No way to get current bindmode with swaymsg

[A-Cloud-Ninja]

Currently with swaymsg (unless i'm blind) there is no way of getting the current bindmode without waiting for events

swaymsg -rt get_binding_modes only returns an array of the configured bindmodes.

[emersion]

Does i3 have a way to do this?

[A-Cloud-Ninja]

I'm actually not sure to be honest. I would hinge my bets and say, no, which is why this is more of a feature request than anything in the long run.

[emersion]

Original i3 issue: i3/i3#2711

Would be nice to explain your use-case there.

[A-Cloud-Ninja]

See bars being built like this

They have a bindmode plugin, which currently show nothing in the bindmode until you cue a bindmode event.

It's a quality of life change, not needed but would be nice to have.

[emersion]

But initially there's no binmode right?

[A-Cloud-Ninja]

At initialization of sway, sure, but if the bar restarts while you're in a bindmode, it can't get that to display properly