Crystal: Window manager agnostic clear transparent workflow for Unix

Crystal helps you maintains a single transparent window all throughout multiple windows and workspaces.

This is the next iteration of Mono Trans BSPWM

Features

• Can be used on any window manager
• No background windows on fullscreen mode
• No background windows on monocle mode
• Navigation between hidden windows
• Auto navigate to previews hidden window after closing
• Runs as fast as it gets! (hint: POSIX compliant shellscript)

Dependencies

• tail, xargs
• A compositor( ex. xcompmgr, picom etc )
• xdo
• xdotool

Installation

git clone https://github.com/salman-abedin/crystal.git && cd crystal && sudo make install

Usage

• Get the WM_NAME of your status bar using xprop and create an environment variable named STATUSBAR accordingly.

  For example, put the following in your .profile/.xprofile if you are using yabar

export STATUSBAR=yabar

• Restart

• Bind these commands to your preferred key combinations

Command	Effect
crystal --toggle [solo,fullscreen]	Toggles crystal mode on fullscreen or solo mode
crystal --navigate [next, prev]	navigates between hidden windows
crystal --close	closes the current window and focuses on the last hidden one

Uninstallation

sudo make uninstall

FAQ

What if I change my status bar?

Change the STATUSBAR environment variable and you are good to go.

Patches

• 05/07/20:- Added tmux status toggling for fullscreen mode

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Repos you might be interested in

Bolt : The lightning fast workflow creator

Uniblocks : The statusbar wrapper

puri : Minimal URL launcher

Magpie : The dotfiles

Alfred : The scripts

Devour : Terminal swallowing

Contact

SalmanAbedin@disroot.org