+#!/bin/bash
+# I, Ian Kelling, follow the GNU license recommendations at
+# https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-recommendations.en.html. They
+# recommend that small programs, < 300 lines, be licensed under the
+# Apache License 2.0. This file contains or is part of one or more small
+# programs. If a small program grows beyond 300 lines, I plan to change
+# to a recommended GPL license.
+
+# Copyright 2024 Ian Kelling
+
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+if ! test "$BASH_VERSION"; then echo "error: shell is not bash" >&2; exit 1; fi
+shopt -s inherit_errexit 2>/dev/null ||: # ignore fail in bash < 4.4
+set -eE -o pipefail
+trap 'echo "$0:$LINENO:error: \"$BASH_COMMAND\" exit status: $?, PIPESTATUS: ${PIPESTATUS[*]}" >&2' ERR
+
+
+# prefer abrowser
+if type -P abrowser &>/dev/null; then
+ b=abrowser
+else
+ b=firefox
+fi
+
+# mark if we dont have a mark already
+if i3-msg -t get_tree | jq --stream -r 'select(.[1]|scalars!=null) | "\(.[0]|join(".")): \(.[1]|tojson)"' | grep 'marks.0: "abrowser"$' &>/dev/null; then
+ h=$(i3-msg -t get_tree | jq -r ".. | select(.focused? == true) | .rect.height")
+ cur_workspace=$(i3-msg -t get_workspaces | jq -r '.[] | select(.focused? == true) | .name')
+
+ # h tests if we have a current focus, but that is just a random guess.
+ if [[ $cur_workspace == 2 && $h ]]; then
+ i3-msg "swap container with mark abrowser; [con_mark=\"abrowser\"] focus"
+ else
+ i3-msg '[con_mark="abrowser"] move workspace current'
+ fi
+
+else
+ i3-split-maybe
+ abrowser &
+ # on a fast computer, .5 is too fast, 1 is ok. on x200, 1 is too fast, 2 is ok.
+ sleep 2
+ i3-msg "[workspace=__focused__ class=\"$b\"] mark abrowser"
+ wait
+fi