Don't rearrange views behind swaylock.

Fix #481

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/sway/extensions.c b/sway/extensions.c
index 33c66bb7..9596905c 100644
--- a/sway/extensions.c
+++ b/sway/extensions.c
@@ -108,6 +108,16 @@ static void set_lock_surface(struct wl_client *client, struct wl_resource *resou
         swayc_t *view = swayc_by_handle(wlc_handle_from_wl_surface_resource(surface));
         sway_log(L_DEBUG, "Setting lock surface to %p", view);
         if (view && output) {
+                // make the view floating so it doesn't rearrange other
+                // siblings.
+                if (!view->is_floating) {
+                        // Remove view from its current location
+                        destroy_container(remove_child(view));
+
+                        // and move it into workspace floating
+                        add_floating(swayc_active_workspace(), view);
+                }
+
                 swayc_t *workspace = output->focused;
                 if (!swayc_is_child_of(view, workspace)) {
                         move_container_to(view, workspace);