Terminal windows momentarily shrink and break tiling layout during clipboard operations

[Argus-Khan]

Bug Description

Whenever wl-clipboard performs a clipboard operation, the active terminal window briefly shrinks for a split second. This occasionally corrupts the tiling layout.

This did not always happen and appears to have started recently.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Enable tiling mode
2. Open any terminal with a tiled layout
3. Run any of the following:
   • wl-copy or wl-paste directly in the terminal
   • Copy a file path in Yazi (file manager)
   • Yank text in Neovim
4. Observe the terminal window briefly shrink and occasionally snap into a broken tiling layout

Expected Behavior

Clipboard operations should have no effect on window geometry or tiling layout.

Actual Behavior

The active terminal window shrinks momentarily during any wl-clipboard operation. This occasionally causes the tiling layout to break and requires manual correction.

issue-recording.mp4

Additional Notes

• Tested across three different terminals: Kitty, Foot, and WezTerm — issue occurs in all of them
• Tested with wl-copy --foreground — makes no difference
• Affects both wl-copy and wl-paste
• Also triggered by any application that uses wl-clipboard internally (confirmed with Yazi and Neovim)
• Compiled pop-shell from the latest git repo to check if it was already fixed — issue persists
• Screen recording attached

Environment

OS	Fedora Linux 44 (Workstation Edition) x86_64
Host	Dell OptiPlex 3070
Kernel	7.0.11-200.fc44.x86_64
GNOME	50.2
WM	Mutter (Wayland)
pop-shell version	2 (also tested latest git build)
wl-clipboard version	2.2.1
Terminals tested	Kitty 0.47.1, Foot, WezTerm
GPU	Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Integrated)
Display	Dual monitor — 2x 2560x1440 @ 60Hz

[Argus-Khan]

I was able to resolve the issue by adding wl-clipboard to the default-float list in config.ts. Perhaps someone from the main team can add it as part of their next PR, since it doesn't seem efficient for me to make pull request for a single line. Was there any specific reason why it wasn't already added to the float list? or is the wl-clipboard window actually a bug that's why it wasn't accounted for? Just curious.

The window has a skip taskbar flag, but it seems it was an intentional choice not to ignore that type of windows for tiling.

[siddhpant]

This annoys me too. I added a fix in my existing PR, please try that out.

[Argus-Khan]

This annoys me too. I added a fix in my existing PR, please try that out.

Hey I have checked your PR, it's working fine. I'll close the issue. it was annoying me so much at work because I have to use Fedora but I'm a hyprland + Arch user at home and way too addicted to tiling WMs XD

[siddhpant]

Please keep it open as it is unfixed till the commit merges. The merge will automatically close it.

[Argus-Khan]

Please keep it open as it is unfixed till the commit merges. The merge will automatically close it.

Sorry my G. <3