From cf36da407725615479bc7abb4eba5a545666efe1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Julian Orth <ju.orth@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2026 12:12:33 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] config: add get_connector_by_name

---
 jay-config/src/_private/client.rs |  6 ++++++
 jay-config/src/_private/ipc.rs    |  3 +++
 jay-config/src/video.rs           |  8 ++++++++
 src/config/handler.rs             | 14 ++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 31 insertions(+)

diff --git a/jay-config/src/_private/client.rs b/jay-config/src/_private/client.rs
index d74042c5..7a46f9d1 100644
--- a/jay-config/src/_private/client.rs
+++ b/jay-config/src/_private/client.rs
@@ -560,6 +560,12 @@ impl ConfigClient {
         connector
     }
 
+    pub fn get_connector_by_name(&self, name: &str) -> Connector {
+        let res = self.send_with_response(&ClientMessage::GetConnectorByName { name });
+        get_response!(res, Connector(0), GetConnector { connector });
+        connector
+    }
+
     pub fn get_seat_cursor_workspace(&self, seat: Seat) -> Workspace {
         let res = self.send_with_response(&ClientMessage::GetSeatCursorWorkspace { seat });
         get_response!(res, Workspace(0), GetSeatCursorWorkspace { workspace });
diff --git a/jay-config/src/_private/ipc.rs b/jay-config/src/_private/ipc.rs
index b3df04f6..d002f7b7 100644
--- a/jay-config/src/_private/ipc.rs
+++ b/jay-config/src/_private/ipc.rs
@@ -849,6 +849,9 @@ pub enum ClientMessage<'a> {
     ConnectorSupportsArbitraryModes {
         connector: Connector,
     },
+    GetConnectorByName {
+        name: &'a str,
+    },
 }
 
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug)]
diff --git a/jay-config/src/video.rs b/jay-config/src/video.rs
index c2ada2f6..9dcbea0e 100644
--- a/jay-config/src/video.rs
+++ b/jay-config/src/video.rs
@@ -454,6 +454,14 @@ pub fn get_connector(id: impl ToConnectorId) -> Connector {
     get!(Connector(0)).get_connector(ty, idx)
 }
 
+/// Returns the connector with the given name.
+///
+/// Unlike [`get_connector`], this function can also be used for connectors whose names
+/// don't follow the `<type>-<id>` pattern.
+pub fn get_connector_by_name(name: &str) -> Connector {
+    get!(Connector(0)).get_connector_by_name(name)
+}
+
 /// A type that can be converted to a `(ConnectorType, idx)` tuple.
 pub trait ToConnectorId {
     fn to_connector_id(&self) -> Result<(ConnectorType, u32), String>;
diff --git a/src/config/handler.rs b/src/config/handler.rs
index 9bbc7505..73cf2be9 100644
--- a/src/config/handler.rs
+++ b/src/config/handler.rs
@@ -1592,6 +1592,19 @@ impl ConfigProxyHandler {
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    fn handle_get_connector_by_name(&self, name: &str) {
+        let connector = self
+            .state
+            .connectors
+            .lock()
+            .values()
+            .find(|c| *c.name == name)
+            .map(|c| c.connector.id().raw() as _)
+            .map(Connector)
+            .unwrap_or(Connector(0));
+        self.respond(Response::GetConnector { connector });
+    }
+
     fn handle_get_connector_active_workspace(&self, connector: Connector) -> Result<(), CphError> {
         let output = self.get_output_node(connector)?;
         let workspace = output
@@ -3343,6 +3356,7 @@ impl ConfigProxyHandler {
             ClientMessage::ConnectorSupportsArbitraryModes { connector } => self
                 .handle_connector_supports_arbitrary_modes(connector)
                 .wrn("connector_supports_arbitrary_modes")?,
+            ClientMessage::GetConnectorByName { name } => self.handle_get_connector_by_name(name),
         }
         Ok(())
     }