saving position of sticky tiling window

[loosefish-scapegrace]

hi,

a common occurrence for me when using bspwm is that moving between desktops with a tiling sticky window open does not preserve the tree position of the window, which messes with the existing layout when switching back. i tried to create a script which saves the last position in a receptacle but it didn't really work. any ideas?

[loosefish-scapegrace]

update: after asking for help on the IRC, i ended up with this script which seems to work perfectly:

#!/bin/sh
# deal with sticky windows when moving workspaces.
test -z "$1" && exit

# path format: desktop/stickywindow: parent
bspc query -N -n '.local.leaf.!hidden.sticky' | while read -r wid; do
	[ "$(bsp_countwindows)" = 1 ] && break
	dir="$HOME/run/bspsticky/$(bspc query -D -d focused)"
	mkdir -p "$dir"
	bspc node "$wid" -i
	bspc query -N "$wid" -n '@brother.leaf.!window' > "${dir}/${wid}"
done

bspc desktop -f "$1"

bspc query -N -n '.local.leaf.!hidden.sticky' | while read -r wid; do
	dir="$HOME/run/bspsticky/$(bspc query -D -d focused)"
	[ "$(bsp_countwindows)" = 1 ] && break
	stdir="${dir}/${wid}"
	if [ -s "$stdir" ]; then
		recep="$(cat "$stdir")"
		bspc node "$wid" -n "$recep"
		rm "$stdir"
	fi
done