[Feature Request] Automatic assignment of windows to specific workspaces

[henrikjohansen]

I would really like to be able to automatically assign new windows to specific workspaces based on the windows WM_CLASS or WM_NAME property.

This would allow users to specify that application A should always open on workspace x, application B on workspace y and so forth without having to handle this manually by moving windows around or switching workspaces before applications are launched.

This feature should be configurable in sxwmrc - perhaps something like this (inspired by cwm's autogroup feature) :

assign workspace_number [windowname,]windowclass

For example to always place Firefox on workspace 9

assign 9 "firefox,Firefox"

This approach would also work for CLI applications using something like:

xterm -class <program_name> -e <program>

[uint23]

I'm not sure if I added it or it was on my list but I'll check tomorrow

[uint23]

despite me writing the documentation, it seems to have gotten lost somehow. the functionality is still there and can be used like this

open_in_workspace : "st" : 2
open_in_workspace : "firefox-esr" : 1

[henrikjohansen]

@uint23 Works like a charm 👍

[uint23]

ill reopen to remind myself to add docs :p