dmenu_test

#!/bin/env bash
# Example using tabreport with dmenu under i3 or sway. It can select a window
# It also supports bemenu: https://github.com/Cloudef/bemenu.git
# It requires jq and uuidgen

if [ "$DESKTOP_SESSION" = "i3" ]; then
    cmd=i3-msg
else
    cmd=swaymsg
fi

function activate_window {
    # The tabreport extension, on the browser side, will automatically focus the window,
    # but switching to its workspace requires `focus_on_window_activation = urgent` (or
    # just `focus` on sway since there's no urgency on Wayland) which gives applications
    # too much power to forcibly change the workspace for my taste. This function uses
    # a unique identifier temporarily prepended to the  window title to let us move to
    # the right workspace, without relying on any i3 / sway auto-switch behaviour.

    key="$1"
    IFS=':' read -ra parts <<< "$key"
    id="${parts[0]}"
    
    prefix="$(uuidgen):"
    # Mark the tab's window by adding a prefix to the title
    tabreport "$id" --mark "$prefix"
    # Switch to window via the prefix
    "$cmd" '[title="'"$prefix"'.*"] focus'
    # Remove title prefix
    tabreport "$id" --reset
}

jqtabfilter='.[] | (.tab_id | tostring) + ": " + .title + " (" + .url + ")"'

args=( -i -l 10 -p switch )

program=dmenu
if which bemenu >/dev/null; then
    program=bemenu
    # bemenu supports a character prefix for the selected option, which is nice
    args=( "${args[@]}" -P 'ᐅ' )
fi

tabreport | jq -r "$jqtabfilter" | "$program" "${args[@]}" | { read -r key _name; activate_window "$key" ; }