[Regression][Lua] Clicking window's group bar title often fails to focus intended window.

[tekstryder]

Hyprland version

Hyprland 0.54.0 built from branch main at commit 8b78de5d90cb81ebf01df1c84ca205b22aced7d1 dirty (compositor: recalculate workspace state after fs state update ( 14369)).
Date: Fri May 8 18:22:07 2026
Tag: v0.54.0-348-g8b78de5d9, commits: 7283

Libraries:
Hyprgraphics: built against 0.5.1, system has 0.5.1
Hyprutils: built against 0.13.1, system has 0.13.1
Hyprcursor: built against 0.1.13, system has 0.1.13
Hyprlang: built against 0.6.8, system has 0.6.8
Aquamarine: built against 0.11.0, system has 0.11.0

Version ABI string: 8b78de5d90cb81ebf01df1c84ca205b22aced7d1_aq_0.11_hu_0.13_hg_0.5_hc_0.1_hlg_0.6
flags set:
no xwayland

Regression

Yes, after lua.

Describe the bug

Clicking group bar title to focus group member window often fails to activate/diplay window selected.

hl.config({
    group = {
        merge_groups_on_drag = false,
        drag_into_group = 2,
        col = {
            border_active   = "rgba(33ccffff)",
            border_inactive = "rgba(595959ff)",
        },
        groupbar = {
            font_family = "Adwaita Sans",
            font_size = 16,
            height = 24,
            gaps_in = 0,
            gaps_out = 0,
            keep_upper_gap = false,
            indicator_gap = 0,
            indicator_height = 0,
            gradients = true,
            scrolling = false,
            rounding = 0,
            gradient_rounding = 0,
            col = {
                active = "rgba(444444ff)",
                inactive = "rgba(000000ff)",
            },
        },
    },
})

Reproduction steps

1. Open two or more windows in a group
2. Attempt to change focus between windows by clicking with mouse pointer
3. Sometimes almost half the attempts fail to focus window, sometimes taking up to 4 clicks to "register".

screencast-2026-05-08_21-00-03.mp4

[tekstryder]

This regression crept into the v0.55 release. It sure is annoying.

I usually use keybinds to cycle between group windows, so didn't notice til late in the dev cycle ☹️

[tekstryder]

Arg, it's the frikkin' animation.

Clicking to focus a window in the groupbar too quickly is the cause, as the previous animation has not completed.

    animations = {
        enabled = false,
    },

...works around this for now. 🙄

[vaxerski]

could you bisect this?

[tekstryder]

Yes.

Bisected to 55a1611 as the first bad commit.

[vaxerski]

thank you tek tryer

[vaxerski]

RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH #14517

[tekstryder]

PR is good. Thx.