Conditional Master Window Positioning Based on Number of Windows

[protwan]

Description
Currently, the master layout allows setting a threshold where the master window moves to the center when a certain number of windows is reached.

Requested Behavior
I'd like to propose an additional feature that does the opposite: until a specified threshold is reached, the master windows should be centered. Once the threshold is exceeded, the master window should move to the specified position (e.g. left).

Use Case
This feature would provide more flexibility in managing window layouts, especially for users who prefer a centered master window when there are few (or a single) windows open, but want to switch to a more traditional layout, with master on the left and slaves on the right, when there are many windows.

Bonus Points
It would be amazing if slave windows would use dwindle layout instead of simple stacking.

Example Configuration

master {
  new_status = slave
  slaves_threshold = 3
  master_position_before_threshold = center
  master_position_after_threshold = left
  slave_layout = dwindle # or stacked (default)
  always_keep_position = true
  mfact = 0.5
}

[leoVici9]

Thats what workspace rules do or can do with proper logic.
See https://wiki.hypr.land/Configuring/Workspace-Rules/

[protwan]

Thank you for suggestion. I was successful in achieving somewhat desired behaviour, although it would still be nice if slave windows could be configured to be layed out in dwindle.

Here is the configuration:

master {
  new_status = slave;
  slave_count_for_center_master = 0;
  always_keep_position = true;
  mfact = 0.5;
}
workspace = w[t1], layoutopt:orientation:center
workspace = w[t2-4], layoutopt:orientation:left

Still, I believe the option slave_count_for_center_master should be either removed as redundant, or chenged to something similar to my previous example. The benfit is that the "center" part would not be hardcoded in the option.