I'd love to do this on a per-client basis. Some clients already draw functional titlebars, so I'd want to disable titlebars for those specifically.

Given that this needs to be designed from scratch, does applying it on a per-client basis sound reasonable? The all-windows use case can be covered by simply:

for_window * titlebar hide

The client can already indicate when they draw their own decorations with xdg_decoration. Only allowed for floating clients atm (otherwise we enforce ssd), though I don't remember why.

EDIT: tbh I'm not sure what the intended difference between border normal and border csd is right now anyway. We could probably be more permissive in allowing csd for single containers.

Setting the default_border as pixel 0 i was able to get rid of the title bar

I am running version 1.8.2 in void

We restored this workaround in 1.8.2 until a proper feature is added.

A feature similar to smart_gaps would be great as well: smart_titlebar on would only show the titlebar when two or more windows are visible in a workspace.

A feature similar to smart_gaps would be great as well: smart_titlebar on would only show the titlebar when two or more windows are visible in a workspace.

You can do that with
hide_edge_borders --i3 smart

Hm, that doesn't work for me. hide_edge_borders --i3 smart still shows a title bar even when only one tab is open. I guess I'll open a bug report later.

I have it with:

gaps outer 0
gaps inner 0
hide_edge_borders --i3 smart
workspace_layout tabbed

Thats the entire config, and it works for me ™️

I have it with:

gaps outer 0
gaps inner 0
hide_edge_borders --i3 smart
workspace_layout tabbed

Thats the entire config, and it works for me ™️

there's still title to distinguish between tabs, I find no way to get rid of titlebar completely execpt this font hack: font pango:monospace 0

Is there any workaround which can highlight the active windows & hide the title bar?

Here's what I've tried:

• font pango:monospace 0 shows Invalid font size
• font pango:monospace 0.001 leaves a small bar above every window
• default_border none removes titlebar but doesn't highlight which window is active

Is there any workaround which can highlight the active windows & hide the title bar?

Here's what I've tried:

• font pango:monospace 0 shows Invalid font size
• font pango:monospace 0.001 leaves a small bar above every window
• default_border none removes titlebar but doesn't highlight which window is active

try this:

font pango:monospace 0
default_border none

worked for me

font pango:monospace 0
default_border none

This doesn't work with 1.9.0-dev (git) due to Invalid font size. Is there a new method?

No. This issue is about adding a new method. If this issue stays unresolved by the time 1.9 ships, there will be no more way to hide the titlebar.

So make this a blocker?

No. It's up to people who care about this feature to submit a PR.

@emersion why clean it so fast as we haven't yet come up with an PR?

I have two layouts, one that adheres with that font trick, one curently use (was named unuse).

A feature similar to smart_gaps would be great as well: smart_titlebar on would only show the titlebar when two or more windows are visible in a workspace.

You can do that with hide_edge_borders --i3 smart

TYSM! I was always bothered by sway not behaving the same way as i3 when it comes to having no borders when using tabs, and this makes sway behave closer to i3. This really should be the default behavior, since sway is usually pretty obsessive over being 1-to-1 with i3.

Reminder that a new Sway release is upcoming and this feature will go away unless someone steps up.

Hi,

I did try something in #7889. It's not exactly a proper fix for this issue, but it provide a way to hide the titlebar when there is only one window, no matter which layout is configured.

Feedback is welcome :)

added option 'disable_titlebar' in master branch #8026 (comment)

I'm done here.
So, I don't know how merging works here and how long it will take for the corrected version to come out if my pull request is accepted, but I understand how titlebar in tiled WM can be annoying. Really!..

The spirit of DWM lives on, gentlemen. Here is a separate hack patch for Sway 1.9 and instruction ;)