Add "superpin" or "sticky" to hyprland as super + grave (floating and tiled windows move with workspaces)

superpin.lua

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local superpin_windows = {}

---add or remove window from superpin list

---@param target_win HL.Window

local function toggle_superpin(target_win)

  if superpin_windows[target_win.address] then

    superpin_windows[target_win.address] = nil

    hl.notification.create({ text = "superpin off: " .. target_win.title, timeout = 2000 })

else

    superpin_windows[target_win.address] = {

      win = target_win,

      at   = target_win.at,

      size = target_win.size,

    }

    hl.notification.create({ text = "superpin on: " .. target_win.title, timeout = 2000 })

end

end

-- watch for workspace changes to ensure superpin windows follow

hl.on("workspace.active", function(ws)

  for _, stored in pairs(superpin_windows) do

    hl.dispatch(hl.dsp.window.move({ workspace = ws.id, window = stored.win }))

end

end)

-- clean up

hl.on("window.close", function(win)

  superpin_windows[win.address] = nil

end)

-- toggle superpin

hl.bind("SUPER + grave", function()

  local win = hl.get_active_window() --[[@as HL.Window]]

  toggle_superpin(win)

end)

-- helps restore original position and size

hl.on("window.update_rules", function(win)

  if win.floating then

    local stored = superpin_windows[win.address]

    if stored and stored.at and stored.size then

      hl.dispatch(hl.dsp.window.move({ x = stored.at.x, y = stored.at.y, window = win }))

      hl.dispatch(hl.dsp.window.resize({ x = stored.size.x, y = stored.size.y, window = win }))

    end

end

end)