Special Workspaces (Hyprland)

A widget to track Hyprland special workspaces.

Requirements

• Hyprland
• Noctalia (duh.)

Features

• The widget appears as a single dimmed button (Drawer) while no special workspace is active. It restores its opacity when any special workspace is active, focused or not.
• It expands and shows special workspaces when a special workspace is focused.
• Inactive special workspaces are shown dimmed.
• When the expand direction is perpendicular to the bar (e.g. left/right on a vertical bar), the workspaces open in a floating panel instead of expanding inline. The panel also auto-opens and closes as you switch in and out of special workspaces.
• Fully customizable:
  • Drawer toggle, hide the workspace buttons until a special workspace is active
  • Hide empty workspaces, only show buttons for workspaces that currently exist in Hyprland
  • Expanding direction (up/down/left/right)
  • Panel background toggle and color (panel mode only)
  • Pill toggles, color and size (independent for drawer/workspace buttons)
  • Icon color (independent for drawer/workspace buttons)
  • Focus button color
  • Border radius
  • Add/remove workspace entries and assign icons to them

The widget doesn't actually add/remove special workspaces to Hyprland. The add/remove function only changes if a special workspace has a button on the widget or not. The widget expands even if a special workspace isn't added to it but is focused. I recommend adding all of the special workspaces defined in your Hyprland config to the widget to make full use of this plugin.

Usage

The widget expands when a special workspace is focused. The workspace buttons also function as toggle shortcuts, e.g. clicking one switches to that workspace or hides it if it's already focused.