore workspaces in sway to displays and move already open windows to their workspaces.

Setup

Download
- Either from AUR with yay -S swayrst-git
- Or download from Actions or Releases
  - unzip and chmod +x the file
Setup displays, e.g. with swaymsg output ... or a GUI tool
Move the windows to your desired workspaces
Run swayrst save <profilename>
Repeat with another profilename for every display setup (desk, mobile, work)
Run swayrst load <profilename> to restore
Make kanshi or shikane run this command for more automation

output in workspace is replaced with the display name
The nodes list is used. All workspaces are in outputs (displays)
- Windows are in a list in workspaces
Windows can be nested indefinitely, so node_getter() is used
- This can happen if the user changes the layout of single windows, hence creates a new container
Workspace to output mapping are saved separately from the sway tree json
We get the information about which window is in which workspace from the tree: i3.get_tree(), swaymsg -t get_tree
There is no known way (to me) to identify the exact same windows after a reboot (to move multiple windows of the same tool)
- window is only set for Xwayland windows - and is reset after a reboot
- node IDs reset after a reboot