commands: fix workspace edge cases

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/sway/tree/view.c b/sway/tree/view.c
index 48bd7ac0..faaa53a1 100644
--- a/sway/tree/view.c
+++ b/sway/tree/view.c
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #define _POSIX_C_SOURCE 200809L
 #include <stdlib.h>
+#include <strings.h>
 #include <wayland-server.h>
 #include <wlr/render/wlr_renderer.h>
 #include <wlr/types/wlr_buffer.h>
@@ -456,7 +457,13 @@ static struct sway_container *select_workspace(struct sway_view *view) {
                 if (criteria->type == CT_ASSIGN_WORKSPACE) {
                         ws = workspace_by_name(criteria->target);
                         if (!ws) {
-                                ws = workspace_create(NULL, criteria->target);
+                                if (strcasecmp(criteria->target, "back_and_forth") == 0) {
+                                        if (prev_workspace_name) {
+                                                ws = workspace_create(NULL, prev_workspace_name);
+                                        }
+                                } else {
+                                        ws = workspace_create(NULL, criteria->target);
+                                }
                         }
                         break;
                 } else {