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SofieSasao

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Registered: 2024-03-03

Posts: 20

i3 + picom, can I remove rounded corners with smart_gaps?

I use i3 window manager along with picom.

Ideally, I'm looking for a way to satisfy these requirements:
1. For multiple windows in tiling mode: gaps around windows on, rounded corners on.
2. For a single window in floating mode: rounded corners on.
3. For a single window in tiling mode: gaps around windows off, rounded corners off.

I managed to partially achieve this.
picom config enables rounded corners for all windows:

corner-radius = 10;
round-borders = 1;

i3 config provides gaps when there are multiple windows in tiling mode, but turns them off when there is only one window:

smart_gaps on
gaps inner 5
gaps outer -2

This works almost perfectly, however, rounded corners are still present when there is a single application taking all screen space in tiling mode.
This behavior violates the last requirement and looks pretty bad.
Is there any way to fix that?