Fix issue #661.

Borders are now drawn correctly (same behavior as i3) for tabbed and
stacked containers, when the children have 'border none' set.

2 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/sway/border.c b/sway/border.c
index 0d1be970..7600351a 100644
--- a/sway/border.c
+++ b/sway/border.c
@@ -402,7 +402,13 @@ void update_view_border(swayc_t *view) {
 void render_view_borders(wlc_handle view) {
         swayc_t *c = swayc_by_handle(view);
 
-        if (!c || c->border_type == B_NONE) {
+
+        // emulate i3 behavior for drawing borders for tabbed and stacked layouts:
+        // if we are not the only child in the container, always draw borders,
+        // regardless of the border setting on the individual view
+        if (!c || (c->border_type == B_NONE
+                        && !((c->parent->layout == L_TABBED || c->parent->layout == L_STACKED)
+                                && c->parent->children->length > 1))) {
                 return;
         }
 
diff --git a/sway/layout.c b/sway/layout.c
index e2e58a77..8bf4ce00 100644
--- a/sway/layout.c
+++ b/sway/layout.c
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ void update_geometry(swayc_t *container) {
 
                 int title_bar_height = config->font_height + 4; //borders + padding
 
-                if (parent->layout == L_TABBED) {
+                if (parent->layout == L_TABBED && parent->children->length > 1) {
                         int i, x = 0, w, l, r;
                         l = parent->children->length;
                         w = geometry.size.w / l;
@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ void update_geometry(swayc_t *container) {
                         geometry.size.w -= (border_left + border_right);
                         geometry.size.h -= (border_bottom + title_bar.size.h);
                         container->title_bar_geometry = title_bar;
-                } else if (parent->layout == L_STACKED) {
+                } else if (parent->layout == L_STACKED && parent->children->length > 1) {
                         int i, y = 0;
                         for (i = 0; i < parent->children->length; ++i) {
                                 swayc_t *view = parent->children->items[i];