From 691b7d427b7b6980442bc149646a955b29646089 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pol Rivero <65060696+pol-rivero@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2025 20:46:02 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Implement "reverse-direction"

---
 include/modules/hyprland/workspaces.hpp |  2 ++
 man/waybar-hyprland-workspaces.5.scd    |  5 +++++
 src/modules/hyprland/workspace.cpp      | 15 +++++++++++++--
 src/modules/hyprland/workspaces.cpp     |  1 +
 4 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/modules/hyprland/workspaces.hpp b/include/modules/hyprland/workspaces.hpp
index 76b3462d..ef35639d 100644
--- a/include/modules/hyprland/workspaces.hpp
+++ b/include/modules/hyprland/workspaces.hpp
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ class Workspaces : public AModule, public EventHandler {
   auto taskbarFormatAfter() const -> std::string { return m_taskbarFormatAfter; }
   auto taskbarIconSize() const -> int { return m_taskbarIconSize; }
   auto taskbarOrientation() const -> Gtk::Orientation { return m_taskbarOrientation; }
+  auto taskbarReverseDirection() const -> bool { return m_taskbarReverseDirection; }
   auto onClickWindow() const -> std::string { return m_onClickWindow; }
   auto getIgnoredWindows() const -> std::vector<std::regex> { return m_ignoreWindows; }
 
@@ -183,6 +184,7 @@ class Workspaces : public AModule, public EventHandler {
   std::string m_taskbarFormatAfter;
   int m_taskbarIconSize = 16;
   Gtk::Orientation m_taskbarOrientation = Gtk::ORIENTATION_HORIZONTAL;
+  bool m_taskbarReverseDirection = false;
   std::string m_onClickWindow;
   std::string m_currentActiveWindowAddress;
 
diff --git a/man/waybar-hyprland-workspaces.5.scd b/man/waybar-hyprland-workspaces.5.scd
index e280ac25..f2b3fb6b 100644
--- a/man/waybar-hyprland-workspaces.5.scd
+++ b/man/waybar-hyprland-workspaces.5.scd
@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@ This setting is ignored if *workspace-taskbar.enable* is set to true.
 	default: false ++
 	If true, the active/focused window will have an 'active' class. Could cause higher CPU usage due to more frequent redraws.
 
+		*reverse-direction*: ++
+	typeof: bool ++
+	default: false ++
+	If true, the taskbar windows will be added in reverse order (right to left if orientation is horizontal, bottom to top if vertical).
+
 		*format*: ++
 	typeof: string ++
 	default: {icon} ++
diff --git a/src/modules/hyprland/workspace.cpp b/src/modules/hyprland/workspace.cpp
index 2c8a7b09..febb70c2 100644
--- a/src/modules/hyprland/workspace.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/hyprland/workspace.cpp
@@ -259,9 +259,9 @@ void Workspace::updateTaskbar(const std::string &workspace_icon) {
   }
 
   bool isFirst = true;
-  for (const auto &window_repr : m_windowMap) {
+  auto processWindow = [&](const WindowRepr &window_repr) {
     if (shouldSkipWindow(window_repr)) {
-      continue;
+      return;  // skip
     }
     if (isFirst) {
       isFirst = false;
@@ -270,6 +270,7 @@ void Workspace::updateTaskbar(const std::string &workspace_icon) {
       m_content.pack_start(*windowSeparator, false, false);
       windowSeparator->show();
     }
+
     auto window_box = Gtk::make_managed<Gtk::Box>(Gtk::ORIENTATION_HORIZONTAL);
     window_box->set_tooltip_text(window_repr.window_title);
     window_box->get_style_context()->add_class("taskbar-window");
@@ -307,6 +308,16 @@ void Workspace::updateTaskbar(const std::string &workspace_icon) {
 
     m_content.pack_start(*event_box, true, false);
     event_box->show_all();
+  };
+
+  if (m_workspaceManager.taskbarReverseDirection()) {
+    for (auto it = m_windowMap.rbegin(); it != m_windowMap.rend(); ++it) {
+      processWindow(*it);
+    }
+  } else {
+    for (const auto &window_repr : m_windowMap) {
+      processWindow(window_repr);
+    }
   }
 
   auto formatAfter = m_workspaceManager.formatAfter();
diff --git a/src/modules/hyprland/workspaces.cpp b/src/modules/hyprland/workspaces.cpp
index 5d2903dc..abfa03d3 100644
--- a/src/modules/hyprland/workspaces.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/hyprland/workspaces.cpp
@@ -728,6 +728,7 @@ auto Workspaces::populateWorkspaceTaskbarConfig(const Json::Value &config) -> vo
 
   populateBoolConfig(workspaceTaskbar, "enable", m_enableTaskbar);
   populateBoolConfig(workspaceTaskbar, "update-active-window", m_updateActiveWindow);
+  populateBoolConfig(workspaceTaskbar, "reverse-direction", m_taskbarReverseDirection);
 
   if (workspaceTaskbar["format"].isString()) {
     /* The user defined a format string, use it */