From 0ad67298fc3118d03d9faefcdb7d077fe232fbd9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adam0 <alumail@protonmail.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2026 13:36:26 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Streamline overview update handling

Flush complete Hyprland refreshes directly when the overview opens and only calculate drop coordinates when a tiled-window swap is required.
---
 modules/overview/OverviewWidget.qml | 14 ++++++++++----
 services/HyprlandData.qml           | 12 +++++++-----
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/modules/overview/OverviewWidget.qml b/modules/overview/OverviewWidget.qml
index 9727ff7..114af26 100644
--- a/modules/overview/OverviewWidget.qml
+++ b/modules/overview/OverviewWidget.qml
@@ -379,10 +379,16 @@ Item {
                         onReleased: {
                             const targetWorkspace = root.draggingTargetWorkspace;
                             const address = window.windowData?.address;
-                            const dropX = window.x + window.Drag.hotSpot.x;
-                            const dropY = window.y + window.Drag.hotSpot.y;
-                            const cursorPosition = windowSpace.mapToGlobal(dropX, dropY);
-                            const swapTarget = !windowData?.floating ? root.dropSwapTarget(targetWorkspace, dropX, dropY, address) : "";
+                            let swapTarget = "";
+                            let cursorPosition = null;
+                            if (targetWorkspace !== -1) {
+                                const dropX = window.x + window.Drag.hotSpot.x;
+                                const dropY = window.y + window.Drag.hotSpot.y;
+                                swapTarget = !windowData?.floating ? root.dropSwapTarget(targetWorkspace, dropX, dropY, address) : "";
+                                if (swapTarget)
+                                    cursorPosition = windowSpace.mapToGlobal(dropX, dropY);
+                            }
+
                             window.pressed = false;
                             window.Drag.active = false;
                             root.draggingFromWorkspace = -1;
diff --git a/services/HyprlandData.qml b/services/HyprlandData.qml
index fdf167f..56aeadf 100644
--- a/services/HyprlandData.qml
+++ b/services/HyprlandData.qml
@@ -27,7 +27,12 @@ Singleton {
     }
 
     function updateAll() {
-        scheduleUpdates(true, true);
+        if (!GlobalStates.overviewOpen)
+            return;
+
+        pendingWindowsUpdate = true;
+        pendingMonitorsUpdate = true;
+        flushPendingUpdates();
     }
 
     function scheduleUpdates(windows, monitors) {
@@ -67,10 +72,8 @@ Singleton {
     }
 
     Component.onCompleted: {
-        if (GlobalStates.overviewOpen) {
+        if (GlobalStates.overviewOpen)
             root.updateAll();
-            root.flushPendingUpdates();
-        }
     }
 
     Connections {
@@ -79,7 +82,6 @@ Singleton {
         function onOverviewOpenChanged() {
             if (GlobalStates.overviewOpen) {
                 root.updateAll();
-                root.flushPendingUpdates();
             } else {
                 eventDebounceTimer.stop();
                 root.pendingWindowsUpdate = false;
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