`inactive_border_size` or some other way to disable inactive border

[carschandler]

Description

Currently, you can sort of disable inactive borders by setting col.inactive_border = rgba(00000000). However, if you use shadows, then this leaves a jarring space where there is no shadow around the window. I propose an inactive_border_size option under general, which would let you control their size independently with the option to completely disable by setting to 0.

If for some reason this would be much more difficult than simply adding a disable_inactive_border toggle, then that's all I really care about anyway and would be happy to see either added!

Thanks

[tchofy]

Try these:

windowrulev2 = noborder, focus:0
windowrulev2 = noshadow, focus:0

[carschandler]

@tchofy thanks! The top was sufficient for what I wanted, but the toggling on/off of borders does make windows jump around a bit sometimes (this may be unavoidable), and it seems that window rules override animations, at least in this case. For example, I found that if you want to disable shadows for inactive borders, it's better to use col.shadow_inactive as that preserves shadow fade in/out animations.

I'm going to leave the issue open and let the team decide if it's worth their time to add a proper setting that animations work for in case it's a super simple addition.

[neilking01]

thanks! I was looking for this option for a long time.

[vaxerski]

I dont think theres anything left to do here