_sync_layout_controls() fires 3 concurrent hyprctl calls, and refresh()
can trigger it twice per open (once from the clients query, once from
the activeworkspace one) — each rebuilding a fresh set of layout
widgets. Two bugs followed:
1. The 3 callbacks each toggled the shared self._syncing flag
independently (True at start, False at end). Whichever resolved
first dropped the guard while the others — notably the tab-
selection one, which programmatically flips the visible stack
child — were still in flight. That let _on_tab_switch/_on_opt_change
misfire as if the user had clicked, re-applying stale layout data
via layouts.set() to whatever workspace was active by the time the
callback landed.
2. A second _sync_layout_controls() call (from the redundant rebuild)
could land mid-flight of the first, so a stale callback from sync
#1 could decrement sync #2's guard or write sync #1's data into
sync #2's freshly built widgets.
Fixed with a generation token: any sync superseded by a newer one is
invalidated outright, and self._syncing only lifts once the *current*
generation's 3 calls have all resolved. This is what "query the
current workspace's layout when opened, so it doesn't break switching
workspaces" needed — refresh() already re-queried on open, the gap was
in trusting stale in-flight results.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01TLz6HWsXCwzQ97LrLt2em6
Adds a "center-focused" switch to the Columns layout's menu tab: when a column
overflows and scrolls, it can now center the focused window in the column
instead of only nudging the pan the minimum amount to keep it in view. Off by
default so existing behavior is unchanged unless explicitly enabled.
The astal-menu switch widget already existed generically (built for scrolling's
native focus_fit_method) but was hard-wired to that one Hyprland option; it's
now layout-aware and reads/writes columns.lua's own persisted state instead.
- Columns layout publishes per-workspace column/row counts to columns-state.json
and handles a direct "cols +1/-1/N" message. The menu's Columns page now shows a
"Columns (−)[N](+)" stepper that reads the live count and drives it.
- Expanding the taskbar now fully collapses the strip (header included) via its
revealer, so the panel that covers the quads reads as a single module instead of a
thin strip plus a detached card below it.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01SUN7gg6GGfnToghMijLm5Y
astal-menu: the taskbar ⤢ toggle now collapses the compact strip and mounts
its workspace/window panel as a takeover overlay covering the 2x2 quads (with
a Back button), instead of a popover/inline reveal. QuadGrid gains a generic
takeover overlay; the menu window coordinates show/hide and resets on close.
hypr: new "Columns" layout (scrolling backend presented as independent columns)
with a menu dropdown to pick orientation — "Left / Right" or "Up / Down" — via a
new dir_labels manifest field. The layout menu now tracks direction dropdowns and
fit switches per-layout, so a second directional layout no longer clobbers the
first.
binds/scripts: focus & window-move keys (hjkl + arrows) route through a new
hypr-nav helper so they stay screen-absolute in the scrolling/columns layouts
(the layout otherwise resolves a perpendicular direction onto "scroll the tape",
rotating the keys with scrolling:direction). Adds explicit cross-monitor binds:
Super+,/. focus prev/next monitor, Super+Shift+,/. move the window there.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01SUN7gg6GGfnToghMijLm5Y
Replace the layout dropdown with a tab bar (one tab per layout — Dwindle · Master ·
Monocle · Scrolling, from the manifest) over a Gtk.Stack of per-layout options that
switches with the tab. Selecting a tab applies that layout to the currently focused
workspace; the scrolling page carries its options — a "direction" dropdown and a
"center-focused" switch (focus_fit_method). The active tab reflects the workspace's
real (per-ws) layout via the layouts state file.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01XUWCXM4KhjRkwheaA3X7bP
- hypr/layouts/: drop-in layout registry. init.lua auto-discovers layouts/<name>.lua
(each self-describing) and exposes the global `layouts` table: set_default (picked
in hyprland.lua — now scrolling, direction down), set(ws,name,dir) for live
per-workspace switching (verified it re-tiles the active ws), set_fit(0/1). Writes
a manifest + per-ws state for the menu. Ships scrolling/dwindle/master/monocle.
- Scrolling default: column_width 0.5 (active column < viewport so prev/next stay
clickable), focus_fit_method 1 (centered follow), fullscreen_on_one_column.
- astal-menu taskbar pop-open: workspace layout selector + direction + a "Centered"
toggle (focus_fit_method), and a per-window list — [icon+title → jump][⇤ here →
pull to current workspace], keeping jump-to-window intact.
- eww bar menu buttons open the menu explicitly from the top (menu-toggle.sh toggle top).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01XUWCXM4KhjRkwheaA3X7bP
The Open-windows taskbar dispatched `hyprctl dispatch focuswindow address:…`,
but this is a hyprlua setup where `hyprctl dispatch` evaluates its argument as
Lua — so the native dispatcher syntax raised a Lua parse error and nothing
happened. Switch to `hl.dsp.focus({ window = "address:…" })`, the hyprlua focus
dispatcher, which focuses the window and switches to its workspace. Verified it
moves across workspaces end-to-end.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01XUWCXM4KhjRkwheaA3X7bP
A touch-friendly GTK4 popup control centre (Python + PyGObject, wlr-layer-shell)
launched from the EWW bar or Super+D. Replaces nwg-dock and nwg-drawer.
Layout: a floating, drawn-bordered panel (anchored top-centre so it never blocks
the rest of the screen) with a 2x2 quad grid over a full-width app drawer, plus a
top taskbar. Any quad expands over the others; the drawer expands to the bottom.
Modules:
- Location — static OSM map (backend/staticmap.py) on IP geolocation
(libshumate won't paint tiles in this env; shumate-demo is blank too)
- Weather — wttr.in ANSI art rendered via an SGR parser into a TextView
- Bluetooth — AstalBluetooth: discovery/connect/disconnect + local history
- Network — AstalNetwork wifi + nmcli/ip/ss for IP, DHCP/manual, routes, ports,
public IP; per-feature toggles
- Taskbar — open windows from hyprctl, grouped by app with pop-out per instance
- Favorites — pinned apps (right-click/long-press to pin) atop the app drawer
Notes:
- Frontend is Python/GTK4, not Lua: lgi/Astal-Lua are GTK3-only.
- Module borders are drawn with a Cairo overlay (lib/border.py); this GTK build's
renderer skips CSS border/background on plain container widgets.
- Consumes Astal GObject libs (io/apps/network/bluetooth) via introspection.
Wiring: autostart + Super+D/Super+Shift+A binds, EWW launcher button in all three
bar variants, apply-theme.sh (_colors.css), installer packages, config-updater.
drawer.sh moved to scripts/deprecated/.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Amir Alexander Abdelbaki