hyprexpo: skip_empty=true still renders empty tiles (render-only change suggestion)

[chrisdamato]

Hi,

While testing hyprexpo with split-monitor-workspaces, I noticed that skip_empty=true skips empty workspaces but still renders empty tiles when the grid is larger than the workspace count.

Setup

plugin {
  hyprexpo {
    columns = 3
    workspace_method = center current
    skip_empty = true
  }
}

plugin {
  split-monitor-workspaces {
    count = 6
    enable_persistent_workspaces = 1
  }
}

Single monitor, 6 split workspaces.

Behavior

• Grid size is fixed at columns × columns (3×3)
• Only 6 workspaces are assigned
• Remaining tiles render as empty background
• This is consistent with current logic, but visually suggests non-existent workspaces

Suggested minimal change

This looks like a pure rendering concern. A minimal fix would be to skip drawing tiles where no workspace is assigned:

if (!images[i].pWorkspace)
    continue;

Applied in redrawAll() / fullRender().

Optionally, the same guard could be added in selectHoveredWorkspace() to ignore clicks on empty tiles.

This would:

• Keep the fixed grid model
• Not change workspace enumeration or config semantics
• Make skip_empty=true visually match expectations
• Remove empty rows in split-workspace setups

No request for dynamic grids or new options — just skipping tiles that already represent “no workspace”.

Let me know if this approach makes sense; happy to test or adjust. Thanks.