#!/bin/bash # Restore Brave and place its windows after they finish opening. preferences="$HOME/.config/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/Default/Preferences" function enable_session_restore { if [ ! -f "$preferences" ] || ! command -v jq &> /dev/null; then return fi temp_file="$(mktemp "${preferences}.XXXXXX")" if jq '.session.restore_on_startup = 1 | .profile.exit_type = "Normal"' \ "$preferences" > "$temp_file"; then mv "$temp_file" "$preferences" else rm -f "$temp_file" fi } enable_session_restore i3-msg 'workspace 9; append_layout ~/.config/i3/brave-workspace-9.json; workspace 5' brave-browser --restore-last-session & # Brave creates restored windows asynchronously and after startup focus has moved. for _ in {1..20}; do sleep 0.5 i3-msg '[class="^Brave-browser$" workspace="^(?!9$).*"] move to workspace 5' \ > /dev/null done