[BUG] toggleing special workspace execute command but not open workspace

[Unrectified]

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Step 2. Version info

Version info

Packages:
    caelestia-shell-git 1.4.0.r6.g1b4b90a-1
    caelestia-cli-git 1.0.2.r19.g55590bd-1
    caelestia-meta r151.cadf1e2-1

Caelestia:
    Last commit: 40412d343bb6aac37b85dcb9f3024ff23894cf3d
    Commit message: hypr: fix new hyprland rules (#256)  

Shell:
     caelestia-shell 1.4.0, revision 1b4b90a3ad9532f7002ef2593d8efb68443f21f3, distrubuted by: AUR (package: caelestia-shell-git)

Quickshell:
    quickshell 0.2.1, revision 41828c4180fb921df7992a5405f5ff05d2ac2fff, distributed by: AUR (package: quickshell-git)

Step 3. Describe the issue

here a custom special workspace in my cli.json:

        "controlcenter": {
            "Caelestia Settings - Network": {
                "enable": true,
                "match": [{"initialTitle": "Caelestia Settings - Network"}],
                "command": ["caelestia", "shell", "controlCenter", "open"],
                "move": true
            }
        }

When I execute caelestia toggle controlcenter it open up the controlcenter page without opening it in the special workspace. If I execute it again it will open the special workspace and move the page in it. Is it a missconfiguration? I tried others confg like this as an e.g.

        "controlcenter": {
            "org.quickshell": {
                "enable": true,
                "match": [{"class":"org.quickshell","initialTitle": "Caelestia Settings - Network"}],
                "command": ["caelestia", "shell", "controlCenter", "open"],
                "move": true
            }
        }

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[Mestane]

I tested it on my setup and I think I figured out why it's behaving this way.

Commands like caelestia shell controlCenter open seem to create windows through IPC, so Hyprland's [workspace special:X] rule gets ignored and the window opens on the current workspace.

The behavior also makes sense when running caelestia shell controlCenter open multiple times. The first time the command is executed, the window gets created but togglespecialworkspace is never called because spawned is true. When the same command is executed again, the window already exists, so spawning is skipped and togglespecialworkspace finally runs, moving the window to the special workspace.

That's what I'm seeing from my testing, at least.

It seems this could be addressed by introducing a per-client option to perform togglespecialworkspace after spawning. That way, IPC-spawned windows can still be moved to the intended special workspace even when the initial spawn succeeds.

[Unrectified]

I tested it on my setup and I think I figured out why it's behaving this way.

Commands like caelestia shell controlCenter open seem to create windows through IPC, so Hyprland's [workspace special:X] rule gets ignored and the window opens on the current workspace.

The behavior also makes sense when running caelestia shell controlCenter open multiple times. The first time the command is executed, the window gets created but togglespecialworkspace is never called because spawned is true. When the same command is executed again, the window already exists, so spawning is skipped and togglespecialworkspace finally runs, moving the window to the special workspace.

That's what I'm seeing from my testing, at least.

It seems this could be addressed by introducing a per-client option to perform togglespecialworkspace after spawning. That way, IPC-spawned windows can still be moved to the intended special workspace even when the initial spawn succeeds.

Too much brain here for me, hope it will work, and work with the new v2 control panel ✌🏻

[Mestane]

It's simpler than it looks. It just calls togglespecialworkspace right after spawning, since Hyprland ignores [workspace special:X] for IPC-spawned windows. Tested and works on v2

        "controlcenter": {
            "Caelestia Settings": {
                "enable": true,
                "match": [{ "initialTitle": "Nexus — Wallpaper & style" }],
                "command": ["caelestia", "shell", "nexus", "open"],
                "move": true,
                "spawn_then_toggle": true
            }
        }

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