fix(gaming): revamped how steam and gaming works

1. hyprbars are now disabled for steam
2. set float for steam extended windows (e.g., settings, friends list)
3. fix game `properties` forced to `gaming` workspace

apps/waybar/default.nix

@@ -118,7 +118,6 @@ in {
           format-icons = {
             "music" = "󰎆";
             "gaming" = "󰊖";
-            "steam" = "󰓓";
             "default" = "";
             "active" = "󱓻";
 
@@ -164,13 +163,15 @@ in {
           show-special = true;
           special-visible-only = true;
           all-outputs = true;
-          ignore-workspaces = ["^([0-9]+|gaming|steam|music)$"];
+          ignore-workspaces = ["^([0-9]+|gaming|music)$"];
           format = "{icon}";
           format-icons = {
             "special:youtube" = "󰗃";
+            "special:steam" = "󰓓";
             "special:custom" = "󱗼";
             "special:preload" = "󱗼";
             "youtube" = "󰗃";
+            "steam" = "󰓓";
             "custom" = "󱗼";
             "preload" = "󱗼";
             "default" = "󱗼";

modules/home/gaming.nix

@@ -4,12 +4,6 @@
   myConfig,
   ...
 }: let
-  games = [
-    "Deadlock"
-    "project8"
-    "citadel"
-  ];
-
   # Games that should have `stayfocused` applied (to avoid multi-monitor focus issues)
   stayFocusedGames = [
     "Deadlock"
@@ -19,18 +13,11 @@
 
   mkGameRules = selector: [
     "monitor 0, ${selector}"
-    "workspace name:gaming, ${selector}"
     "fullscreen, ${selector}"
     "immediate, ${selector}"
+    "tile, ${selector}"
   ];
 
-  manualGameRules = lib.flatten (map (
-      game:
-        (mkGameRules "title:^(${game})$")
-        ++ (mkGameRules "class:^(${game})$")
-    )
-    games);
-
   stayFocusedRules = lib.flatten (map (
       game: [
         "stayfocused, title:^(${game})$"
@@ -61,39 +48,53 @@ in {
   wayland.windowManager.hyprland.settings = {
     workspace = [
       "name:gaming, monitor:0, default:true"
-      "name:steam, monitor:0, default:true"
     ];
 
     exec-once = [
-      # No longer launching steam on startup
+      "[workspace special:steam silent] uwsm app -- steam"
-      # "[workspace special:steam silent] uwsm app -- steam"
     ];
 
     bindd = [
-      # "SUPER, A, Toggle Steam, togglespecialworkspace, steam"
+      "SUPER, A, Toggle Steam, togglespecialworkspace, steam"
-      # "SUPER SHIFT, A, Move to Steam Special Workspace, movetoworkspace, special:steam"
+      "SUPER SHIFT, A, Move to Steam Special Workspace, movetoworkspace, special:steam"
       "SUPER, G, Switch to Gaming Workspace, workspace, name:gaming"
-      "SUPER, A, Switch to Steam Workspace, workspace, name:steam"
     ];
 
     windowrulev2 =
       [
-        # --- STEAM LAUNCHER RULES ---
+        "plugin:hyprbars:nobar, class:^(steam)$"
-        "workspace name:steam, class:^(steam)$"
+        "plugin:hyprbars:nobar, class:^(steam_app_\\d+)$"
-        # "workspace special:steam silent, class:^(steam)$"
+
+        # --- STEAM GENERAL RULES ---
+        # Default ALL steam class windows to float. This catches all dialogs & properties windows.
+        "float, class:^(steam)$"
+        # Suppress focus stealing from dialogs/etc.
         "noinitialfocus, class:^(steam)$"
         "suppressevent activate, class:^(steam)$"
+
+        # --- STEAM CLIENT OVERRIDE ---
+        # Override the float for the main Steam client, tile it, and move it to the special workspace.
+        "tile, class:^(steam)$, title:^(Steam)$"
+        "workspace special:steam, class:^(steam)$, title:^(Steam)$"
+
+        # --- STEAM GAME OVERRIDES ---
+        # Override the float for actual games and move them to the gaming workspace.
+        # 1. Auto-detected steam_app games (like Deadlock).
+        "tile, class:^(steam_app_\\d+)$"
+        "workspace name:gaming, class:^(steam_app_\\d+)$"
+
+        # 2. Behavior-detected manual games (e.g. ARC Raiders).
+        # This moves any steam game to the gaming workspace and tiles it when it becomes fullscreen.
+        "tile, class:^(steam)$, fullscreen:1"
+        "workspace name:gaming, class:^(steam)$, fullscreen:1"
       ]
-      # --- AUTO-DETECTED GAMES ---
+      # Other auto-detected non-steam games
-      ++ (mkGameRules "class:^steam_app_\\d+$")
       ++ (mkGameRules "class:^(gamescope)$")
       ++ (mkGameRules "class:^(lutris)$")
       ++ (mkGameRules "class:^(heroic)$")
       ++ (mkGameRules "class:^wine-.*$")
       ++ (mkGameRules "title:^Wine .*$")
-      # --- MANUAL GAMES ---
+      # Stayfocused rules
-      ++ manualGameRules
-      # --- STAYFOCUSED FOR SELECTED GAMES ---
       ++ stayFocusedRules;
   };
 }