Fix tabbed/stacked corner case #742

Tabbed/stacked containers are now created only if a view is present on
the workspace. If a view is created on previously empty tabbed/stacked
workspace, it gets wrapped in a container.

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/sway/commands.c b/sway/commands.c
index 2248e1c7..871b3078 100644
--- a/sway/commands.c
+++ b/sway/commands.c
@@ -1950,13 +1950,13 @@ static struct cmd_results *cmd_layout(int argc, char **argv) {
 		}
 
 		if (strcasecmp(argv[0], "tabbed") == 0) {
-			if (parent->type != C_CONTAINER) {
+			if (parent->type != C_CONTAINER && !swayc_is_empty_workspace(parent)){
 				parent = new_container(parent, L_TABBED);
 			}
 
 			parent->layout = L_TABBED;
 		} else if (strcasecmp(argv[0], "stacking") == 0) {
-			if (parent->type != C_CONTAINER) {
+			if (parent->type != C_CONTAINER && !swayc_is_empty_workspace(parent)) {
 				parent = new_container(parent, L_STACKED);
 			}