After startup, the only window on the workspace will not be focused when workspace is focused

[matejdro]

I have a weird, mildly annoying issue:

I have firefox set to run on startup (exec-once = "firefox") and to appear on specific workspace (windowrule = workspace 5 silent, firefox). This works, but the problem is that, after starting, Firefox does not have a focus, even though workspace has a focus (It has inactive_border color, but waybar shows workspace as selected). Even switching to another workspace and then back with a keyboard does not help. I have to actually use a mouse and click in the window to get it to focus.

Any idea what could cause this? Thanks

Logs of startup: logs_startup.txt

Logs of me switching to that workspace:

[LOG] Keybind triggered, calling dispatcher (64, , 53)
[LOG] Searching for matching rules for code-oss (title: hyprland.log - Code - OSS)
[LOG] Window rule suppressevent maximize ->  class:.* matched [Window 5fc382a5cac0: title: "hyprland.log - Code - OSS"]
[LOG] [WLDataDevice] New offer 5fc382a50940 for data source 5fc382a60100
[LOG] [WLDataDevice]  | offer 5fc382a50940 supports mime TEXT
[LOG] [WLDataDevice]  | offer 5fc382a50940 supports mime STRING
[LOG] [WLDataDevice]  | offer 5fc382a50940 supports mime UTF8_STRING
[LOG] [WLDataDevice]  | offer 5fc382a50940 supports mime text/plain
[LOG] [WLDataDevice]  | offer 5fc382a50940 supports mime text/plain;charset=utf-8
[LOG] [WLDataDevice]  | offer 5fc382a50940 supports mime chromium/x-web-custom-data
[LOG] [WLDataDevice]  | offer 5fc382a50940 supports mime text/plain;charset=utf-8
[LOG] Set keyboard focus to surface 5fc382951eb0, with [Window 5fc382964c80: title: "Task List Home – Todoist — Mozilla Firefox"]
[LOG] Searching for matching rules for firefox (title: Task List Home – Todoist — Mozilla Firefox)
[LOG] Window rule workspace 5 silent -> firefox matched [Window 5fc382964c80: title: "Task List Home – Todoist — Mozilla Firefox"]
[LOG] Window rule suppressevent maximize ->  class:.* matched [Window 5fc382964c80: title: "Task List Home – Todoist — Mozilla Firefox"]
[LOG] [PrimarySelection] New offer 5fc3829904f0 for data source 5fc382a39b40
[LOG] cursorImage request: surface 5fc382979b80
[LOG] CWLSurface 5fc38227f990 called init()
[LOG] [WLCompositor] New wl_region with id 72 at 5fc382994de0
[LOG] [WLCompositor] New wl_region with id 67 at 5fc382994de0
[LOG] [XDGShell] xdg_surface 5fc3829feb60 requests geometry 0x0 2552x1407
[LOG] [WLCompositor] New wl_region with id 67 at 5fc382a6cfd0

[mock1328]

Is this happening since 0.43? I think I have the same or similar issue after update

[matejdro]

No, it has been happening since at least 0.42 (at which point I started uing it, so Im not sure for older versions)

[matejdro]

I found a workaround for this:

exec-once = sleep 3; hyprctl dispatch focuswindow class:"firefox"

it's not pretty, but at least it fixes the issue