feat(glazewm): add monitor_exclusive IPC mode and deprecate hide_empty_workspaces by Louis047 · Pull Request #718 · amnweb/yasb

Louis047 · 2026-02-13T17:09:32Z

Summary

This PR refactors the GlazeWM Workspaces widget to use GlazeWM IPC as the source and adds monitor_exclusive behavior. Supersedes #679

Implemented

Added monitor_exclusive option to GlazeWM workspaces config (default: true).
Implemented two IPC-driven render modes:
- monitor_exclusive: true (default): monitor-local rendering and shows all workspaces present in the current monitor IPC payload (including empty keep_alive workspaces).
- monitor_exclusive: false: aggregated IPC rendering so active workspace count and global focused workspace are consistent across all monitor bars.
Added global scroll switching commands for aggregate mode:
- focus --next-active-workspace
- focus --prev-active-workspace
Deprecated hide_empty_workspaces (kept in schema/config for backward compatibility, no longer used as runtime visibility control for GlazeWM workspaces).
Removed stale persistent_workspaces remnants from the GlazeWM workspaces path.
Updated docs and regenerated schema.

Why

Review direction was to avoid YASB-side workspace synthesis/parsing and rely on GlazeWM IPC behavior. This PR aligns with that by using IPC monitor/workspace data for visibility/state.

GlazeWM keep_alive context

keep_alive had IPC/startup/reload edge cases. Related GlazeWM PR:

fix: activate keep_alive workspaces on startup and reload glzr-io/glazewm#1276

This PR activates keep_alive workspaces on startup and config reload, improving workspace availability consistency via IPC. But it's not a hard dependency as this can be worked around for now by simply restarting GlazeWM after setting keep_alive for required workspaces. YASB will automatically catch this.

Behavior notes

monitor_exclusive: false
- Shows active IPC workspace set on all bars.
- Highlights globally focused workspace on all bars.
monitor_exclusive: true
- Keeps monitor-local behavior.
- Shows current monitor IPC workspaces including empty keep_alive workspaces.
hide_empty_workspaces
- Deprecated and retained in schema for backward compatibility.
- Visibility is controlled by GlazeWM IPC + keep_alive behavior.

Files changed

src/core/widgets/glazewm/workspaces.py
src/core/utils/widgets/glazewm/client.py
src/core/validation/widgets/glazewm/workspaces.py
docs/widgets/(Widget)-GlazeWM-Workspaces.md
schema.json

Validation

Local compile checks passed for modified Python files.
Manual multi-monitor verification completed for:
- monitor_exclusive: false (global focused highlight + shared active count)
- monitor_exclusive: true (monitor-local behavior with keep_alive visibility)

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Video-Nomad

Thanks for the PR! Nice addition👍
Checked the functionality and it seems to be working as expected.

Checked monitor_exclusive: false in both icon and no icon mode.
Checked GlazeWM keep_alive: true on workspaces.
Checked the new option with GlazeWM name and display_name.
Styles seems to be working fine.

Without any changes my default config looks exactly the same.
Other than proposed changes in the comments I think this is good to go.

Video-Nomad · 2026-02-13T18:23:18Z

src/core/widgets/glazewm/workspaces.py

@@ -85,20 +80,31 @@ def _activate_workspace(self):
        self.glazewm_client.activate_workspace(self.workspace_name)

    def _update_status(self):


This arrow of death is out of control at this point😅
I think something like this might be better:

def _update_status(self): is_populated = self.workspace_window_count > 0 # 1. Highest Priority: Focused if self.is_focused: self.status = WorkspaceStatus.FOCUSED_POPULATED if is_populated else WorkspaceStatus.FOCUSED_EMPTY # 2. Second Priority: Active (Exclusive + Displayed) elif self.monitor_exclusive and self.is_displayed: self.status = WorkspaceStatus.ACTIVE_POPULATED if is_populated else WorkspaceStatus.ACTIVE_EMPTY # 3. Fallback: Default status else: self.status = WorkspaceStatus.POPULATED if is_populated else WorkspaceStatus.EMPTY

Video-Nomad · 2026-02-13T18:25:13Z

src/core/widgets/glazewm/workspaces.py

@@ -255,20 +260,31 @@ def _activate_workspace(self):
        self.glazewm_client.activate_workspace(self.workspace_name)

    def _update_status(self):


Same pattern as in the previous comment

Video-Nomad · 2026-02-13T18:26:00Z

schema.json

          "title": "Hide If Offline",
          "type": "boolean"
        },
+        "monitor_exclusive": {


Schema is auto-generated. No need to add anything manually.

Video-Nomad · 2026-02-13T18:26:55Z

docs/widgets/(Widget)-GlazeWM-Workspaces.md

  options:
    offline_label: "GlazeWM Offline"
-    hide_empty_workspaces: true
+    hide_empty_workspaces: true  # deprecated (ignored)


This can be removed from the docs

Video-Nomad · 2026-02-13T18:27:04Z

docs/widgets/(Widget)-GlazeWM-Workspaces.md

 | `focused_populated_label`| string  | `'{name}'`                                       | Optional label for the currently focused workspace (has opened windows). Falls back to `active_populated_label` if not set.  |
 | `focused_empty_label`    | string  | `'{name}'`                                       | Optional label for the currently focused workspace (has no windows opened). Falls back to `active_empty_label` if not set. |
-| `hide_empty_workspaces`  | boolean | `true`                                           | Whether to hide empty workspaces.                                           |
+| `hide_empty_workspaces`  | boolean | `true`                                           | Deprecated. Kept for backward compatibility; visibility is controlled by GlazeWM (`keep_alive`) and monitor data from IPC. |


This can be removed from the docs

Louis047 · 2026-02-13T19:05:13Z

Thanks for reviewing the PR! I have made the changes you have requested and have tested it. It works.

Please do let me know if any further changes are required 👍

Video-Nomad

Looks good to me 👍

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Louis047 force-pushed the feat/glazewm-monitor-exclusive-property branch from 94cad29 to 97568b1 Compare February 13, 2026 17:22

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chore(glazewm): trim schema diff to monitor_exclusive

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style(glazewm): fix import order in workspaces widget

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fix(glazewm): remove duplicated else in workspace scroll handler

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style(glazewm): apply ruff import formatting

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Louis047 mentioned this pull request Feb 13, 2026

feat(glazewm): Add global workspace focus highlighting and persistent workspaces #679

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		@@ -85,20 +80,31 @@ def _activate_workspace(self):
		self.glazewm_client.activate_workspace(self.workspace_name)

		def _update_status(self):

		@@ -255,20 +260,31 @@ def _activate_workspace(self):
		self.glazewm_client.activate_workspace(self.workspace_name)

		def _update_status(self):

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