From 8f5fc990a5ed862d4c728499c124db4ad70d0db5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: zjeffer <4633209+zjeffer@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2026 13:28:54 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] hyprland/workspaces: don't show persistent special workspaces
 if show-special is disabled

---
 src/modules/hyprland/workspaces.cpp | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/modules/hyprland/workspaces.cpp b/src/modules/hyprland/workspaces.cpp
index 8360137f..fe38eabd 100644
--- a/src/modules/hyprland/workspaces.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/hyprland/workspaces.cpp
@@ -296,6 +296,11 @@ void Workspaces::loadPersistentWorkspacesFromWorkspaceRules(const Json::Value &c
     auto workspace = rule.isMember("defaultName") ? rule["defaultName"].asString()
                                                   : rule["workspaceString"].asString();
 
+    // There could be persistent special workspaces, only show those when show-special is enabled.
+    if (workspace.starts_with("special:") && !showSpecial()) {
+      continue;
+    }
+
     // The prefix "name:" cause mismatches with workspace names taken anywhere else.
     if (workspace.starts_with("name:")) {
       workspace = workspace.substr(5);