[SOLVED] Hyprland Startup workspace problem

mia · Yesterday 06:21:41

I had a config which was working before the previous update which used to open browser silently on workspace 2 but from last week it started opening on workspace 1 after the hyprland update

here the config:

exec-once = [workspace 2 silent] vivaldi

i have tried to read the update manual but it was not that helpful. Saw the same question on reddit which had no answers here is the reddit link: https://www.reddit.com/r/hyprland/comme … workspace/

Any help much appreciated!!!

Last edited by mia (Today 07:02:40)

5hridhyan · Yesterday 08:42:27

yes as the reddit user said, try using a window rule instead of the dispatcher.
windowrulev2 = workspace 2 silent, class:^(Vivaldi-stable)$
exec-once = vivaldi

before that confirm Vivaldi or your desired browser's class name with "hyprctl clients"
edit: this rules are outdated.

Last edited by 5hridhyan (Yesterday 16:35:44)

mia · Yesterday 12:29:14

I tried this but still its not working

This is hyprctl client result:
Window 557ee38d6630 -> Hyprland Startup workspace problem / Newbie Corner / Arch Linux Forums - Vivaldi:
class: vivaldi-stable
title: Hyprland Startup workspace problem / Newbie Corner / Arch Linux Forums - Vivaldi
initialClass: vivaldi-stable
initialTitle: Vivaldi - Vivaldi

this is not working:
windowrulev2 = workspace 2 silent, class:^(vivaldi-stable)$
exec-once = vivaldi

I had tried this before and it was doing the same thing as before.

seth · Yesterday 14:21:29

Is the problem limited to the browser? Can you control the behavior of eg. a foot terminal this way?
Is vivaldi running as native wayland client or via xwayland?

mia · Yesterday 14:49:23

I suppose this is a vivaldi problem, other application like firefox or kitty seems to be opening on their respective workspace when "exec-once = [workspace $ silent] $app" is used, when using window rule it opens all the application on workspace 1.

Vivaldi is running as native wayland client

well here is the full hyprctl response:

Window 55a4e09d4c80 -> Hyprland Startup workspace problem / Newbie Corner / Arch Linux Forums - Vivaldi:
mapped: 1
hidden: 0
at: 6,48
size: 1908,1026
workspace: 1 (1)
floating: 0
pseudo: 0
monitor: 0
class: vivaldi-stable
title: Hyprland Startup workspace problem / Newbie Corner / Arch Linux Forums - Vivaldi
initialClass: vivaldi-stable
initialTitle: Vivaldi - Vivaldi
pid: 1476
xwayland: 0
pinned: 0
fullscreen: 0
fullscreenClient: 0
grouped: 0
tags:
swallowing: 0
focusHistoryID: 2
inhibitingIdle: 0
xdgTag:
xdgDescription:
contentType: none

5hridhyan · Yesterday 15:29:43

mia wrote:

this is not working:
windowrulev2 = workspace 2 silent, class:^(vivaldi-stable)$
exec-once = vivaldi

my bad
this shows the Vivaldi's startup model, I guess Vivaldi maps an initial dummy surface on the current workspace (1) very early, then replaces it with the real toplevel
~~try this as a workaround~~
windowrule = move 2 silent, class:^(vivaldi-stable)$
exec-once = vivaldi
You can add a small delay if needed, but that’s just a timing hack:
exec-once = sleep 1 && vivaldi

EDIT:
thanks @system72 for pointing it out i'm really outdated
@OP try this

windowrule {
  name = vivaldi-startup
  match:initial_class = vivaldi-stable
  workspace = 2 silent
}

exec-once = vivaldi

Last edited by 5hridhyan (Today 06:41:19)

system72 · Yesterday 15:49:00

5hridhyan wrote:

try this as a workaround
windowrulev2 = move 2 silent, class:^(vivaldi-stable)$
exec-once = vivaldi

https://wiki.hypr.land/Configuring/Window-Rules/#syntax

mia · Today 07:00:20

windowrule {
name = vivaldi-startup
match:initial_class = vivaldi-stable
workspace = 2 silent
}

exec-once = vivaldi

This Works!! I tried it before but was executing vivaldi first and not the other way around.

Thank you guys for all you help!!!

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