After a container has been manually resized, how can I have them to be automatically resized with maximize_if_single enabled?

[maxigaz]

If I understand correctly, when the option maximize_if_single is enabled, it only affects containers that haven't been resized manually (with e.g. resize) yet. After that, they remain at their size, even if they are the only containers on a given workspace.

Is it possible to have such containers become affected by maximize_if_single again so that they are automatically resized?

I'm using Scroll 1.12.11 installed from the AUR.

[dawsers]

You are right, maximize_if_single only works for containers that haven't been resized manually. The idea is when users manually resize a container, it is because they want the container to remain that size. Instead, containers with their initial size will be maximized.

There is currently no way to "undo" that resizing, but you can always maximize a container using $nod+t, which calls toggle_size this 1.0 1.0. The container will be maximized temporarily until you hit $mod+t again.

Edit: If you want to "force" maximization regardless of whether you previously resized the container, you can still do it through a Lua script instead of using maximize_if_single.

[maxigaz]

I've just tried toggle_size this 1.0 1.0. When I use this on a workspace with only a single container that has been previously resized, it is automatically resized again when I open additional windows on the same workspace. This looks just like what I want. Thank you!