Can't use windowrulev2 for automatically centering floating windows

[MariaSolOs]

Hyprland Version

v0.33.1

Bug or Regression?

Bug

Description

I've been trying to configure Hyprland to automatically center floating windows. From the docs it seems like I should be able to achieve this with a window rule like windowrulev2 = center, floating:1, but that's not working.

I managed to achieve this by using the following binding to combine both dispatchers:

bind = SUPER, F, exec, hyprctl --batch "dispatch togglefloating ; dispatch centerwindow"

Although that works when using the binding, I wonder if there's a better way workaround...

How to reproduce

Add the following to your Hyprland configuration:

bind = SUPER, F, togglefloating
windowrulev2 = center, floating:1

Toggle the floating status of a window using the SUPER + F mapping above. Notice how the floating window isn't automatically centered.

Crash reports, logs, images, videos

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[MariaSolOs]

with the winrule it only centers when the window initially opens

It doesn't center it at all.

[MariaSolOs]

probably because it doesn't float by default

do windowrulev2 = float, window

I don't want all windows to be floating, I just want all floating windows to be centered initially.

[MariaSolOs]

yeah so specify the windows you want in the window field, that was a placeholder

Yeah I know how window rules work, but I want ALL floating windows to be centered. It's similar to this example taken from the docs:

windowrulev2 = opacity 0.5 0.5,floating:1

But instead of changing the opacity, I want to center the window.

[MariaSolOs]

@phonetic112 This is the output of hyprctl monitors:

Monitor eDP-1 (ID 0):
        2560x1440@59.99800 at 0x0
        description: LG Display 0x058B (eDP-1)
        make: LG Display
        model: 0x058B
        serial:
        active workspace: 1 (1)
        special workspace: 0 ()
        reserved: 0 0 0 0
        scale: 2.00
        transform: 0
        focused: yes
        dpmsStatus: 1
        vrr: 0
        activelyTearing: false

And I set monitor = , highres, auto, 2 in my config.

[MariaSolOs]

It's arbitrary, they open in different positions.
May I ask what do you have configured for monitor in your configuration?

[MariaSolOs]

monitor = DP-1, highrr, auto, 1

Hmmm this doesn't work for me either...

[bvr-yr]

yeah so specify the windows you want in the window field, that was a placeholder

Yeah I know how window rules work, but I want ALL floating windows to be centered. It's similar to this example taken from the docs:

windowrulev2 = opacity 0.5 0.5,floating:1

But instead of changing the opacity, I want to center the window.

opacity is dynamic windowrule, that's why it changes. center is not, it is for newly spawned floating windows.

ok, i think floating windows should already automatically be centered (it is for me), what are your monitor configs?

don't think it should, atleast neither for me. seems like window is centered relative to its tiled position, so if u have one window, it would be centered on monitor.
but if we are talking about new windows(not toggled), yes they are centered by default

u can just chainbind like:

bind = SUPER, F, togglefloating
bind = SUPER, F, centerwindow

from docs:

The keybinds will be executed in the order they were created. (top to bottom)

[MariaSolOs]

Thanks @bvr-yr for explaining! It makes sense now.

It sounds like this is the intended design though, so I'll close this issue.