From 161c6337a4458d93db3b73710dda010cc4083b57 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: kenji <kenji@hakase>
Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2025 12:13:41 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] feat(hypr): add force switching of workspace

useful for going from special workspace to normal workspace
---
 apps/hyprland/home.nix         |  2 ++
 apps/hyprland/scripts.nix      | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 test/force-switch-workspace.sh | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 69 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 apps/hyprland/scripts.nix
 create mode 100755 test/force-switch-workspace.sh

diff --git a/apps/hyprland/home.nix b/apps/hyprland/home.nix
index cc97bf5..978a866 100644
--- a/apps/hyprland/home.nix
+++ b/apps/hyprland/home.nix
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
     ./hypr/animation.nix
     ./hypr/misc.nix
     ./hypr/input.nix
+
+    ./scripts.nix
   ];
   wayland.windowManager.hyprland.enable = true;
   wayland.windowManager.hyprland.systemd.enable = false; # for UWSM support...
diff --git a/apps/hyprland/scripts.nix b/apps/hyprland/scripts.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..95ba9bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/hyprland/scripts.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+{pkgs, ...}: let
+  hakase-workspace-switch-force = pkgs.writeShellScriptBin "hakase-workspace-switch-force" ''
+    # Define binary paths to ensure they work regardless of environment PATH
+    HYPRCTL="${pkgs.hyprland}/bin/hyprctl"
+    JQ="${pkgs.jq}/bin/jq"
+
+    # Get the special workspace name
+    special_workspace=$($HYPRCTL monitors -j | $JQ -r '.[] | select(.focused) | .specialWorkspace.name')
+
+    # Strip the "special:" prefix (Nix escape: ''${var#*:})
+    workspace_name=''${special_workspace#*:}
+
+    # Get the target workspace number from argument
+    chosen_workspace_num=$1
+
+    if [[ -z ''${chosen_workspace_num} ]]; then
+      echo "Usage: $(basename "$0") [number]"
+      exit 1
+    fi
+
+    # Check if we are actually in a special workspace
+    if [[ "''${special_workspace}" == *"special"* ]]; then
+      echo "[LOG] workspace is ''${special_workspace}"
+
+      # Toggle the special workspace OFF
+      $HYPRCTL dispatch togglespecialworkspace "''${workspace_name}"
+
+      # Switch to the requested normal workspace
+      $HYPRCTL dispatch workspace "''${chosen_workspace_num}"
+    else
+      echo "[ERR] workspace is not special"
+      exit 1
+    fi
+
+    exit 0
+  '';
+in {
+  home.packages = [
+    hakase-workspace-switch-force
+  ];
+}
diff --git a/test/force-switch-workspace.sh b/test/force-switch-workspace.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..f812509
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/force-switch-workspace.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# flow
+# check workspace
+# if the workspace is a special workspace, toggle it off
+# switch to workspace based on the chosen num
+
+special_workspace=$(hyprctl monitors -j | jq -r '.[] | select(.focused) | .specialWorkspace.name')
+workspace_name=${special_workspace#*:}
+chosen_workspace_num=$1
+
+if [[ -z ${chosen_workspace_num} ]]; then
+  echo "Usage: $0 [number]"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if [[ "${special_workspace}" == *"special"* ]]; then
+  echo "[LOG] workspace is ${special_workspace}"
+  hyprctl dispatch togglespecialworkspace "${workspace_name}"
+  hyprctl dispatch workspace "${chosen_workspace_num}"
+else
+  echo "[ERR] workspace is not special"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+exit 0