From 158e2e64b7fe584ea8fe782e4608df25d6103fc3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Victor Kareh <vkareh@redhat.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2025 06:45:30 -0400
Subject: Add dynamic workspaces support

Adds GNOME3-style dynamic workspace management. Workspaces are created
when no empty ones exist and removed when multiple empty workspaces are
present, maintaining exactly one empty workspace at the end.

Fixes #406
---
 src/core/prefs.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)

(limited to 'src/core/prefs.c')

diff --git a/src/core/prefs.c b/src/core/prefs.c
index 844b1a06..23ed5d45 100644
--- a/src/core/prefs.c
+++ b/src/core/prefs.c
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ static gboolean raise_on_click = TRUE;
 static gboolean attach_modal_dialogs = FALSE;
 static char* current_theme = NULL;
 static int num_workspaces = 4;
+static gboolean dynamic_workspaces = FALSE;
 static MetaWrapStyle wrap_style = META_WRAP_NONE;
 static MetaActionTitlebar action_double_click_titlebar = META_ACTION_TITLEBAR_TOGGLE_MAXIMIZE;
 static MetaActionTitlebar action_middle_click_titlebar = META_ACTION_TITLEBAR_LOWER;
@@ -376,6 +377,12 @@ static MetaBoolPreference preferences_bool[] =
       NULL, /* feature is known but disabled */
       FALSE,
     },
+    { "dynamic-workspaces",
+      KEY_GENERAL_SCHEMA,
+      META_PREF_DYNAMIC_WORKSPACES,
+      &dynamic_workspaces,
+      FALSE,
+    },
     { "disable-workarounds",
       KEY_GENERAL_SCHEMA,
       META_PREF_DISABLE_WORKAROUNDS,
@@ -1583,6 +1590,12 @@ meta_prefs_get_num_workspaces (void)
   return num_workspaces;
 }
 
+gboolean
+meta_prefs_get_dynamic_workspaces (void)
+{
+  return dynamic_workspaces;
+}
+
 MetaWrapStyle
 meta_prefs_get_wrap_style (void)
 {
@@ -1636,6 +1649,9 @@ meta_preference_to_string (MetaPreference pref)
     case META_PREF_NUM_WORKSPACES:
       return "NUM_WORKSPACES";
 
+    case META_PREF_DYNAMIC_WORKSPACES:
+      return "DYNAMIC_WORKSPACES";
+
     case META_PREF_WRAP_STYLE:
       return "WRAP_STYLE";
 
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