From ff2e7577925ac6c920373e91b5a562716ccfb2fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Justine Smithies <justine@smithies.me.uk>
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2026 16:45:47 +0100
Subject: Added a script at the end of afterstart,sh to open a seperate
 cowpager and cowbuttons on each monitor.

---
 .config/cow/after-start.sh | 23 ++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.config/cow/after-start.sh b/.config/cow/after-start.sh
index 8fc38ff..81167a2 100755
--- a/.config/cow/after-start.sh
+++ b/.config/cow/after-start.sh
@@ -35,10 +35,23 @@ mixer vol.mute="$(grep 'vol.mute=' ~/.cache/audio-volume | awk -F '=' '{print $2
 pkill -9 swayidle
 sh "$HOME/.config/waybar/scripts/swayidle-update.sh"
 
-# Start cowpager
+# kill any running instances if they exist
 pkill -9 cowpager
-cowpager &
-
-# Start cowbuttons
 pkill -9 cowbuttons
-cowbuttons &
+
+# start cowpager and cowbuttons for each monitor
+monitors=$(moocow show output | jq -r '.data[] | .name' | wc -l | xargs)
+
+i=$monitors
+while [ "$i" -ge 1 ]; do
+  output=$(moocow show output | jq -r '.data[] | .name' | awk 'FNR == '$i' {print}')
+  moocow focus -o "$output"
+  # Slow script down as it causes problems with the positioning rules in cow.conf
+  sleep 0.1
+  cowpager -m "$output" &
+  cowbuttons &
+  # Focus the lowest active tag (desk nr)
+  num=$(moocow show desk | jq -r '.data.desks | map(select(.active == true)) | sort_by(.nr) | .[0].nr')
+  moocow desk -t "$output" -d "$num"
+  i=$((i-1))
+done
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