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kovidgoyal / kitty

Cross-platform, fast, feature-rich, GPU based terminal
https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/
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[feat-req] automatically switch to another them when the kitty window is maximized #6630

Closed tx46 closed 1 year ago

tx46 commented 1 year ago

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. I use a certain color theme when I have my kitty in the scratchpad (running i3), which works well. It works less well when the window is maximized.

Describe the solution you'd like When the window is maximized, I would like for kitty to automatically switch to a different them, and then back again when the window is restored.

Describe alternatives you've considered I've considered running external scripts and polling the wm state of the window but it doesn't really sit well with me.

Additional context n/a

kovidgoyal commented 1 year ago

If you are using i3, have whatever binding/commadn in i3 is maximizing the window also change its colors using the kitty remote control API.

tx46 commented 1 year ago

that binding is used to maximized any window that is focused, so maximizing any window would switch the kitty theme, I think.

kovidgoyal commented 1 year ago

In your binding, run a script, have the script query i3 for the currently active window and only then maximize it. And if the window is a kitty window, use remote control to do whatever you want to it, including changing its colors.