Inconsistent floating behavior

[nibblebot]

There are two different floating behaviors:

action: toggle float on an existing tiled window
result: floating windows float above the tree of other tiled windows.

 +-------------------------+             +-------------------------+
 |1           |2           |             |1                        |
 |            |            |   Toggle    |       +------+          |
 |            |            |   Float     |       |2     |          |
 |            |            |   ------>   |       |      |          |
 |            |            |             |       |      |          |
 |            |            |             |       +------+          |
 |            |            |             |                         |
 +-------------------------+             +-------------------------+

action: launch new application with --floating rule
result: floating windows take real space in the window layout as if it were tiled

action: alt+mouse1 drag floating window between monitors
result: floating windows take real space in the window layout as if it were tiled

 +-------------------------+             +-------------------------+
 |1                        |             |EMPTY       |1           |
 |                         |   Launch    |SPACE  +------+          |
 |                         |   Floating  |       |2     |          |
 |                         |   App       |       |      |          |
 |                         |   ------>   |       |      |          |
 |                         |             |       +------+          |
 |                         |             |            |            |
 +-------------------------+             +-------------------------+

In both cases, bspc query -T shows the same output.

Launch Floating App:

%  ~  bspc query --monitor 'DVI-0' -T
DVI-0 1920x1080+1920+0 0,0,22,0
  Desktop2 3 16 1 T *
    V m 0.50
      m Nautilus 0x1C0134D 1 3 673x611+2483+202 L f------ *
      m URxvt 0x81599B 1 3 564x292+2598+394 L -------

Toggle Float:

%  ~  bspc query --monitor 'DVI-0' -T
DVI-0 1920x1080+1920+0 0,0,22,0
  Desktop2 3 16 1 T *
    V m 0.50
      m Nautilus 0x1C0134D 1 3 673x611+2483+202 L f------ *
      m URxvt 0x81599B 1 3 564x292+2598+394 L -------

Which behavior is expected? according to answer on #17 it seems the correct behavior is when it takes up space in the tree layout?

[baskerville]

No, floating windows should not leave holes.

I can't reproduce, what's your bspwmrc?

[ghost]

I was having the same issue, but it seems to have been fixed as of the most recent commit.