commit 9b2026092ea55f3905c324a1e458598e5c37266b
parent 341bb56635320b0d136a5982b88386ea4568802f
Author: Peter <peter@minskio.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2026 10:03:58 +0100
Toggle alt bind script for Overwatch
Window statement rules in Hyprland were too janky. I tried!
Diffstat:
2 files changed, 67 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/machines/atlas.nix b/machines/atlas.nix
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
../scripts/ctimerename.nix
../scripts/duplicate-filenames.nix
../scripts/duupmove.nix
+ ../scripts/hyprland-alt-toggle.nix
../scripts/notes.nix
../scripts/restic.nix
../scripts/scan-to-pdf.nix
diff --git a/scripts/hyprland-alt-toggle.nix b/scripts/hyprland-alt-toggle.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+{ pkgs, ... }:
+
+let
+ hyprland-alt-toggle = pkgs.writeShellScriptBin "hyprland-alt-toggle" ''
+ set -euo pipefail
+
+ STATE_FILE="''${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR:-/tmp}/hyprland-alt-toggle.state"
+
+ DRAG_KEYS="ALT + mouse:272"
+ RESIZE_KEYS="ALT + mouse:273"
+
+ hl_eval() {
+ # Runs a Lua expression via hyprctl eval and surfaces errors.
+ local expr="$1"
+ local out
+ if ! out="$(hyprctl eval "$expr" 2>&1)"; then
+ echo "Error running: $expr" >&2
+ echo "$out" >&2
+ exit 1
+ fi
+ if [[ "$out" != "ok" ]]; then
+ echo "Warning: unexpected response for: $expr" >&2
+ echo "$out" >&2
+ fi
+ }
+
+ do_unbind() {
+ echo "Unbinding $DRAG_KEYS (drag) and $RESIZE_KEYS (resize)..."
+ hl_eval "hl.unbind('$DRAG_KEYS')"
+ hl_eval "hl.unbind('$RESIZE_KEYS')"
+ touch "$STATE_FILE"
+ echo "Done. Alt+Click is now free for other apps."
+ }
+
+ do_rebind() {
+ echo "Rebinding $DRAG_KEYS to window.drag and $RESIZE_KEYS to window.resize..."
+ hl_eval "hl.bind('$DRAG_KEYS', hl.dsp.window.drag(), { mouse = true })"
+ hl_eval "hl.bind('$RESIZE_KEYS', hl.dsp.window.resize(), { mouse = true })"
+ rm -f "$STATE_FILE"
+ echo "Done. Hyprland's Alt+Click window drag/resize is restored."
+ }
+
+ case "''${1:-toggle}" in
+ unbind)
+ do_unbind
+ ;;
+ rebind)
+ do_rebind
+ ;;
+ toggle)
+ if [[ -f "$STATE_FILE" ]]; then
+ do_rebind
+ else
+ do_unbind
+ fi
+ ;;
+ *)
+ echo "Usage: $0 [unbind|rebind|toggle]" >&2
+ exit 1
+ ;;
+ esac
+ '';
+in
+{
+ environment.systemPackages = [ hyprland-alt-toggle ];
+}
