config: workspace display order

jay-config/src/_private/client.rs

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ use {
             ContentType, MatchedWindow, TileState, Window, WindowCriterion, WindowMatcher,
             WindowType,
         },
+        workspace::WorkspaceDisplayOrder,
         xwayland::XScalingMode,
     },
     bincode::Options,
@@ -987,6 +988,10 @@ impl ConfigClient {
         self.send(&ClientMessage::SetMiddleClickPasteEnabled { enabled });
     }
 
+    pub fn set_workspace_display_order(&self, order: WorkspaceDisplayOrder) {
+        self.send(&ClientMessage::SetWorkspaceDisplayOrder { order });
+    }
+
     pub fn seat_create_mark(&self, seat: Seat, kc: Option<u32>) {
         self.send(&ClientMessage::SeatCreateMark { seat, kc });
     }

jay-config/src/_private/ipc.rs

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ use {
             Transform, VrrMode, connector_type::ConnectorType,
         },
         window::{ContentType, TileState, Window, WindowMatcher, WindowType},
+        workspace::WorkspaceDisplayOrder,
         xwayland::XScalingMode,
     },
     serde::{Deserialize, Serialize},
@@ -760,6 +761,9 @@ pub enum ClientMessage<'a> {
         src: u32,
         dst: u32,
     },
+    SetWorkspaceDisplayOrder {
+        order: WorkspaceDisplayOrder,
+    },
 }
 
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug)]

jay-config/src/lib.rs

@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 
 #[expect(unused_imports)]
 use crate::input::Seat;
+
 use {
     crate::{
         _private::ipc::WorkspaceSource, keyboard::ModifiedKeySym, video::Connector, window::Window,
@@ -73,6 +74,7 @@ pub mod theme;
 pub mod timer;
 pub mod video;
 pub mod window;
+pub mod workspace;
 pub mod xwayland;
 
 /// A planar direction.

jay-config/src/workspace.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+//! Tools for configuring workspaces.
+
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+
+/// How workspaces should be ordered in the UI.
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Copy, Clone, Debug, Hash, Eq, PartialEq)]
+pub enum WorkspaceDisplayOrder {
+    /// Workspaces are not sorted and can be manually dragged.
+    Manual,
+    /// Workspaces are sorted alphabetically and cannot be manually dragged.
+    Sorted,
+}
+
+/// Sets how workspaces should be ordered in the UI.
+///
+/// The default is `WorkspaceDisplayOrder::Manual`.
+pub fn set_workspace_display_order(order: WorkspaceDisplayOrder) {
+    get!().set_workspace_display_order(order);
+}