From 8809817422132923a87299591a11668cd1944d7d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nikita Ivanov <nikita.vyach.ivanov@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2026 18:37:26 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add centeredmaster_always setting

Credits: @metalcranium
---
 patches/centeredmaster/README.md              |  3 ++
 .../centeredmaster/centeredmaster-0.8.patch   | 46 +++++++++++++------
 2 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/patches/centeredmaster/README.md b/patches/centeredmaster/README.md
index 10bfc1f..e1e7b10 100644
--- a/patches/centeredmaster/README.md
+++ b/patches/centeredmaster/README.md
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ With one and two clients in master respectively this results in:
 +------------------------------+       +------------------------------+
 ```
 
+Version 0.8 includes `centeredmaster_always` setting to always center a window
+even if only 1 window is visible on a tag.
 
 ### Download
 - [0.8](/dwl/dwl-patches/raw/branch/main/patches/centeredmaster/centeredmaster-0.8.patch)
@@ -32,3 +34,4 @@ With one and two clients in master respectively this results in:
 ### Authors
 - [Nikita Ivanov](https://codeberg.org/nikitaivanov) ([GitHub](https://github.com/NikitaIvanovV))
 - [wochap](https://codeberg.org/wochap)
+- [metalcranium](https://codeberg.org/metalcranium)
diff --git a/patches/centeredmaster/centeredmaster-0.8.patch b/patches/centeredmaster/centeredmaster-0.8.patch
index fd61aa5..072089f 100644
--- a/patches/centeredmaster/centeredmaster-0.8.patch
+++ b/patches/centeredmaster/centeredmaster-0.8.patch
@@ -1,18 +1,26 @@
-From 1fb8c15bb02c50279a5ccbd410dc1293abb747f3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From d3d0000c3e2baa8c2a4633581186f768c909667a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
 From: Nikita Ivanov <nikita.vyach.ivanov@gmail.com>
-Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2025 16:10:25 +0100
+Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2026 18:24:17 +0200
 Subject: [PATCH] Add centeredmaster layout
 
 ---
- config.def.h |  2 ++
- dwl.c        | 63 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
- 2 files changed, 65 insertions(+)
+ config.def.h |  3 +++
+ dwl.c        | 73 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+ 2 files changed, 76 insertions(+)
 
 diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
-index 8a6eda0..70954cc 100644
+index 8a6eda0..15cbe32 100644
 --- a/config.def.h
 +++ b/config.def.h
-@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ static const Layout layouts[] = {
+@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
+ static const int sloppyfocus               = 1;  /* focus follows mouse */
+ static const int bypass_surface_visibility = 0;  /* 1 means idle inhibitors will disable idle tracking even if it's surface isn't visible  */
+ static const unsigned int borderpx         = 1;  /* border pixel of windows */
++static const int centeredmaster_always     = 0;  /* always center even if only 1 window */
+ static const float rootcolor[]             = COLOR(0x222222ff);
+ static const float bordercolor[]           = COLOR(0x444444ff);
+ static const float focuscolor[]            = COLOR(0x005577ff);
+@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ static const Layout layouts[] = {
  	{ "[]=",      tile },
  	{ "><>",      NULL },    /* no layout function means floating behavior */
  	{ "[M]",      monocle },
@@ -20,7 +28,7 @@ index 8a6eda0..70954cc 100644
  };
  
  /* monitors */
-@@ -135,6 +136,7 @@ static const Key keys[] = {
+@@ -135,6 +137,7 @@ static const Key keys[] = {
  	{ MODKEY,                    XKB_KEY_t,           setlayout,        {.v = &layouts[0]} },
  	{ MODKEY,                    XKB_KEY_f,           setlayout,        {.v = &layouts[1]} },
  	{ MODKEY,                    XKB_KEY_m,           setlayout,        {.v = &layouts[2]} },
@@ -29,7 +37,7 @@ index 8a6eda0..70954cc 100644
  	{ MODKEY|WLR_MODIFIER_SHIFT, XKB_KEY_space,       togglefloating,   {0} },
  	{ MODKEY,                    XKB_KEY_e,           togglefullscreen, {0} },
 diff --git a/dwl.c b/dwl.c
-index 44f3ad9..bf859b0 100644
+index 44f3ad9..98ba318 100644
 --- a/dwl.c
 +++ b/dwl.c
 @@ -248,6 +248,7 @@ static void arrangelayer(Monitor *m, struct wl_list *list,
@@ -40,7 +48,7 @@ index 44f3ad9..bf859b0 100644
  static void chvt(const Arg *arg);
  static void checkidleinhibitor(struct wlr_surface *exclude);
  static void cleanup(void);
-@@ -672,6 +673,68 @@ buttonpress(struct wl_listener *listener, void *data)
+@@ -672,6 +673,78 @@ buttonpress(struct wl_listener *listener, void *data)
  			event->time_msec, event->button, event->state);
  }
  
@@ -58,15 +66,25 @@ index 44f3ad9..bf859b0 100644
 +		return;
 +
 +	/* initialize areas */
-+	mw = m->w.width;
-+	mx = 0;
++	if (centeredmaster_always) {
++		mw = m->w.width / 2;
++		mx = m->w.width / 4;
++	} else {
++		mw = m->w.width;
++		mx = 0;
++	}
 +	my = 0;
 +	tw = mw;
 +
 +	if (n > m->nmaster) {
 +		/* go mfact box in the center if more than nmaster clients */
-+		mw = m->nmaster ? (int)roundf(m->w.width * m->mfact) : 0;
-+		tw = m->w.width - mw;
++		if (centeredmaster_always) {
++			mw = m->nmaster ? (int)roundf(m->w.width / 2) : 0;
++			tw = mw / 2;
++		} else {
++			mw = m->nmaster ? (int)roundf(m->w.width * m->mfact) : 0;
++			tw = m->w.width - mw;
++		}
 +
 +		if (n - m->nmaster > 1) {
 +			/* only one client */