Investigate possibility of implementing of Auto Profile functionality for Wayland

[pktiuk]

LInked with: #301

Check whether Autoprofile Functionality is doable with wayland API.

If yes then implement it, if no make visible note about it in app.

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UPDATE

This functionality will be broken until flatpak/wayland will implement any way of getting info about active windows:

You can track the progress of this task here flatpak/xdg-desktop-portal#304 (but there is a very low chance of getting it anytime soon)

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[Figuera]

It should be possible. At least in wlroots (the Sway Compositor) matching windows is a little difference than from X. We usually use 3 windows properties:

app_id: Window's name. For Wayland native Windows.
class: Window's class name. For X windows running on Xwayland.
title: Window's public title. For both Wayland and X windows, generally used as a secondary matching option.

I will probably be able to implement the functionally on my machine using Sway + AntiMicroX CLI

[pktiuk]

I will probably be able to implement the functionally on my machine using Sway + AntiMicroX CLI

Really? That would be great.

[pktiuk]

Are there any (popular) DE-s which will not be compatible with your implementation?

[Figuera]

My initial implementation was proven faulty. I could get the profile to change when my target window is created but not when it is switched out or into focus. I will give it a look and try create a more complex script.

Are there any (popular) DE-s which will not be compatible with your implementation?

Unfortunately I am not capable to answer that question in its full. Sway is a i3 like windows manager so we get a lot of mid level configuration easily available.

For other popular desktop environment things would be different. But, for example, Gnome based desktops are using Mutter, which is the same for X and Wayland, so I would imagine that whatever you guys are currently doing for X should work for Wayland with some tweaks.

[pktiuk]

which is the same for X and Wayland, so I would imagine that whatever you guys are currently doing for X should work for Wayland with some tweaks.

I was not aware of that, maybe there are some universal ways of obtaining info about currently opened windows.

[pktiuk]

My initial implementation was proven faulty. I could get the profile to change when my target window is created but not when it is switched out or into focus. I will give it a look and try create a more complex script.

I am not sure whether is it worth your effort to work with solution making this feature available for only small fraction of users. I will try to look for something more universal.

[Figuera]

My initial implementation was proven faulty. I could get the profile to change when my target window is created but not when it is switched out or into focus. I will give it a look and try create a more complex script.

I am not sure whether is it worth your effort to work with solution making this feature available for only small fraction of users. I will try to look for something more universal.

I understand. I do not intend to send a pull request. It is more of a personal project while you guys can implement the feature.

Sorry for not being able to be of greater help.

[pktiuk]

At first glance this seems to be not implementable (at least not easily because of security reasons: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45465016/how-do-i-get-the-active-window-on-gnome-wayland)

[Figuera]

At first glance this seems to be not implementable (at least not easily because of security reasons: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45465016/how-do-i-get-the-active-window-on-gnome-wayland)

A shame that mutter hasn't implemented the protocol. Although, from what I understood, it is possible through some other (possibly unreliable) Gnome API.

I did manage to get it working on my machine using a python script, I will keep it here in case somewhere else is interested and stumble in this thread:

My python daemon:

https://pastebin.com/raw/2stA0hBv

The configuration file (Maps windows to profiles):

https://pastebin.com/raw/Jas1KYL6

It is still a naive implementation. I am not experience in writing this type of software and I haven't tested it extensively but it seems to be working fine for my needs.

[pktiuk]

This script is a good workaround for sway users.
Unluckily, other users can't use it.

I am closing because it is not implementable (at least for now) 😞 .

[pktiuk]

This functionality will be broken until flatpak/wayland will implement any way of getting info about active windows:

• Add a portal to see currently open windows flatpak/xdg-desktop-portal#304