Workspace 1 doesn't auto-close when empty and switching to another workspace with active windows

[jorritvanderheide]

Bug Report

Environment

• Output of uname -a:

  Linux framework 6.11.5 #1-NixOS SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Tue Oct 22 13:51:37 UTC 2024 x86_64 GNU/Linux

• Output of hyprnome -V:

  hyprnome 0.3.1

• Output of hyprctl version:

  'Hyprland, built from branch v0.44.1-b at commit 4520b30d498daca8079365bdb909a8dea38e8d55  (version: bump to 0.44.1).
  Date: 2024-10-09
  Tag: v0.44.1, commits: 4520b30d498daca8079365bdb909a8dea38e8d55
  built against aquamarine 0.4.3'

Expected & Current Behavior

Currently, workspaces auto-close when they have no windows and the user switches to another workspace. This in some cases doesn't happen for workspace 1 though.

When workspace 1 shouldn't auto-close: when workspace 1 is empty and the user opens a new workspace (2), which is also empty. In this case, the user should be able to switch back to workspace 1 (the is the current, correct behavior).

When workspace 1 should auto-close: when workspace 1 is empty and the user switches to another workspace that has active windows (this is the bug, this currently doesn't happen). The expected behavior is workspace 1 auto-closing and the first workspace with active windows becoming the new workspace 1.

Step to Reproduce

• Open a window on workspace 1
• Switch to workspace 2 and open a window there
• Switch back to workspace 1 and close the window there
• Switch back to workspace 2
• -> Workspace 1 is still active

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[jorritvanderheide]

After reading your blog article about this, I found the --no-empty-before flag does exactly this.