From c63e5f6c3b82e8bb6492cf0adb6b9711604a964e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Furkan Sahin Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2025 13:25:40 +0000 Subject: sway/commands/layout: flatten parent once Applying layout changes to the parent of the parent, in case the parent only has a single child, stops the creation of a chain of single child containers. Closes: https://github.com/swaywm/sway/issues/7945 --- sway/commands/layout.c | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/sway/commands/layout.c b/sway/commands/layout.c index 12ce4839..a32c908b 100644 --- a/sway/commands/layout.c +++ b/sway/commands/layout.c @@ -134,6 +134,15 @@ struct cmd_results *cmd_layout(int argc, char **argv) { // Operate on parent container, like i3. if (container) { container = container->pending.parent; + // If parent has only a singe child operate on its parent and + // flatten once, like i3 + if (container && container->pending.children->length == 1) { + struct sway_container *child = container->pending.children->items[0]; + struct sway_container *parent = container->pending.parent; + container_replace(container, child); + container_begin_destroy(container); + container = parent; + } } // We could be working with a container OR a workspace. These are different -- cgit v1.2.3