Add changeephemerality dispatcher

README.md

@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@ plugin {
    - `force_ephemeral` - same as ephemeral, but converts existing single windows groups.
  - `hy3:changegroup, <h | v | tab | untab> - change the group the node belongs to, to a different layout
    - `untab` will untab the group if it was previously tabbed
+ - `hy3:changeephemerality, <true | false>` - change the ephemerality of the group the node belongs to
  - `hy3:movefocus, <l | u | d | r | left | down | up | right>, [visible]` - move the focus left, up, down, or right
    - `visible` - only move between visible nodes, not hidden tabs
  - `hy3:movewindow, <l | u | d | r | left | down | up | right>, [once]` - move a window left, up, down, or right

src/Hy3Layout.cpp

@@ -765,6 +765,14 @@ void Hy3Layout::untabGroupOnWorkspace(int workspace) {
 	this->untabGroupOn(*node);
 }
 
+void Hy3Layout::changeGroupEphemeralityOnWorkspace(int workspace, bool ephemeral) {
+	auto* node = this->getWorkspaceFocusedNode(workspace);
+
+	if (node == nullptr) return;
+
+	this->changeGroupEphemeralityOn(*node, ephemeral);
+}
+
 void Hy3Layout::makeGroupOn(
     Hy3Node* node,
     Hy3GroupLayout layout,
@@ -831,8 +839,13 @@ void Hy3Layout::untabGroupOn(Hy3Node& node) {
 	if (group.layout != Hy3GroupLayout::Tabbed) return;
 
 	changeGroupOn(node, group.previous_nontab_layout);
+}
 
+void Hy3Layout::changeGroupEphemeralityOn(Hy3Node& node, bool ephemeral) {
+	if (node.parent == nullptr) return;
 
+	auto& group = node.parent->data.as_group;
+	group.setEphemeral(ephemeral ? GroupEphemeralityOption::ForceEphemeral : GroupEphemeralityOption::Standard);
 }
 
 void Hy3Layout::shiftWindow(int workspace, ShiftDirection direction, bool once) {

src/Hy3Layout.hpp

@@ -92,10 +92,12 @@ public:
 	void makeOppositeGroupOnWorkspace(int workspace, GroupEphemeralityOption);
 	void changeGroupOnWorkspace(int workspace, Hy3GroupLayout);
 	void untabGroupOnWorkspace(int workspace);
+	void changeGroupEphemeralityOnWorkspace(int workspace, bool ephemeral);
 	void makeGroupOn(Hy3Node*, Hy3GroupLayout, GroupEphemeralityOption);
 	void makeOppositeGroupOn(Hy3Node*, GroupEphemeralityOption);
 	void changeGroupOn(Hy3Node&, Hy3GroupLayout);
 	void untabGroupOn(Hy3Node&);
+	void changeGroupEphemeralityOn(Hy3Node&, bool ephemeral);
 	void shiftWindow(int workspace, ShiftDirection, bool once);
 	void shiftFocus(int workspace, ShiftDirection, bool visible);
 	void changeFocus(int workspace, FocusShift);

src/dispatchers.cpp

@@ -64,6 +64,17 @@ void dispatch_changegroup(std::string value) {
 	//}
 }
 
+void dispatch_changeephemerality(std::string value) {
+	int workspace = workspace_for_action();
+	if (workspace == -1) return;
+
+	auto args = CVarList(value);
+
+	bool ephemeral = args[0] == "true";
+
+	g_Hy3Layout->changeGroupEphemeralityOnWorkspace(workspace, ephemeral);
+}
+
 
 std::optional<ShiftDirection> parseShiftArg(std::string arg) {
 	if (arg == "l" || arg == "left") return ShiftDirection::Left;
@@ -211,6 +222,7 @@ void dispatch_debug(std::string arg) {
 void registerDispatchers() {
 	HyprlandAPI::addDispatcher(PHANDLE, "hy3:makegroup", dispatch_makegroup);
 	HyprlandAPI::addDispatcher(PHANDLE, "hy3:changegroup", dispatch_changegroup);
+	HyprlandAPI::addDispatcher(PHANDLE, "hy3:changeephemerality", dispatch_changeephemerality);
 	HyprlandAPI::addDispatcher(PHANDLE, "hy3:movefocus", dispatch_movefocus);
 	HyprlandAPI::addDispatcher(PHANDLE, "hy3:movewindow", dispatch_movewindow);
 	HyprlandAPI::addDispatcher(PHANDLE, "hy3:changefocus", dispatch_changefocus);