Sway: Idle inhibit if a window is focused which matches some criteria

[ddevault]

inhibit_idle [criteria] focus|visible|open

[RyanDwyer]

How about [criteria] inhibit_idle focus|visible|open? It'd be less code (don't have to deal with criteria in the command) and users could bind it to a key so it can run on the currently focused view.

[progandy]

Then it should be possible to use it with for_window [criteria] ... as well I think.

for_window [criteria] inhibit_idle  -> configuration for future windows
[criteria] inhibit_idle  -> assign to currently open windows
inhibit_idle  -> assign to focused window only

[ddevault]

Hmm, I'm not sure I like that design.

[emersion]

We could also add inhibit_idle fullscreen to only inhibit idle if fullscreened.

[m-khvoinitsky]

For me it looks like inventing the wheel and making sway do the work of swayidle.
Shouldn't swayidle just implement org.freedesktop.PowerManagement? The only problem is that I was unable to find a specification for it (all links I found are 404). However, a lot of applications and desktop environments use it.

[emersion]

For me it looks like inventing the wheel and making sway do the work of swayidle.

Nah, applications can inhibit idle for a specific surface, making it possible to e.g. turn off all screens except the ones where a video is playing.