gmeet-hide.md

Hiding Google Meet sharing window

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The given steps are for i3wm but it maybe possible to to do the same on other twms, provided they have functionality similar to scratchpad present in i3wm.

scripts

• gms - here
• gmeet - here

steps:

• add the following rule to i3 config

  for_window [title="meet.google.com is sharing your screen."] move scratchpad, exec --no-startup-id pkill -RTMIN+19 i3blocks, exec --no-startup-id ~/myfiles/scripts/gms
  

  • replace the -RTMIN+19 signal to any signal number you want and you can replace i3blocks with other statusbar programs like dwmblocks, polybar, etc.
  • place gms script at a desired location and reflect the same change on the above line.

• add gmeet block to your statusbar config. see mine

  command=~/myfiles/scripts/statusbar/$BLOCK_NAME
  
  [gmeet]
  signal=19
  color=#d90436
  

  don't forget to provide the path to gmeet script in statusbar config

• make sure both the gms and gmeet scripts are executable

• done

  try sharing your screen on google meet and test it out.