#!/bin/sh # A UI for detecting and selecting all displays. # Probes xrandr for connected displays and lets user select one to use. # User may also select "manual selection" which opens arandr. # I plan on adding a routine from multi-monitor setups later. twoscreen() { # If multi-monitor is selected and there are two screens. primary=$(echo "$screens" | dmenu -i -p "asdf") secondary=$(echo "$screens" | grep -v "$primary") direction=$(printf "left\\nright" | dmenu -i -p "What side of $primary should $secondary be on?") xrandr --output "$primary" --auto --output "$secondary" --"$direction"-of "$primary" --auto } morescreen() { # If multi-monitor is selected and there are more than two screens. primary=$(echo "$screens" | dmenu -i -p "asdf") secondary=$(echo "$screens" | grep -v "$primary" | dmenu -i -p "Select secondary display:") direction=$(printf "left\\nright" | dmenu -i -p "What side of $primary should $secondary be on?") tertiary=$(echo "$screens" | grep -v "$primary" | grep -v "$secondary" | dmenu -i -p "Select third display:") xrandr --output "$primary" --auto --output "$secondary" --"$direction"-of "$primary" --auto --output "$tertiary" --"$(printf "left\\nright" | grep -v "$direction")"-of "$primary" --auto } multimon() { # Multi-monitor handler. case "$(echo "$screens" | wc -l)" in 2) twoscreen ;; *) morescreen ;; esac ;} # Get all possible displays allposs=$(xrandr -q | grep "connected") # Get all connected screens. screens=$(echo "$allposs" | grep " connected" | awk '{print $1}') # If only one screen, activate it and exit. [ "$(echo "$screens" | wc -l)" -lt 2 ] && xrandr $(echo "$allposs" | awk '{print "--output", $1, "--auto"}' | tr '\n' ' ') || # Get user choice including multi-monitor and manual selection: chosen=$(printf "%s\\nmulti-monitor\\nmanual selection" "$screens" | dmenu -i -p "Select display arangement:") && case "$chosen" in "manual selection") arandr ; exit ;; "multi-monitor") multimon ;; *) xrandr --output "$chosen" --auto $(echo "$screens" | grep -v "$chosen" | awk '{print "--output", $1, "--off"}' | tr '\n' ' ') ;; esac # Fix feh background if screen size/arangement has changed. feh --bg-scale "$HOME/.config/wall.png" # Polybar users will want to uncomment this line, which reactivates polybar on all new displays: #polybar_launch