Omarchy start / restart with save option for opened apps

[pawlobanano]

After a few OS restarts I see a potential for such a feature.

Example
Predefined WhatsApp and Messenger (web2app) opened side by side in tiles, in workspace number 5.
and enhancement to that:
Checkbox on OS restart to save opened apps with their current workspace and tile sizes.

*If there is something about it already in the manual I must have missed it, sorry.

[Donixon]

This would be very handy! I use multiple workspaces for different things. Every morning I have to reorganize alle workspaces with the correct apps and positions.

[yassinedoghri]

Wanted something similar to this, after some research I got the setup I needed by tweaking the Hyprland config.

The following example defines 1 app per workspace except for discord and slack being side by side on worskspace 4 + VSCode opens in fullscreen:

# ~/.config/hypr/autostart.conf

windowrulev2 = workspace 1, class:^(Alacritty)$
windowrulev2 = workspace 2, class:^(zen)$
windowrulev2 = workspace 3, class:^(code)$
windowrulev2 = fullscreen, class:^(code)$
windowrulev2 = workspace 4, class:^(discord)$
windowrulev2 = workspace 4, class:^(Slack)$
windowrulev2 = workspace 5, class:^(Spotify)$

exec-once = [workspace 1 silent] alacritty
exec-once = [workspace 2 silent] zen-browser
exec-once = [workspace 3 silent] code
exec-once = [workspace 4 silent] discord --no-sandbox --disable-gpu
exec-once = [workspace 4 silent] slack
exec-once = [workspace 5 silent] spotify

Note

You can find class names by launching the app and running hyprctl clients, it's under initialClass.

Having 2 monitors, I needed to explicitly bind workspaces to them for getting apps to launch on the right screen:

# ~/.config/hypr/bindings.conf

workspace = 1,monitor:eDP-2
workspace = 2,monitor:HDMI-A-1
workspace = 3,monitor:HDMI-A-1
workspace = 4,monitor:HDMI-A-1
workspace = 5,monitor:HDMI-A-1

Note

You can find monitor names by running hyprctl monitors.

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👉 I agree that this is definitely a potential feature for Omarchy, like having a new config file ~/.config/hypr/workspaces.conf for easy reference and tweaking.