From bebd22cbd73c99fbbf664b09c5f721e305d65821 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: lkn <lkn@localhost>
Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2026 19:10:07 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] wayland: group windows by app_id only when appicon is docked

---
 src/window.c | 21 ++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/window.c b/src/window.c
index 06bd6a0..2149bef 100644
--- a/src/window.c
+++ b/src/window.c
@@ -750,13 +750,28 @@ WWindow *wManageWindow(WScreen *scr, WNativeWindow window)
 		wwin->main_window = wwin->client_win;
 
 	/* Wayland native clients have no client_leader or window_group.
-	 * Treat each non-transient window as its own app leader so that
-	 * wApplicationCreate runs and an appicon is produced. */
+	 * If a matching docked icon exists, group by app_id (wm_class) so
+	 * all instances share one appicon. Otherwise each gets its own. */
 	if (wwin->main_window == WM_NATIVE_NONE
 	    && wwin->transient_for == WM_NATIVE_NONE
 	    && wwin->client_leader == WM_NATIVE_NONE
-	    && wwin->group_id == WM_NATIVE_NONE)
+	    && wwin->group_id == WM_NATIVE_NONE) {
 		wwin->main_window = wwin->client_win;
+		if (wwin->wm_class) {
+			WWindow *tmp;
+			for (tmp = scr->focused_window; tmp; tmp = tmp->next) {
+				if (tmp != wwin && tmp->wm_class
+				    && strcmp(tmp->wm_class, wwin->wm_class) == 0
+				    && tmp->main_window != WM_NATIVE_NONE
+				    && wApplicationOf(tmp->main_window)
+				    && wApplicationOf(tmp->main_window)->app_icon
+				    && wApplicationOf(tmp->main_window)->app_icon->docked) {
+					wwin->main_window = tmp->main_window;
+					break;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
 
 	fixLeaderProperties(wwin);