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diff --git a/bin/helper_workspace b/bin/helper_workspace
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+#!/bin/zsh
+
+workspaces=$(i3-msg -t get_workspaces | grep -Po '"name":.*?[^\\]"' | sed 's/"name":"\([^"]\+\)"/\1/g')
+
+if [[ ! -z $1 ]]; then
+    target=$(echo $workspaces | grep "$1")
+    [[ -z $target ]] && target=$1
+else
+    used_numbers=$(echo $workspaces | awk 'BEGIN { FS = ":" } ; { print $1 }')
+    max_number=$(echo $used_numbers | tail -1)
+    lowest_gap=$(echo $used_numbers | awk '$1!=p+1{print p+1}{p=$1}' | head -1)
+    [[ -z $lowest_gap ]] && new_number=$(($max_number +  1)) || new_number=$lowest_gap
+
+    target=$(echo $workspaces | dmenu -i -sf green -p "Go to workspace:")
+    [[ -z $target ]] && exit
+    [[ ! $target = [0-9]* ]] && target=$new_number:$target
+fi
+
+echo $target