voidrice/.scripts/displayselect
2018-09-17 15:46:44 -04:00

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#!/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