nix-config/home/linux/gui/niri/conf/windowrules.kdl

// Window rules let you adjust behavior for individual windows.
// Find more information on the wiki:
// https://yalter.github.io/niri/Configuration:-Window-Rules

// Terminal applications - open in workspace 1, with blur
window-rule {
    match app-id="foot"
    open-on-workspace "1terminal"
    open-maximized true
    // foot >= 1.26 uses native blur via ext-background-effect,
    // no compositor-side blur needed
}
window-rule {
    match app-id="Alacritty"
    open-on-workspace "1terminal"
    open-maximized true
    background-effect {
        blur true
    }
}
window-rule {
    match app-id="com.mitchellh.ghostty"
    open-on-workspace "1terminal"
    open-maximized true
    // Ghostty native blur via ext-background-effect coming in v1.4;
    // use compositor-side blur until then
    background-effect {
        blur true
    }
}

// Web browsers - open in workspace 2
window-rule {
    match app-id="firefox"
    open-on-workspace "2browser"
    open-maximized true
}
window-rule {
    match app-id="google-chrome"
    open-on-workspace "2browser"
    open-maximized true
}
window-rule {
    match app-id="chromium-browser"
    open-on-workspace "2browser"
    open-maximized true
}

// Chat applications - open in workspace 3
window-rule {
    // match app-id="org.telegram.desktop"
    match title="^Telegram"
    open-on-workspace "3chat"
}
window-rule {
    match app-id="wechat"
    open-on-workspace "3chat"
}
window-rule {
    match app-id="QQ"
    open-on-workspace "3chat"
}

// Entertainment applications - open in workspace 4
window-rule {
    match app-id="steam"
    open-on-workspace "4entertainment"
}
window-rule {
    match app-id="steam_app_default"
    open-on-workspace "4entertainment"
}
window-rule {
    match app-id="heroic"
    open-on-workspace "4entertainment"
}
window-rule {
    match app-id="net.lutris.Lutris"
    open-on-workspace "4entertainment"
}
window-rule {
    match app-id="com.vysp3r.ProtonPlus"
    open-on-workspace "4entertainment"
}
window-rule {
    // Run anime games on Linux
    match app-id="^moe.launcher"
    open-on-workspace "4entertainment"
}
window-rule {
    // All *.exe (Windows applications)
    match app-id=".exe$"
    open-on-workspace "4entertainment"
}
window-rule {
    match app-id="^mpv$"
    open-on-workspace "4entertainment"
}

// Utility applications - open in workspace 5
window-rule {
    match app-id="com.github.johnfactotum.Foliate"
    open-on-workspace "5utility"
}
window-rule {
    match app-id="thunar"
    open-on-workspace "5utility"
}
window-rule {
    match app-id="^Clash-verge$"
    match app-id="^[.]clash-verge-wrapped$"
    open-on-workspace "5utility"
}
window-rule {
    match app-id="^org[.]kde[.]easyeffects$"
    open-on-workspace "5utility"
}

// Other applications - open in workspace 0
window-rule {
    match app-id="BambuStudio"
    open-on-workspace "0other"
}
window-rule {
    match app-id="OrcaSlicer"
    open-on-workspace "0other"
}
window-rule {
    match app-id="Zoom Workplace"
    // Zoom Home Page
    match title="^(Zoom Workplace)( - Free account)?$"
    open-on-workspace "0other"
}
window-rule {
    match app-id="Zoom Workplace"
    // Zoom - other windows
    exclude title="^(Zoom Workplace)( - Free account)?$"
    open-on-workspace "0other"
    open-floating true
}
window-rule {
    match app-id="^Zoom$"
    open-on-workspace "0other"
}
window-rule {
    match app-id="^Zoom$" title="^as_toolbar$"
    open-floating true
    default-floating-position x=0 y=16 relative-to="bottom"
}
window-rule {
    match app-id="^Zoom$" title="^zoom_linux_float_video_window$"
    open-fullscreen true
}

// Notifications shows bottom right
window-rule {
   // match exactly empty string, avoid to be the default behavior
    match app-id="^$"
    open-floating true
    open-focused false
    default-floating-position x=0 y=0 relative-to="bottom-right"
}