Open a window on a specific workspace at start once

[boxdot]

Is there a way to open a specific window on a predefined workspace when starting Hyprland. But after that to allow this window on any workspace?

I would like to start firefox on a predefined workspace on init. But after the start, it should be possible for firefox to be open on any other workspace too.

[vaxerski]

script it

[Lord-Soup]

https://wiki.hyprland.org/FAQ/#how-do-i-autostart-my-favorite-apps

[mdvmeijer]

Instead of a cleanup-after-start script as stated in the FAQ, you can also simply add a workspace rule to exec-once like this:
exec-once = [workspace 9 silent] alacritty

Additional instances of alacritty that you open yourself, will simply open on the focused workspace.

[samEngineering]

Anyone having trouble doing this on the special workspace?
exec-once = [workspace special silent] kitty
Nothing in @Lord-Soup's link about that.

[MightyPlaza]

should just work
make sure to get after v0.30.0, I'm pretty sure this section was rewritten since last release

[samEngineering]

Turns out it is not a hyprland issue. launching other programs in this fashion works as expected. It is specific to kitty. Namely, [glfw error 65544]

[HaipaDev]

well thats weird, because it also doesnt work [silently] for me; with Discord and Spotify
EDIT: actually all workspaces even regular ones focus the apps, this is probably caused by setting focus_on_activate but it shouldnt