Skip to content

Super+J (togglesplit) errors on scrolling layout: 'no such layoutmsg for scrolling' #8220

Closed
Closed
Super+J (togglesplit) errors on scrolling layout: 'no such layoutmsg for scrolling'#8220

Description

@khru
khru
opened on Aug 25, 2026

Description

When a workspace is set to the scrolling layout (via Super+L), pressing Super+J throws a runtime error:

Runtime error in lua: ?.? no such layoutmsg for scrolling

The Super+J binding calls hl.dsp.layout("togglesplit"), which is a layout message that only exists in the dwindle layout. The scrolling layout does not handle this message.

Steps to reproduce

  1. Press Super+L to toggle the workspace layout to scrolling
  2. Press Super+J
  3. Error appears

Expected behavior

Either:

  • The togglesplit binding is a no-op on non-dwindle layouts (no error), or
  • The binding is conditional and only works on dwindle workspaces

Workaround

Delete the workspace layout file:

rm ~/.local/state/omarchy/workspace-layouts/<workspace-id>.lua

Or toggle back to dwindle with Super+L.

System details

  • Omarchy version: 4.0.1-1
  • Layout: scrolling (workspace-specific)
  • Default binding in /usr/share/omarchy/default/hypr/bindings/tiling.lua line 4: 
    o.bind("SUPER + J", "Toggle window split", hl.dsp.layout("togglesplit"))

Suggested fix

The binding could check the current workspace layout before dispatching togglesplit, or the error could be silently ignored for unsupported layouts.

Activity

  1. SamSyntax commented on Aug 25, 2026

    @SamSyntax
    SamSyntax
    on Aug 25, 2026

    I think there’s already an open pr on this: #6924

    You can fix this locally by adding a few lines of code to the bindings.lua file:

    local function toggle_split()
	local layout = hl.get_active_workspace().tiled_layout
	if layout == "dwindle" then
		return hl.dispatch(hl.dsp.layout("togglesplit"))
	else
    os.execute([[omarchy-notification-send -g 󱂬 "Splitting is available only in dwindle layout"]])
		return nil
	end
end

replace("SUPER + J", "Toggle window split", toggle_split)

  2. Tsurgcom commented on Aug 26, 2026

    @Tsurgcom
    Tsurgcom
    on Aug 26, 2026
    Contributor

    Having the same issue here.

  3. fayimora commented on Aug 27, 2026

    @fayimora
    fayimora
    on Aug 27, 2026
    Contributor

    I have an alternate fix here #7171

  4. rookepoole commented on Sep 1, 2026

    @rookepoole
    rookepoole
    on Sep 1, 2026

    Open PR #8939 addresses this layout-specific togglesplit error. It dispatches togglesplit only when the active tiled layout is dwindle and shows a notification for unsupported layouts instead of surfacing a Lua runtime error. This is the current tested version of the fix.

  5. kenmellem commented on Sep 19, 2026

    @kenmellem
    kenmellem
    on Sep 19, 2026

    Same issue experienced.

  6. bjarneo commented on Sep 20, 2026

    @bjarneo
    bjarneo
    on Sep 20, 2026
    Member

    Automated duplication check: this issue looks similar to #7556, which covers the same Super+J togglesplit errors on scrolling workspaces. I keep that one open and close this one to keep the discussion in one place.

    If you feel this is the wrong decision, please open the issue again with a note on the difference.

  7. bjarneo
    closed this as completedon Sep 20, 2026
Sign up for free to join this conversation on GitHub. Already have an account? Sign in to comment

Metadata

Metadata

Assignees

No one assigned

    Labels

    No labels
    No labels

    Type

    No type

    Projects

    No projects

      Milestone

      No milestone

      Relationships

      None yet

      Development

      No branches or pull requests

      Issue actions