From d048436af39b105e82093315570da1c73ef68142 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Craig Jennings <c@cjennings.net>
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2026 09:35:00 -0600
Subject: feat(hyprland): add scratchpad refocus on window close

IPC listener detects closewindow events and refocuses the visible
scratchpad (special workspace) instead of falling to a regular window.
---
 .../hyprland/.local/bin/hypr-refocus-scratchpad    | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 dotfiles/hyprland/.local/bin/hypr-refocus-scratchpad

(limited to 'dotfiles/hyprland/.local/bin/hypr-refocus-scratchpad')

diff --git a/dotfiles/hyprland/.local/bin/hypr-refocus-scratchpad b/dotfiles/hyprland/.local/bin/hypr-refocus-scratchpad
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..7a4bb38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dotfiles/hyprland/.local/bin/hypr-refocus-scratchpad
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Refocus visible scratchpad after a window closes.
+# Without this, closing a regular window while a scratchpad is visible
+# leaves focus on the regular workspace instead of the scratchpad.
+
+SOCKET="$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/hypr/$HYPRLAND_INSTANCE_SIGNATURE/.socket2.sock"
+
+socat -U - "UNIX-CONNECT:$SOCKET" | while read -r line; do
+    if [[ "$line" == closewindow* ]]; then
+        # Check if a special workspace is active on the current monitor
+        special=$(hyprctl monitors -j | python3 -c "
+import json, sys
+for m in json.load(sys.stdin):
+    sw = m.get('specialWorkspace', {})
+    if sw.get('id', 0) != 0:
+        print(sw['name'])
+        break
+" 2>/dev/null)
+        if [[ -n "$special" ]]; then
+            # Focus the top window on the special workspace
+            hyprctl dispatch focuswindow "workspace:$special" &>/dev/null
+        fi
+    fi
+done
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