sway

commit d54c8e885b8bfc6b9922c575d77a5fbe2ac8a60a
parent 2478f2f010bea58d4a7533d82f155a10ed04dd66
Author: Ronan Pigott <rpigott@berkeley.edu>
Date:   Fri, 23 Oct 2020 17:08:30 -0700

commands/layout: don't change the layout of workspaces with children

In i3 the layout command on a workspace affects the workspace layout
only on empty workspaces. Otherwise children are placed in a new
container with the desired layout to preserve the workspace layout.

Diffstat:
M
sway/commands/layout.c
 | 
6
++++++

1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/sway/commands/layout.c b/sway/commands/layout.c
@@ -162,6 +162,12 @@ struct cmd_results *cmd_layout(int argc, char **argv) {
 			}
 			container->layout = new_layout;
 			container_update_representation(container);
+		} else if (config->handler_context.container) {
+			// i3 avoids changing workspace layouts with a new container
+			// https://github.com/i3/i3/blob/3cd1c45eba6de073bc4300eebb4e1cc1a0c4479a/src/con.c#L1817
+			container = workspace_wrap_children(workspace);
+			container->layout = new_layout;
+			container_update_representation(container);
 		} else {
 			if (old_layout != L_TABBED && old_layout != L_STACKED) {
 				workspace->prev_split_layout = old_layout;