From 5477bf4a366dd2038b144aa542ce3785f205f368 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Craig Jennings <c@cjennings.net>
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2026 07:36:47 -0500
Subject: fix(hyprland): Escape special workspace on navigate

When focus is inside a special workspace (e.g. special:stash),
layoutmsg cyclenext/cycleprev only operates within that workspace,
trapping $mod+J inside the scratchpad overlay.

Detect workspace name starting with "special:" on focus navigation
(not move), toggle the overlay off first, re-read active window
state, then fall through to the normal layout/floating branches.

Add unit tests with a fake hyprctl harness in
tests/layout-navigate/. ```
---
 dotfiles/hyprland/.local/bin/layout-navigate | 20 +++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'dotfiles')

diff --git a/dotfiles/hyprland/.local/bin/layout-navigate b/dotfiles/hyprland/.local/bin/layout-navigate
index 352db79..89af45f 100755
--- a/dotfiles/hyprland/.local/bin/layout-navigate
+++ b/dotfiles/hyprland/.local/bin/layout-navigate
@@ -6,9 +6,27 @@
 
 DIR="$1"
 MOVE="$2"
-FLOATING=$(hyprctl activewindow -j | jq -r '.floating')
+
+ACTIVE_JSON=$(hyprctl activewindow -j)
+FLOATING=$(echo "$ACTIVE_JSON" | jq -r '.floating')
+WS_NAME=$(echo "$ACTIVE_JSON" | jq -r '.workspace.name')
 LAYOUT=$(hyprctl getoption general:layout -j | jq -r '.str')
 
+# If the active window is in a special workspace (scratchpad overlay) and we
+# are navigating focus (not moving), hide the overlay first. layoutmsg/cyclenext
+# cannot cross the overlay→regular boundary, so without this the $mod+J key
+# gets trapped inside the scratchpad.
+case "$WS_NAME" in
+    special:*)
+        if [ "$MOVE" != "move" ]; then
+            hyprctl dispatch togglespecialworkspace "${WS_NAME#special:}"
+            # Re-read state: focus has moved to the regular workspace.
+            ACTIVE_JSON=$(hyprctl activewindow -j)
+            FLOATING=$(echo "$ACTIVE_JSON" | jq -r '.floating')
+        fi
+        ;;
+esac
+
 # If current window is floating, use cyclenext to reach tiled windows
 if [ "$FLOATING" = "true" ] && [ "$MOVE" != "move" ]; then
     if [ "$DIR" = "next" ]; then
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