From 41f0ee88ffdf2299390eca0fad2a55cb2d6abd0b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: funman300 <funman300@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2026 10:03:12 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] niri: working minimize via declared stash workspace

Mod+M referenced an undeclared 'minimized' workspace, so it silently did
nothing. Declare it, add focus=false so focus does not follow the window
into the stash, and point Mod+Shift+M at the restore picker.

niri pins declared named workspaces to index 1 and will not move them, so
Mod+1..9 are offset by one.
---
 install.sh      |  1 +
 niri/config.kdl | 51 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------
 2 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 1cc8b1f..48d5615 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ ln -sf "$(pwd)/scripts/screenshot.sh" ~/.local/bin/screenshot
 ln -sf "$(pwd)/scripts/volume.sh" ~/.local/bin/volume
 ln -sf "$(pwd)/scripts/gamemode-session.sh" ~/.local/bin/gamemode-session
 ln -sf "$(pwd)/scripts/gamemode-watch.py" ~/.local/bin/gamemode-watch
+ln -sf "$(pwd)/scripts/window-restore.py" ~/.local/bin/window-restore
 
 echo "==> Enabling systemd user services"
 mkdir -p ~/.config/systemd/user
diff --git a/niri/config.kdl b/niri/config.kdl
index b65db03..c157971 100644
--- a/niri/config.kdl
+++ b/niri/config.kdl
@@ -47,6 +47,13 @@ spawn-at-startup "wlsunset" "-l" "49.2" "-L" "-123.1"
 spawn-at-startup "xwayland-satellite"
 spawn-at-startup "gamemode-watch"
 
+// Stash for minimized windows (Mod+M). niri pins declared named workspaces to
+// index 1 and refuses to move them, so real workspaces start at index 2 — hence
+// the +1 offset on the Mod+1..9 binds below. Do not remove this declaration:
+// without it the "minimized" binds silently do nothing (niri validate still
+// passes, because the name is just a string to the parser).
+workspace "minimized"
+
 binds {
     Mod+Q repeat=false { close-window; }
     Mod+F { fullscreen-window; }
@@ -79,30 +86,34 @@ binds {
     Mod+Shift+Down  { move-window-down; }
     Mod+Shift+Up    { move-window-up; }
 
-    Mod+1 { focus-workspace 1; }
-    Mod+2 { focus-workspace 2; }
-    Mod+3 { focus-workspace 3; }
-    Mod+4 { focus-workspace 4; }
-    Mod+5 { focus-workspace 5; }
-    Mod+6 { focus-workspace 6; }
-    Mod+7 { focus-workspace 7; }
-    Mod+8 { focus-workspace 8; }
-    Mod+9 { focus-workspace 9; }
+    // +1 offset: the "minimized" workspace is always index 1 (see the
+    // declaration above), so the first real workspace is index 2.
+    Mod+1 { focus-workspace 2; }
+    Mod+2 { focus-workspace 3; }
+    Mod+3 { focus-workspace 4; }
+    Mod+4 { focus-workspace 5; }
+    Mod+5 { focus-workspace 6; }
+    Mod+6 { focus-workspace 7; }
+    Mod+7 { focus-workspace 8; }
+    Mod+8 { focus-workspace 9; }
+    Mod+9 { focus-workspace 10; }
 
-    Mod+Shift+1 { move-window-to-workspace 1; }
-    Mod+Shift+2 { move-window-to-workspace 2; }
-    Mod+Shift+3 { move-window-to-workspace 3; }
-    Mod+Shift+4 { move-window-to-workspace 4; }
-    Mod+Shift+5 { move-window-to-workspace 5; }
-    Mod+Shift+6 { move-window-to-workspace 6; }
-    Mod+Shift+7 { move-window-to-workspace 7; }
-    Mod+Shift+8 { move-window-to-workspace 8; }
-    Mod+Shift+9 { move-window-to-workspace 9; }
+    Mod+Shift+1 { move-window-to-workspace 2; }
+    Mod+Shift+2 { move-window-to-workspace 3; }
+    Mod+Shift+3 { move-window-to-workspace 4; }
+    Mod+Shift+4 { move-window-to-workspace 5; }
+    Mod+Shift+5 { move-window-to-workspace 6; }
+    Mod+Shift+6 { move-window-to-workspace 7; }
+    Mod+Shift+7 { move-window-to-workspace 8; }
+    Mod+Shift+8 { move-window-to-workspace 9; }
+    Mod+Shift+9 { move-window-to-workspace 10; }
 
     Mod+Print { spawn "screenshot"; }
 
-    Mod+M { move-window-to-workspace "minimized"; }
-    Mod+Shift+M { focus-workspace "minimized"; }
+    // focus=false or focus follows the window into the stash — the opposite of
+    // minimizing.
+    Mod+M { move-window-to-workspace "minimized" focus=false; }
+    Mod+Shift+M { spawn "window-restore"; }
 
     Mod+Shift+E { spawn "hyprlock"; }
     Mod+Shift+P { spawn "powermenu"; }