2 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/include/swaybar/ipc.h b/include/swaybar/ipc.h
index 51db85b5..d8cd0c76 100644
--- a/include/swaybar/ipc.h
+++ b/include/swaybar/ipc.h
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 bool ipc_initialize(struct swaybar *bar);
 bool handle_ipc_readable(struct swaybar *bar);
-void ipc_get_workspaces(struct swaybar *bar);
+bool ipc_get_workspaces(struct swaybar *bar);
 void ipc_send_workspace_command(struct swaybar *bar, const char *ws);
 void ipc_execute_binding(struct swaybar *bar, struct swaybar_binding *bind);
 
diff --git a/swaybar/ipc.c b/swaybar/ipc.c
index c7fdffae..e1b30b52 100644
--- a/swaybar/ipc.c
+++ b/swaybar/ipc.c
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ static bool ipc_parse_config(
         return true;
 }
 
-void ipc_get_workspaces(struct swaybar *bar) {
+bool ipc_get_workspaces(struct swaybar *bar) {
         struct swaybar_output *output;
         wl_list_for_each(output, &bar->outputs, link) {
                 free_workspaces(&output->workspaces);
@@ -274,8 +274,10 @@ void ipc_get_workspaces(struct swaybar *bar) {
         json_object *results = json_tokener_parse(res);
         if (!results) {
                 free(res);
-                return;
+                return false;
         }
+
+        bar->visible_by_urgency = false;
         size_t length = json_object_array_length(results);
         json_object *ws_json;
         json_object *num, *name, *visible, *focused, *out, *urgent;
@@ -302,12 +304,16 @@ void ipc_get_workspaces(struct swaybar *bar) {
                                         output->focused = true;
                                 }
                                 ws->urgent = json_object_get_boolean(urgent);
+                                if (ws->urgent) {
+                                        bar->visible_by_urgency = true;
+                                }
                                 wl_list_insert(&output->workspaces, &ws->link);
                         }
                 }
         }
         json_object_put(results);
         free(res);
+        return determine_bar_visibility(bar, false);
 }
 
 static void ipc_get_outputs(struct swaybar *bar) {
@@ -436,7 +442,7 @@ bool handle_ipc_readable(struct swaybar *bar) {
         bool bar_is_dirty = true;
         switch (resp->type) {
         case IPC_EVENT_WORKSPACE:
-                ipc_get_workspaces(bar);
+                bar_is_dirty = ipc_get_workspaces(bar);
                 break;
         case IPC_EVENT_MODE: {
                 json_object *json_change, *json_pango_markup;