Add option to save layouts

[SimonBrandner]

Add option to save layouts similarly to what i3wm allows you to do it

[yogeshkumar98103]

It'll be very useful to have an option to automatically restore last layout on reboot.

[magicBeast]

When doing development I often have the same four or more windows open, in the same layout. It would be useful to be able to save a session and quickly restore any required layout for a given task or set of tasks. Obviously this can be hacked together via scripts, but it does seem like natural extension of functionality for a tiling compositor that handles window layout.
P.S: Thank you for your excellent work so far. Hyprland on wayland is terrific :-)

[witnes0417]

yes this would be very useful, even though tmux come to complement in its way, but why bother to configure another window navigating feature in it?

[ScuttleSE]

I just assumed this was available when I installed Hyprland and I must say...disappointed that it is not available, and a pull request to actually add it was rejected...

[EnderSpy29]

yo i'd love this, having all my windows opening with certain sizes in certain positions in certain workspaces would be amazing. i'd be great if we could either take a snapshot and bind that to a key or something. or have hyprland load the last used layout on startup

[tonysvo]

agreed, I want to have few workspace pre-setup every time I login

[EnderSpy29]

As a workaround, you can autostart desired programs. Here is an example from my config.

exec-once=[workspace 1 silent] $browser & sleep 4; $clock & sleep 1; $filemanager & $telegram &

i have programs executed on startup. what we want is the ability to set all applications to load in a predefined location, size and layout

[zleeepy]

i need this

[Fork3r]

oh god this is musthave feature

[poseidon-rises]

I want to save my screenshot layout because its a bit annoying to set up

[agluck91]

I would love to see this. I am trying to figure out have to program it with hyprctl commands. I think it is possible. If I get it working I will post a link in this thread. Work around until they can get it implemented in the core.