Feature request: Allow renaming workspaces over ipc (i.e. via niri msg)

[justbuchanan]

I saw #904, which added the ability to dynamically rename workspaces, but AFAICT this isn't exposed in the ipc interface. I think usage would look something like niri msg 'rename workspace 1 to "my project".

My goal is to write a script that automatically renames workspaces to include icons for each program contained in that workspace. I did a similar thing for i3 here: https://github.com/justbuchanan/i3scripts?tab=readme-ov-file#autorename_workspacespy.

If workspace renaming via niri msg is something you'd be interested in incorporating into the project, I'd be happy to try and implement it and send a PR.

[Sempyos]

I feel this could be done by using config includes for each workspace

[justbuchanan]

Thanks for quick response! I'm fairly new to niri and I'm not sure how I can achieve what I want here with config includes - would you mind elaborating?

To expand a bit on what I'm trying to do, here's a screenshot of what I have working in i3:

The code for the script is something like:

for event in window manager event stream:
  if event is relevant (window opened/closed/moved):
    for each workspace:
      title = "<number>: " + [get_icon(window) for window in workspace]
      window_manager.set_workspace_title(workspace, title)

[YaLTeR]

I saw #904, which added the ability to dynamically rename workspaces, but AFAICT this isn't exposed in the ipc interface.

It is, in fact, exposed: https://docs.rs/niri-ipc/latest/niri_ipc/enum.Action.html#variant.SetWorkspaceName

[justbuchanan]

Awesome, thank you!