From 3e5824a590c77c31e2393d461ef0b895766a3287 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniele Fucini <dfucini@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2026 20:27:52 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Keep the games workspace on the HDMI screen

Wine games lose the mouse when their window moves between screens. safeView replaces greedyView for mod-N, xmobar clicks and mpv so workspace 3 always opens on screen 0 and is never swapped away; safeRescreen keeps a hidden workspace 3 off the laptop screen when screens change.
---
 .config/xmonad/xmonad.hs | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.config/xmonad/xmonad.hs b/.config/xmonad/xmonad.hs
index c739d6a..f84a330 100644
--- a/.config/xmonad/xmonad.hs
+++ b/.config/xmonad/xmonad.hs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import Data.Monoid
 import Graphics.X11.ExtraTypes.XF86
 import Control.Monad (forM_, liftM2, when)
 import XMonad
+import XMonad.Actions.OnScreen (greedyViewOnScreen)
 import XMonad.Actions.PhysicalScreens
 import XMonad.Hooks.EwmhDesktops
 import XMonad.Hooks.ManageDocks
@@ -34,10 +35,10 @@ main :: IO ()
 main =
   xmonad
     . ewmhFullscreen
-    . setEwmhSwitchDesktopHook W.greedyView
+    . setEwmhSwitchDesktopHook safeView
     . ewmh
     . docks
-    . addAfterRescreenHook restartStatusBars
+    . rescreenHook def {afterRescreenHook = restartStatusBars, rescreenWorkspacesHook = Last (Just safeRescreen)}
     . addRandrChangeHook (spawn myScreenHotplug)
     $ myConfig
 
@@ -145,6 +146,32 @@ myConfig =
          | (key, sc) <- zip [xK_w, xK_e] [0 ..],
            (f, mask) <- [(viewScreen def, 0), (sendToScreen def, shiftMask)]
        ]
+    ++ [((myModMask, key), windows $ safeView ws) | (ws, key) <- zip myWorkspaces [xK_1 .. xK_9]]
+
+-- greedyView that keeps wsGames on screen 0 (HDMI): Wine games lose the mouse when moved between screens
+safeView :: WorkspaceId -> WindowSet -> WindowSet
+safeView i ws
+  | i == wsGames = greedyViewOnScreen 0 i ws
+  | W.currentTag ws == wsGames && i `elem` map (W.tag . W.workspace) (W.visible ws) = W.view i ws
+  | otherwise = W.greedyView i ws
+
+-- xmonad's rescreen, except that a hidden wsGames is never put on a secondary screen
+safeRescreen :: X ()
+safeRescreen = do
+  screens <- withDisplay getCleanedScreenInfo
+  case screens of
+    [] -> return ()
+    xinesc : xinescs ->
+      windows $ \ws ->
+        let notGames = (/= wsGames) . W.tag
+            pool = map W.workspace (W.visible ws) ++ filter notGames (W.hidden ws)
+            (xs, _) = splitAt (length xinescs) pool
+            shown = map W.tag (W.workspace (W.current ws) : xs)
+         in ws
+              { W.current = W.Screen (W.workspace (W.current ws)) 0 (SD xinesc),
+                W.visible = zipWith3 W.Screen xs [1 ..] (map SD xinescs),
+                W.hidden = filter ((`notElem` shown) . W.tag) (map W.workspace (W.visible ws) ++ W.hidden ws)
+              }
 
 -- Workspaces
 myWorkspaces :: [String]
@@ -291,7 +318,7 @@ myManageHook =
       isFullscreen --> doFullFloat
     ]
     <+> namedScratchpadManageHook myScratchpads
-    where viewShift = doF . liftM2 (.) W.greedyView W.shift
+    where viewShift = doF . liftM2 (.) safeView W.shift
 
 -- Handle event hook
 myHandleEventHook :: Event -> X All