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Add support for stripping the name of i3 workspaces similar to how it can be done with their number. This brings polybar up to par with i3bar in that regard.

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https://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html#_strip_workspace_numbers_name

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A section about strip-wsnames needs to be added to the wiki page of the i3 module. The description of strip-wsnumbers should probably also be made a bit preciser:

; This will split the workspace name on ':' and only keep the second part
; Default: false
strip-wsnumbers = true

; This will split the workspace name on ':' and only keep the first part
; Default: false
; New in version 3.8.0
strip-wsnames = true

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i3: Add strip-wsnames analog to strip-wsnumbers
9495926 
Add support for stripping the name of i3 workspaces similar to how it
can be done with their number. This brings polybar up to par with i3bar
in that regard.

Link: https://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html#_strip_workspace_numbers_name
@druckdev druckdev force-pushed the pr3229-i3-strip-wsnames branch from dabdfae to 9495926 Compare October 9, 2025 11:39
druckdev added a commit to druckdev/dotfiles that referenced this pull request Dec 4, 2025
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i3: Normal numeric workspaces on multi outputs
5599ce1 
Use normal workspace numbers with the output name as workspace name, but
strip the name in polybar.

See polybar/polybar#3230 for strip-wsnames.
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