modules/i3/default.nix

@@ -10,9 +10,19 @@ in with theme.colors; {
     wmctrl # For rofi power menu
     xborders # Active window borders
     maim xdotool unclutter # Active window screenshots
-    xsel # Disable middle mouse paste
+    xbindkeys xsel xdotool # Disable middle mouse paste
   ];
 
+  home.file = {
+    # Disable middle mouse paste
+    # May require running xbindkeys -p first time after rebuild
+    # https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/277488
+    ".xbindkeysrc".text = ''
+      "echo -n | xsel -n -i; pkill xbindkeys; xdotool click 2; xbindkeys"
+      b:2 + Release
+    '';
+  };
+
   # Screenshots
   services.flameshot = {
     enable = true;
@@ -64,32 +74,7 @@ in with theme.colors; {
       };
       startup = [
         {
-          command = "systemctl --user restart polybar &";
-          always = true;
-          notification = false;
-        }
-        {
-          command = "nm-applet &";
-          always = true;
-          notification = false;
-        }
-        {
-          command = "nextcloud &";
-          always = true;
-          notification = false;
-        }
-        {
-          command = "(xborders --border-rgb ${builtins.substring 1 6 primary}ff --border-radius 12 --border-width 2 --smart-hide-border --disable-version-warning) &";
-          always = true;
-          notification = false;
-        }
-        {
-          # Disable middle mouse paste
-          # https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/501445
-          # Other solutions such as the xbindkeys approach
-          # will break other functionality, such as panning
-          # https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/277488
-          command = "(while true; do xsel -fin < /dev/null; done) &";
+          command = "(systemctl --user restart polybar &) && (nm-applet &) && (nextcloud &) && (xborders --border-rgb ${builtins.substring 1 6 primary}ff --border-radius 12 --border-width 2 --smart-hide-border --disable-version-warning)";
           always = true;
           notification = false;
         }