#!/usr/bin/env python3 """active-windows: emit icons for windows on the currently active niri workspace, driven by niri's event-stream instead of polling.""" import json import subprocess import gi from gi.repository import Gio, Gtk gi.require_version("Gtk", "3.0") icon_theme = Gtk.IconTheme.get_default() _icon_cache: dict[str, str] = {} def resolve_icon_path(app_id: str) -> str: if not app_id: return "" if app_id in _icon_cache: return _icon_cache[app_id] app_info = Gio.DesktopAppInfo.new(f"{app_id}.desktop") \ or Gio.DesktopAppInfo.new(f"{app_id.lower()}.desktop") # fall back: scan installed .desktop files for a matching StartupWMClass if app_info is None: for info in Gio.AppInfo.get_all(): if isinstance(info, Gio.DesktopAppInfo): wm_class = info.get_startup_wm_class() if wm_class and wm_class.lower() == app_id.lower(): app_info = info break icon_path = "" gicon = app_info.get_icon() if app_info else None if gicon is not None: lookup = icon_theme.lookup_by_gicon(gicon, 32, Gtk.IconLookupFlags.FORCE_SIZE) if lookup: icon_path = lookup.get_filename() or "" if not icon_path: # last resort: treat app_id itself as an icon-theme name lookup = icon_theme.lookup_icon(app_id, 32, Gtk.IconLookupFlags.FORCE_SIZE) if lookup: icon_path = lookup.get_filename() or "" _icon_cache[app_id] = icon_path return icon_path def niri_json(*args): out = subprocess.run(["niri", "msg", "-j", *args], capture_output=True, text=True, check=True) return json.loads(out.stdout) def emit_active_windows(): workspaces = niri_json("workspaces") windows = niri_json("windows") active_ws = next((w for w in workspaces if w.get("is_active")), None) active_id = active_ws["id"] if active_ws else None result = [ { "id": w["id"], "title": w.get("title", ""), "app_id": w.get("app_id") or "", "is_focused": w.get("is_focused", False), "icon": resolve_icon_path(w.get("app_id") or ""), } for w in windows if w.get("workspace_id") == active_id ] print(json.dumps(result), flush=True) RELEVANT_EVENTS = { "WindowOpenedOrChanged", "WindowClosed", "WindowFocusChanged", "WorkspaceActivated", "WorkspacesChanged", "WindowsChanged", } def main(): emit_active_windows() proc = subprocess.Popen( ["niri", "msg", "-j", "event-stream"], stdout=subprocess.PIPE, text=True, bufsize=1, ) for line in proc.stdout: try: key = next(iter(json.loads(line))) except (json.JSONDecodeError, StopIteration): continue if key in RELEVANT_EVENTS: try: emit_active_windows() except subprocess.CalledProcessError: pass if __name__ == "__main__": main()