From 2dc2b5ccfd368a3cd2fb27d2d1ece05bf0582441 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: arnaud-ma <arnaudma.code@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2025 04:50:59 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix #4307

---
 src/modules/hyprland/workspaces.cpp | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/modules/hyprland/workspaces.cpp b/src/modules/hyprland/workspaces.cpp
index cb422d35..79838ffc 100644
--- a/src/modules/hyprland/workspaces.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/hyprland/workspaces.cpp
@@ -293,8 +293,11 @@ void Workspaces::loadPersistentWorkspacesFromWorkspaceRules(const Json::Value &c
     if (!rule["persistent"].asBool()) {
       continue;
     }
-    auto const &workspace = rule.isMember("defaultName") ? rule["defaultName"].asString()
+    auto workspace = rule.isMember("defaultName") ? rule["defaultName"].asString()
                                                          : rule["workspaceString"].asString();
+    if (workspace.starts_with("name:")) {
+      workspace = workspace.substr(5);
+    }
     auto const &monitor = rule["monitor"].asString();
     // create this workspace persistently if:
     // 1. the allOutputs config option is enabled