Update always_center_master to work on non-centered master mode orientations

[derethil]

Description

The current implementation of always_center_master only works with orientation=center. It would be nice to have the same option for e.g. orientation=left, so the master window doesn't fill the entire screen when it is the only window in the workspace.

The option name would be rather misleading after implementing this feature, however, so maybe always_center_master can be removed in favor of keep_master_when_only or something.

Use Case

Personally, my ultrawide screen isn't wide enough for the 3-column centered orientation but it's too wide for windows to take the full screen width comfortably. I wrote a small script to handle this by floating and resizing windows but it would be nice to have it builtin so windows are still tiled.

[thejch]

Possible with workspace selectors:
workspace = w[t1], gapsout:20 400 20 400

[derethil]

I completely missed that workspace selector in the docs, thanks - that solves my problem nicely. I'll leave the issue open for now since your PR is related to it.

[thejch]

I completely missed that workspace selector in the docs, thanks - that solves my problem nicely. I'll leave the issue open for now since your PR is related to it.

now you should be able to do
workspace = w[t1], layoutopt:orientation:center
to force center orientation when theres only 1 tiled window
better than the gaps solution IMO

also set master:always_center_master = true of cource

[derethil]

Adding this rule seems to introduce some weird behavior for me (I normally use the left orientation):

• My default workspace is always left orientation. even with 1 tiled window.
• Non-default workspaces are always center orientation, even with >1 tiled window.

After restarting Hyprland again, the above behavior seems to be gone so it might be some weird edge case. All workspaces are now behave as if I have orientation = center in my config.

Are there some other options I should check that might be interfering with this?

[thejch]

probably a bug then. may get fixed in the future but i guess use gaps for now

[thejch]

actually, you can try

workspace = w[t1], layoutopt:orientation:center
workspace = w[t2-99], layoutopt:orientation:left

i think this works

[derethil]

Yep, can confirm that adding that second rule fixes it, thanks. Still seems like a bug though

[thejch]

yea it's bug but i cba to fix it now, since you can always just override it like that depending on your need