feat(i3): shortcut to throw windows to workspaces + balance windows

.config/i3/tabs_in_split.py

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+#/usr/bin/env python3
+import sys
+
+# From https://github.com/i3/i3/issues/4207#issuecomment-792874108
+# Manage windows as follows:
+# - the workspace occupies the full screen, a single container in tabbed mode holding all the current windows
+# - one can choose to split that area in half, horizontally or vertically, this creates two new tabbed containers, each occupying half of the screen; one gets the currently-focused window, IIRC, and the other gets the rest of the windows
+# - any new window created in any of these new containers ends up as a new tab of one of these containers; new windows don't change the screen layout
+# - this process can be repeated on each of these new halves if one so wishes
+# In this way, in ion3/notion, the window manager assists you in creating the layout you need, while giving you the possibility of keeping it independent of how many windows you have in a workspace.
+
+# i3ipc requires installation:
+sudo apt install python3-i3ipc
+# pip3 install i3ipc
+
+from i3ipc import Connection
+
+
+def tab_and_move_containers(con1, con2, other_cons):
+    con1.command('split horizontal')  # force creation of a new parent container for this one
+    con1.command('layout tabbed')
+    con2.command('split horizontal')  # force creation of a new parent container for this one
+    con2.command('layout tabbed')
+
+    con2.command('mark target')
+    [con.command('move window to mark target') for con in other_cons]
+    con2.command('unmark target')
+
+
+def main():
+    direction = sys.argv[1]
+    i3 = Connection()
+
+    con1 = i3.get_tree().find_focused()
+    cons = con1.parent.descendants()
+    if len(cons) < 2:
+        return
+
+    other_cons = [con for con in cons if con.id != con1.id]
+    con2 = other_cons.pop()
+
+    # "bisect" the area of interest (split it horiz/vert)
+    if direction == 'h':
+        i3.command("layout splith")
+    else:
+        i3.command("layout splitv")
+
+    # relocate containers so there are only two of them visible;
+    # con1 will get a tabbed container all to itself,
+    # con2 and other_cons will go in the other tabbed container
+    # tab_and_move_containers(con1, con2, other_cons)
+    tab_and_move_containers(con2, con1, other_cons)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
+