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wrapperModules.noctalia-shell: resync workspace bar to drop stale pills
The upstream QuickShell i3 plugin never removes a workspace model
object on rename: the rename event is looked up by the NEW name,
misses the cached object under the old name, and only logs a warning.
A renamed workspace therefore lingers as a stale pill until a full
refresh or shell restart; clicking that ghost re-creates the old name
as a real workspace (the pill click script runs
"workspace <name>, move workspace to output <out>").
Force I3.refreshWorkspaces() every 30s while the shell is running so
stale entries are pruned on their next model rebuild.
author
lassulus
date
(Aug 22, 2026, 6:02 PM CEST)
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# "workspace number <num>" which fails for named workspaces)
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# - Show all workspaces on all screens (globalWorkspaces)
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# - Bring workspace to current screen on click instead of jumping
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# - Periodically resync the workspace model: the upstream QuickShell
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# i3 plugin never removes renamed workspaces (a "rename" event is
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# looked up by the NEW name, misses the old model object, and only
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# logs "Workspace <name> doesn't exist"). A renamed workspace thus
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# lingers as a stale pill until a full refresh; clicking that ghost
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# pill then re-creates the old name as a real workspace.
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swayPatched = pkgs.noctalia-shell.overrideAttrs (old: {
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postInstall = (old.postInstall or "") + ''
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substituteInPlace $out/share/noctalia-shell/Services/Compositor/SwayService.qml \
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'Quickshell.execDetached(["${sway-focus-workspace}", workspace.name]);' \
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--replace-fail 'property bool initialized: false' \
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'property bool globalWorkspaces: true
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property bool initialized: false'
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property bool initialized: false
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// Drop stale workspace model entries (see patch note above).
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Timer {
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interval: 30000
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repeat: true
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running: initialized
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onTriggered: I3.refreshWorkspaces()
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}'
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'';
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});
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