Custom spawn location for floating windows

[fug4r]

Issue description

I have set a bunch of floating rules in my config for certain programs and this has worked fine, but I'd like to make them spawn in a specific location and can't find an option for it. It would be perfect if I could even make a global rule for all floating windows to spawn with a certain offset from the top-right corner.

Thanks for the help!

Version

0.25.1.dev0+g005da458.d20240413

Backend

X11 (default)

Config

# Layout theme and layouts
layout_theme = {
    "margin": 6,
    "border_width": 3,
    "border_focus": workspaceColor,
    "border_normal": chordColor,
}

layouts = [
    layout.MonadTall(**layout_theme),
    # layout.RatioTile(**layout_theme),
    layout.Max(**layout_theme),
]

groups.append(
    ScratchPad(
        "scratchpad",
        [
            DropDown(
                "term1", "kitty --class=scratch", width=0.8, height=0.8, x=0.1, y=0.1
            ),
            DropDown(
                "term2", "kitty --class=scratch", width=0.8, height=0.8, x=0.1, y=0.1
            ),
        ],
    )
)

keys.extend(
    [
        Key(
            [mod],
            "n",
            lazy.group["scratchpad"].dropdown_toggle("term1"),
            desc="Terminal scratchpad 1",
        ),
        Key(
            [mod],
            "m",
            lazy.group["scratchpad"].dropdown_toggle("term2"),
            desc="Terminal scratchpad 2",
        ),
    ]
)

widget_defaults = dict(
    font="JetBrainsMono Nerd Font Mono",
    fontsize=12,
    padding=3,
)
extension_defaults = widget_defaults.copy()

# Drag floating layouts.
mouse = [
    Drag(
        [mod],
        "Button1",
        lazy.window.set_position_floating(),
        start=lazy.window.get_position(),
    ),
    Drag(
        [mod], "Button3", lazy.window.set_size_floating(), start=lazy.window.get_size()
    ),
    Click([mod], "Button2", lazy.window.bring_to_front()),
]

dgroups_key_binder = None
dgroups_app_rules = []  # type: list
follow_mouse_focus = True
bring_front_click = False
floats_kept_above = True
cursor_warp = False
floating_layout = layout.Floating(
    float_rules=[
        # Run the utility of `xprop` to see the wm class and name of an X client.
        *layout.Floating.default_float_rules,
        Match(wm_class="confirmreset"),  # gitk
        Match(wm_class="makebranch"),  # gitk
        Match(wm_class="maketag"),  # gitk
        Match(wm_class="ssh-askpass"),  # ssh-askpass
        Match(title="branchdialog"),  # gitk
        Match(title="pinentry"),  # GPG key password entry
        Match(wm_class="blueman-manager"),  # blueman

        # New float rules
        Match(wm_class="HardwareSimulatorMain"),
        Match(wm_class="CPUEmulatorMain"),
        Match(wm_class="VMEmulatorMain"),
        Match(wm_class="HackAssemblerMain"),
    ],
    border_width=3,
    border_focus=workspaceColor,
    border_normal=chordColor,
)
auto_fullscreen = True
focus_on_window_activation = "smart"
reconfigure_screens = True


# Autorstart commands
@hook.subscribe.startup_once
def autostart():
    home = os.path.expanduser("~/.config/qtile/autostart")
    subprocess.Popen([home])

Logs

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[elParaguayo]

Interesting idea.

This can obviously be done with hooks (e.g. client_managed) but allowing float_rules to take Rule objects would seem reasonable too.

[fug4r]

Alright I'll look into the hooks solution for the time being and come back here if I am still having issues.