One workspace (extras/one-workspace.sh)

SYNOPSIS

wrenctl install one-workspace                     switch to one workspace
wrenctl remove one-workspace                      workspaces back
wrenctl manual one-workspace                      print the manual steps below

A simpler sway: Super+1 … 0 and Super+Shift+1 … 0 do nothing and the bar shows no workspace buttons, so no window can end up on a workspace you don't see. Windows still tile, side by side or stacked, as before. An external screen still gets a workspace of its own. It only changes sway's keys and bar, so it adds no programs. prep/make-install-iso.sh --simplesway ticks it in the install list of the first login.

LIMITS

• sway's own commands still make workspaces: swaymsg workspace 2 works, and the bar shows nothing to get you back; Super+1 doesn't either. swaymsg workspace 1 does.
• Windows already on other workspaces stay there until you move them back (Super+Shift+1 before switching it on).

MANUAL INSTALL

# The keys unbound and the bar's buttons hidden, in a file sway's config includes
mkdir -p ~/.config/sway/config.d
{
    echo "# One workspace"
    for k in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0; do
        echo "unbindsym \$mod+$k"
        echo "unbindsym \$mod+Shift+$k"
    done
    echo "bar bar-0 workspace_buttons no"
} >~/.config/sway/config.d/one-workspace.conf
swaymsg reload

To undo:

rm ~/.config/sway/config.d/one-workspace.conf
swaymsg reload