Named workspaces no longer appear in the order they are defined in.

[blackdragon2447]

Since 0.1.9, name workspaces do no longer appear in the order they are defined in, now seemingly appearing in a random order. New (unnamed) workspaces being created will cause this order to be reshuffled, with the unnamed workspaces appearing somewhere between the named ones. The order is different every startup.

System Information

• niri version: niri stable 0.1.9

• Distro: NixOS 24.11

• GPU: Intel 11th Gen i7-1165G7 Builtin graphics

• CPU: Intel 11th Gen i7-1165G7

[YaLTeR]

Could you show your niri config.kdl? Also if you run nested niri in a window then inside run niri msg workspaces, is it also inconsistent every startup?

[blackdragon2447]

input {
    keyboard {
        xkb {
            layout ""
            model ""
            rules ""
            variant ""
            options "caps:menu"
        }
        repeat-delay 600
        repeat-rate 25
        track-layout "global"
    }
    touchpad {
        tap
        natural-scroll
        accel-speed 0.000000
        click-method "clickfinger"
        tap-button-map "left-right-middle"
    }
    mouse { accel-speed 0.000000; }
    trackpoint { accel-speed 0.000000; }
    tablet
    touch
    focus-follows-mouse
}

output "eDP-1" {
    scale 1
    transform "normal"
}

screenshot-path "~/Pictures/Screenshots/Screenshot from %Y-%m-%d %H-%M-%S.png"

prefer-no-csd

layout {
    gaps 16
    struts {
        left 0
        right 0
        top 0
        bottom 0
    }
    focus-ring {
        width 2
        active-color "#f04339"
        inactive-color "#22262d"
    }
    border { off; }
    default-column-width
    center-focused-column "never"
}

cursor {
    xcursor-theme "default"
    xcursor-size 12
}

hotkey-overlay
environment {
    "ELECTRON_OZONE_PLATFORM_HINT" "auto"
    "MOZ_ENABLE_WAYLAND" "1"
    "_JAVA_AWT_WM_NONREPARENTING" "1"
}
binds {
    // snip
}

// Worlspaces here
workspace " "
workspace "󰈹 "
workspace " "
workspace " "

spawn-at-startup "/nix/store/wxkxcrd3vlgjpgma9xffsysmnnsjf4fd-cage-0.1.5-unstable-2024-07-29/bin/cage" "Discord"
spawn-at-startup "cinny"
spawn-at-startup "firefox"
spawn-at-startup "thunderbird"
spawn-at-startup "waybar"

window-rule {
    match app-id="firefox"
    open-on-workspace "01-browser"
}
window-rule {
    match title=".*Discord"
    match app-id="cinny"
    match app-id=".*nheko.*"
    open-on-workspace "chat"
}
window-rule {
    match app-id="thunderbird"
    open-on-workspace "03-mail"
}

animations { slowdown 1.000000; }

niri msg workspaces is correct in a nested session, niri msg -j workspaces is not however.

Edit: format config

[YaLTeR]

niri msg -j workspaces ordering is undefined. They all have an index field that is the number you're looking for (index of that workspace on its output).

[blackdragon2447]

Ah, that explains, it seemed (intentional or not) consistent in past versions. Anyway, thank you, that fixes my issue.