fix moving left / right

hypr/hyprland.lua

@@ -174,9 +174,25 @@ end
 )
 hl.bind(mainMod .. " + SHIFT + Q", hl.dsp.window.close())
 
--- change focus
-hl.bind(mainMod .. " + LEFT", hl.dsp.focus({ direction = "left" }))
-hl.bind(mainMod .. " + RIGHT", hl.dsp.focus({ direction = "right" }))
+
+-- move focus left / right. Using the layout or geometric method has quirks that this does nicely.
+local function focus_horizontal(dir) -- "l" or "r"
+    local direction = (dir == "l") and "left" or "right"
+    return function()
+        local before = hl.get_active_window()
+        hl.dispatch(hl.dsp.layout("focus " .. dir))
+        local after = hl.get_active_window()
+
+        local same = (before == nil and after == nil)
+            or (before and after and before.address == after.address)
+        if same then
+            hl.dispatch(hl.dsp.focus({ direction = direction }))
+        end
+    end
+end
+
+hl.bind(mainMod .. " + LEFT", focus_horizontal("l"))
+hl.bind(mainMod .. " + RIGHT", focus_horizontal("r"))
 hl.bind(mainMod .. " + UP", hl.dsp.focus({ direction = "up" }))
 hl.bind(mainMod .. " + DOWN", hl.dsp.focus({ direction = "down" }))