diff --git a/src/layout/IHyprLayout.cpp b/src/layout/IHyprLayout.cpp
index f0ca10df..3005c541 100644
--- a/src/layout/IHyprLayout.cpp
+++ b/src/layout/IHyprLayout.cpp
@@ -299,6 +299,9 @@ void IHyprLayout::changeWindowFloatingMode(CWindow* pWindow) {
 
     const auto TILED = isWindowTiled(pWindow);
 
+    // event
+    g_pEventManager->postEvent(SHyprIPCEvent{ "changefloatingmode", getFormat("%x,%d", pWindow, (int)TILED) });
+
     if (!TILED) {
         const auto PNEWMON = g_pCompositor->getMonitorFromVector(pWindow->m_vRealPosition.vec() + pWindow->m_vRealSize.vec() / 2.f);
         pWindow->m_iMonitorID = PNEWMON->ID;