tiled windows do not render in a region when built-in laptop panel disabled on start

[Diax170]

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• Scroll Version:

  • scroll version 1.13-dev-f5e4655a (Jan 26 2026, branch 'master')
  • recompiled and restarted 5 mins ago

• Configuration File:

# file: ~/.config/scroll/config.d/outputs2.conf
# vim: ft=swayconfig

output "DP-2" {
    mode 3440x1440@99.982Hz
    # mode 3440x1440@59.973Hz
    pos 1080 355
    transform normal
    scale 1.25
    scale_filter nearest
    adaptive_sync off
    dpms on
}
output "HDMI-A-1" {
    mode  1920x1080@60.0Hz
    pos 0 0
    transform 270
    scale 1.0
    scale_filter nearest
    adaptive_sync on
    dpms on
}
output "eDP-1" disable
exec sleep 2 && scrollmsg 'output eDP-1 enable' && sleep 1 && scrollmsg 'output eDP-1 disable'

workspace 1 output HDMI-A-1
workspace 2 output DP-2

• Description:
  • I've had this issue since the very beginning of my adventure with scroll, but I hesitated to report because there was an easy workaround. But now I got bored and wanna report this
  • So when I configure scroll to disable my built-in laptop monitor (eDP-1) and restart my session, it doesn't render tiled windows in some region (floating and scratchpad windows render normally). This disappears when I enable the monitor. Then I can disable it again and it works as expected
  • This also happens when there's no wallpaper set
  • The rectangle in which the windows don't render is likely of the res of my laptop's internal panel, which is 1920x1200 (16:10)
  • scrollmsg -t get_outputs lists all the outputs as expected, with eDP-1 appearing as disabled
  • So workaround is: scrollmsg 'output eDP-1 enable' && sleep 1 && scrollmsg 'output eDP-1 disable' (replace eDP-1 if your monitor has a different identifier)
  • Scroll has to be completely restarted in order for this issue to be replicated

[dawsers]

It could be because it is your main display, I will have a look at it. Have you tried this in sway?

[Diax170]

it doesn't happen on sway

[Diax170]

also I don't think primary displays matter on Wayland but correct me if I'm wrong