How to get active workspace

[mshzsh]

I used hyprctl -j activewindow but this doesn't work when the workspace is empty

[vaxerski]

hyprctl monitors has an active workspace field

[mshzsh]

What the fast answer 😄

[mshzsh]

Workspace script for eww if anyone needs it :

#!/bin/sh
CURRENT_DESKTOP=$(echo -e "$(hyprctl -j monitors)" | jq -r '.[0] | "\(.activeWorkspace.id)"')
COMMAND="(box	:class \"works\"	:orientation \"h\" :spacing 5 :space-evenly \"false\""
WORKSPACES="$(echo -e "$(hyprctl -j workspaces)" | jq 'map(.id) | max')"
EMPTY_WORKSPACES="$(echo -e "$(hyprctl -j workspaces)" | jq -r '.[] | "\(.id)"')"

for WS in $(seq $WORKSPACES)
do
    if [[ ! "${EMPTY_WORKSPACES[*]}" =~ "${WS}" ]]; then
        ICON=""
        CLASS="ws-icon-empty"
	elif [ $CURRENT_DESKTOP -eq $WS ]; then
        ICON=""
        CLASS="ws-icon-current"
    else
        ICON=""
        CLASS="ws-icon"
    fi
    COMMAND="$COMMAND (button :onclick \"hyprctl dispatch workspace $WS\" :class \"$CLASS\"\"$ICON\") "
done
echo "$COMMAND )"

[mmahmoudian]

I have a similar setup/script as yours, and I wonder how have you created a hook to update the active workspace in the eww when the hyprland workspace is changed via keyboard shortcut. In bspwm for example [1] one can do:

bspc subscribe desktop node_transfer | while read -r _ ; do
    ...some code here to update...
done

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[1] https://github.com/saimoomedits/eww-widgets/blob/main/eww/bar/scripts/workspace

[ATM-Jahid]

You can connect to socket2.

#!/bin/sh    
    
function handle {    
  if [[ ${1:0:9} == "workspace" ]]; then    
    echo "$1" | cut -d'>' -f3    
  fi    
}    
    
socat - UNIX-CONNECT:/tmp/hypr/$(echo $HYPRLAND_INSTANCE_SIGNATURE)/.socket2.sock\    
  | while read line; do handle $line; done

[mshzsh]

In eww.yuck :

(defpoll workspace :interval "0.4s" "scripts/workspace")

(defwidget workspaces []
  (eventbox :cursor "pointer"
    (literal :content workspace))
)