From 764dd60c2632a6a8057a1df6057fc345f57876e7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hue <skeptikal.monke@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2026 15:41:20 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?dock=C2=A0:=20add=20possibility=20to=20lay=20ou?=
 =?UTF-8?q?t=20the=20toplevels=20across=20multiple=20lines=20Now=20using?=
 =?UTF-8?q?=20a=20flowbox.=20Deletes=20the=20css=20class=20out=5Fbox=20due?=
 =?UTF-8?q?=20to=20deleting=20the=20widget=20that=20uses=20it.=20Doing=20s?=
 =?UTF-8?q?o=20removes=20some=20possibilities=20for=20styling=20until=20#3?=
 =?UTF-8?q?06=20is=20merged,=20at=20which=20point=20style=20on=20out=5Fbox?=
 =?UTF-8?q?=20could=20be=20moved=20to=20wf-dock=20and=20turning=20on=20it?=
 =?UTF-8?q?=E2=80=99s=20new=20span=5Ffull=5Fedge=20option.?=
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---
 metadata/dock.xml |  5 +++++
 src/dock/dock.cpp | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/metadata/dock.xml b/metadata/dock.xml
index 3451c1116..7343d75f5 100644
--- a/metadata/dock.xml
+++ b/metadata/dock.xml
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@
 			<_name>Bottom</_name>
 		</desc>
 	</option>
+	<option name="max_per_line" type="int">
+		<_short>Max icons per line</_short>
+		<_long>If greater than 0, the dock will have a maximum number of entries per line, after which a new line is created.</_long>
+		<default>0</default>
+	</option>
 	<option name="dock_height" type="int">
 		<_short>Dock height</_short>
 		<default>100</default>
diff --git a/src/dock/dock.cpp b/src/dock/dock.cpp
index 763cbfdb1..54d23899a 100644
--- a/src/dock/dock.cpp
+++ b/src/dock/dock.cpp
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ class WfDock::impl
     WayfireOutput *output;
     std::unique_ptr<WayfireAutohidingWindow> window;
     wl_surface *_wl_surface;
-    Gtk::Box out_box;
-    Gtk::Box box;
+    Gtk::FlowBox box;
 
     WfOption<std::string> css_path{"dock/css_path"};
     WfOption<int> dock_height{"dock/dock_height"};
+    WfOption<int> entries_per_line{"dock/max_per_line"};
 
   public:
     impl(WayfireOutput *output)
@@ -32,18 +32,11 @@ class WfDock::impl
             new WayfireAutohidingWindow(output, "dock"));
         window->set_auto_exclusive_zone(false);
         gtk_layer_set_layer(window->gobj(), GTK_LAYER_SHELL_LAYER_TOP);
-        gtk_layer_set_anchor(window->gobj(), GTK_LAYER_SHELL_EDGE_LEFT, true);
-        gtk_layer_set_anchor(window->gobj(), GTK_LAYER_SHELL_EDGE_RIGHT, true);
-        gtk_layer_set_margin(window->gobj(), GTK_LAYER_SHELL_EDGE_LEFT, 0);
-        gtk_layer_set_margin(window->gobj(), GTK_LAYER_SHELL_EDGE_RIGHT, 0);
-        out_box.append(box);
-        out_box.add_css_class("out-box");
+
         box.add_css_class("box");
-        window->set_child(out_box);
 
         window->add_css_class("wf-dock");
-
-        out_box.set_halign(Gtk::Align::CENTER);
+        window->set_child(box);
 
         if ((std::string)css_path != "")
         {
@@ -64,6 +57,21 @@ class WfDock::impl
             set_clickable_region();
             return true;
         });
+
+        auto update_entries_per_line = [=] ()
+        {
+            if (entries_per_line == 0)
+            {
+                box.set_min_children_per_line(-1);
+                box.set_max_children_per_line(-1);
+                return;
+            }
+
+            box.set_min_children_per_line(entries_per_line);
+            box.set_max_children_per_line(entries_per_line);
+        };
+        entries_per_line.set_callback(update_entries_per_line);
+        update_entries_per_line();
     }
 
     void add_child(Gtk::Widget& widget)
@@ -73,7 +81,8 @@ class WfDock::impl
 
     void rem_child(Gtk::Widget& widget)
     {
-        this->box.remove(widget);
+        box.remove(widget);
+        window->set_default_size(-1, dock_height);
     }
 
     wl_surface *get_wl_surface()
@@ -82,7 +91,7 @@ class WfDock::impl
     }
 
     /* Sets the central section as clickable and transparent edges as click-through
-     *  Gets called regularly to ensure css size changes all register */
+     * Gets called regularly to ensure css size changes all register */
     void set_clickable_region()
     {
         auto surface = window->get_surface();