Dynamic monitor toggle

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Hyprland version 
Hyprland 0.55.4 built from branch v0.55.4-b at commit a0136d8c04687bb36eb8a28eb9d1ff92aea99704 clean ([gha] Nix: update inputs).
Date: 2026-06-11
Tag: v0.55.4, commits: -1

Libraries:
Hyprgraphics: built against 0.5.1, system has unknown
Hyprutils: built against 0.13.1, system has unknown
Hyprcursor: built against 0.1.13, system has unknown
Hyprlang: built against 0.6.8, system has unknown
Aquamarine: built against 0.13.0, system has unknown

Version ABI string: a0136d8c04687bb36eb8a28eb9d1ff92aea99704_aq_0.13_hu_0.13_hg_0.5_hc_0.1_hlg_0.6
flags set:
nix

Describe your issue / feature…

I want my laptop monitor to be enabled only when no other monitor is connected, so i made this:

local function toggle_monitor()
hl.monitor({ output = "eDP-1", disabled = hl.get_monitor("HDMI-A-1") ~= nil })
end

hl.on("monitor.added", toggle_monitor)

hl.monitor({
output = "eDP-1",
mode = "1920x1080@60",
mirror = "HDMI-A-1",
position = "1920x0",
scale = 1.25,
disabled = false,
})

But each config reload after that resets workspace on main monitor and may crash some apps. can i avoid this?

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I was about to open a thread asking how to implement this, thanks! I’d love to hear other’s inputs on it.

3

Ok, solution was pretty eassy, monitor just should be disabled by default, and then you enable it, instead of having it enabled and disabling on event