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feat(workspaces): add focused_only option for focused-monitor highlighting#3069

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Adds a new focused_only config option to the workspaces bar widget (default: false). When enabled, the active workspace highlight (focused color) is only shown on the monitor that currently has keyboard or pointer focus. Other monitors display their active workspace using the occupied color instead.

This addresses multi-monitor setups where every monitor simultaneously highlights its own active workspace, making it ambiguous which monitor actually has focus.

The setting is opt-in and defaults to current behavior. It detects focus changes live, so colors update immediately when switching monitors.

Config example:

[widget.workspaces]
focused_only = true

Visible in the settings GUI under the workspaces widget as "Focused Highlight Only".

New config option for workspace widget: focused_only = false (default).

When enabled, only the monitor with keyboard/pointer focus shows the
active workspace highlight color. Other monitors show their active
workspace as occupied color instead.
@joao-paulo-santos joao-paulo-santos force-pushed the feat/workspace-focused-highlight branch from a893733 to 53f253d Compare June 19, 2026 01:10
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