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‎CHANGELOG.md‎

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## feat - Minimizing like... windows in bspwm
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##### 12 Nov 2025
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**New**
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I added a feature to make it appear as if the windows are "minimized," but they actually hide.
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Then a menu appears with images of your "minimized" windows, allowing you to select one and restore it.
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It's basically another method for hiding and showing windows, but with a nice menu.
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I got the idea from https://github.com/ArnaudLelievre48/Minimizing-BSPWM, all credit to him.
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https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/9e368822-f98d-4102-9c09-835751887c86
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## Feat - Dynamic rofi image header. - Modularized Theme.sh
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##### 10 Nov 2025
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‎config/bspwm/bin/HideNode‎

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#!/bin/sh
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# =============================================================
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# Author: gh0stzk
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# Repo: https://github.com/gh0stzk/dotfiles
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# Date: 12.11.2025
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#
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# Original Idea: https://github.com/ArnaudLelievre48/Minimizing-BSPWM
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#
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# Script Name: HideNode
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# Description: Hides windows and displays a menu to restore them.
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#
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# Copyright (C) 2021-2025 gh0stzk <[email protected]>
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# Licensed under GPL-3.0 license
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# =============================================================
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THUMB_DIR="/tmp/Minimize_thumbs"
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META_DIR="/tmp/Minimize_meta"
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THEME="$HOME/.config/bspwm/config/rofi-themes/Hide.rasi"
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mkdir -p "$THUMB_DIR"
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mkdir -p "$META_DIR"
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hide() {
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wid=${1:-$(bspc query -N -n focused)}
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[ -z "$wid" ] && exit 1
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desktop=$(bspc query -D -n "$wid" --names)
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echo "$desktop" > "$META_DIR/$wid.desktop"
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maim -i "$wid" "$THUMB_DIR/$wid.webp"
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sleep 0.05
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bspc node "$wid" -g hidden=on
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}
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restore() {
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wid=${1:-$(bspc query -N -n any.leaf.window -d hidden | head -n 1)}
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[ -z "$wid" ] && exit 1
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rm -f "$THUMB_DIR/$wid.webp"
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bspc node "$wid" -g hidden=off
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bspc node "$wid" -t 'tiled ~'
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desktop_file="$META_DIR/$wid.desktop"
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if [ -f "$desktop_file" ]; then
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original_desktop=$(cat "$desktop_file")
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bspc node "$wid" -d "$original_desktop"
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bspc desktop "$original_desktop" -f
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bspc node "$wid" -f
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rm -f "$desktop_file"
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else
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bspc node "$wid" -d focused
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fi
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}
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menu() {
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entries=""
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wids=""
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k=0
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for A in "$THUMB_DIR"/*; do
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[ -f "$A" ] || continue
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wid=$(basename "$A" .webp)
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window_name=$(xprop -id "$wid" WM_NAME 2>/dev/null | cut -d '"' -f2)
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[ -z "$window_name" ] && window_name="$wid"
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entries="${entries}${k} ~ ${window_name}\000icon\037${A}\n"
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wids="${wids}${wid}|"
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k=$((k + 1))
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done
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window=$(printf "%b" "$entries" | rofi -dmenu -show-icons -theme "$THEME")
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[ -z "$window" ] && exit 0
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index=$(printf "%s" "$window" | cut -d ' ' -f1)
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index=$((index + 1))
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wid=$(printf "%s" "$wids" | cut -d '|' -f"$index")
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[ -n "$wid" ] && restore "$wid"
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}
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case "$1" in
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--hide) hide "$2" ;;
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--menu) menu ;;
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*) echo "Uso: $0 --minimize [WID] | --menu"; exit 1 ;;
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esac

‎config/bspwm/config/rofi-themes/Hide.rasi‎

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// # z0mbi3 - https://github.com/gh0stzk/dotfiles
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configuration {
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show-icons: true;
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}
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@import "shared.rasi"
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window {
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enabled: true;
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location: center;
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x-offset: 0;
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y-offset: 0;
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fullscreen: false;
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transparency: "real";
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cursor: "default";
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spacing: 0px;
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padding: 0px;
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border: 3px;
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border-radius: 15px;
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border-color: @bg-alt;
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background-color: transparent;
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}
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mainbox {
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enabled: true;
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children: [ "listview" ];
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background-color: @background-alt;
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}
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listview {
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enabled: true;
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columns: 6;
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lines: 1;
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spacing: 5px;
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padding: 10px;
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cycle: true;
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dynamic: false;
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scrollbar: false;
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layout: vertical;
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reverse: false;
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fixed-height: true;
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fixed-columns: true;
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cursor: "default";
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background-color: transparent;
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text-color: @foreground;
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}
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element {
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enabled: true;
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spacing: 0px;
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padding: 8px;
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orientation: vertical;
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border-radius: 15px;
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cursor: pointer;
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background-color: transparent;
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text-color: @foreground;
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}
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element selected.normal {
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background-color: @selected;
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text-color: @background;
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}
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element-icon {
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size: 18%;
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cursor: inherit;
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background-color: transparent;
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text-color: inherit;
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border: 2px;
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border-color: @selected;
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border-radius: 10px;
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}
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element-text {
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enabled: true;
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vertical-align: 0.5;
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horizontal-align: 0.5;
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font: "JetBrainsMono NF 9";
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padding: 0px;
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cursor: inherit;
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background-color: transparent;
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text-color: inherit;
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}

‎config/bspwm/config/sxhkdrc‎

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bspc node -t {tiled,pseudo_tiled,floating,fullscreen}
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# Set the node flags
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alt + {m,x,s,p,h}
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bspc node -g {marked,locked,sticky,private,hidden}
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alt + {m,x,s,p}
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bspc node -g {marked,locked,sticky,private}
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# Show hidden nodes one by one
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# Hide window
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alt + h
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HideNode --hide
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# Show menu to restore hidden windows
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ctrl + alt + h
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bspc node $(bspc query -N -n .hidden.local.window | head -n1) --flag hidden=off
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HideNode --menu
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# ----- Focus/Swap Nodes ----- #
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