i3 workspace back_and_forth on mouse click

[schaden-freude]

In i3bar, it is possible to switch to the previously active workspace by clicking on the current workspace icon. Is it possible to replicate that in polybar?

I tried format = %{A1:i3-msg workspace back_and_forth:}<label-state>%{A} but that doesn't work flawless. e.g. It switches to previous workspace only when clicked on the ws-1 icon.

[patrick96]

Theoretically this should be possible by surrounding label-focused with the back_and_forth action. But this would nest actions which isn't handled that great currently, so this doesn't work right now.

I'll open up a separate issue to address the nesting issue, once that is fixed, this issue should be resolved too.

[patrick96]

Hi, I have just pushed a fix for the nested action issue. Now using

label-focused = %{A1:i3-msg workspace back_and_forth:}  %index%  %{A}
label-focused-padding = 0

in your config should work as expected.
Note: You need to set the padding to 0 because the padding is not part of the label and thus there would be no action block on the padding only on the text itself.

Please reopen if this still doesn't work with the newest version