[BUG] When running a scratchpad terminal it is not floating

[Adnan-Malik-26]

Pyprland version
2.4.4-6

Describe the bug
When running the pyprland terminal the following error can be seen on terminal

FAILED b'Invalid rulev2 syntax: ^(kitty-dropterm)$Invalid rulev2 syntax: ^(kitty-dropterm)$Invalid rule'
FAILED b'Invalid rulev2 syntax: ^(kitty-dropterm)$'
FAILED b'Window does not qualify to be **pinned'**

To Reproduce
I don't know how anyone would reproduce this error

Expected behavior
when running a terminal it shows as a floating window

Configuration (provide following files/samples when relevant):

• pyprland.toml

[pyprland]
plugins = ["scratchpads"]

[scratchpads.term]
command = "kitty --class kitty-dropterm"
class = "kitty-dropterm"
size = "75% 75%"
max_size = "1920px 100%"
margin = 50
position = "15% 15%"
lazy = true

[scratchpads.bluetooth]
animation = "fromTop"
command = "kitty --class dropterm bluetuith"
class = "dropterm"
size = "50% 25%"
max_size = "1920px 100%"
margin = 50
lazy = true

[scratchpads.yazi]
animation = "fromTop"
command = "kitty --class yazi yazi"
class = "yazi"
size = "50% 70%"
max_size = "1920px 100%"
margin = 50
lazy = true

• hyprland.conf

windowrulev2 = float,class:^firefox$,title:^(Picture-in-Picture)
windowrulev2 = float,class:^zen$,title:^(Picture-in-Picture)
windowrulev2 = float,title:^(Sign in – Google accounts — Mozilla Firefox)

Additional context
FAILED b'Invalid rulev2 syntax: ^(kitty-dropterm)$Invalid rulev2 syntax: ^(kitty-dropterm)$Invalid rule'
FAILED b'Invalid rulev2 syntax: ^(kitty-dropterm)$'
FAILED b'Window does not qualify to be pinned'

[fdev31]

Which version of Hyprland are you using?

[fdev31]

Can you try the git version of pyprland?

[SherLock707]

Facing the same after Hyprland 48. I'm on AUR git version of pyprland.

Config:

[pyprland]

plugins = [
  "scratchpads",
  "magnify"
]

[scratchpads.term_scratchpad]
animation = "fromTop"
command = "foot --app-id foot-dropterm"
class = "foot-dropterm"
size = "50% 60%"
margin = 50
pinned = true
When `pinned = true`

 pypr
FAILED b'Invalid rulev2 syntax: ^(foot-dropterm)$Invalid rulev2 syntax: ^(foot-dropterm)$Invalid rulev2'
xkbcommon: ERROR: couldn't find a Compose file for locale "en_IN" (mapped to "en_IN.ISO8859-1")
warn: wayland.c:1312: failed to instantiate compose table; dead keys (compose) will not work
warn: wayland.c:1728: compositor does not implement the XDG toplevel icon protocol
/var/cache/pypr/package.whl/pyprland/plugins/scratchpads/objects.py:119: FutureWarning: functools.partial will be a method descriptor in future Python versions; wrap it in staticmethod() if you want to preserve the old behavior
FAILED b'Invalid rulev2 syntax: ^(foot-dropterm)$'
/var/cache/pypr/package.whl/pyprland/plugins/scratchpads/objects.py:154: FutureWarning: functools.partial will be a method descriptor in future Python versions; wrap it in staticmethod() if you want to preserve the old behavior
FAILED b'Invalid rulev2 syntax: ^(foot-dropterm)$'
FAILED b'Window does not qualify to be pinned'

When pinned = false

pypr
FAILED b'Invalid rulev2 syntax: ^(foot-dropterm)$Invalid rulev2 syntax: ^(foot-dropterm)$Invalid rulev2'
xkbcommon: ERROR: couldn't find a Compose file for locale "en_IN" (mapped to "en_IN.ISO8859-1")
warn: wayland.c:1312: failed to instantiate compose table; dead keys (compose) will not work
warn: wayland.c:1728: compositor does not implement the XDG toplevel icon protocol
/var/cache/pypr/package.whl/pyprland/plugins/scratchpads/objects.py:119: FutureWarning: functools.partial will be a method descriptor in future Python versions; wrap it in staticmethod() if you want to preserve the old behavior
FAILED b'Invalid rulev2 syntax: ^(foot-dropterm)$'
/var/cache/pypr/package.whl/pyprland/plugins/scratchpads/objects.py:154: FutureWarning: functools.partial will be a method descriptor in future Python versions; wrap it in staticmethod() if you want to preserve the old behavior

[fdev31]

I guess then it's not the latest git version, because pypr doesn't use the syntax anymore, unless you have "^(....)$" in some config ?

Also can you provide the output of hyprctl -j version, sometimes the version is messed up...

[h4rldev]

hyprland dropped windowrulev2, it's all merged into windowrule now

[h4rldev]

i had to set a window rule targeting the class in hyprland.conf

windowrule=float, class:^(foot-dropterm)$

[fdev31]

i had to set a window rule targeting the class in hyprland.conf

You mean the latest version of pyprland didn't do it for you ?
What is the output of your hyprctl -j version ?

Note: you don't need ^( and $

[h4rldev]

{
    "branch": "",
    "commit": "f7ba86d1f335112ae0d13548947ddbd76b1477b6",
    "version": "0.48.0",
    "dirty": false,
    "commit_message": "",
    "commit_date": "2025-03-24",
    "tag": "v0.48.0",
    "commits": "5930",
    "buildAquamarine": "0.8.0",
    "buildHyprlang": "0.6.0",
    "buildHyprutils": "0.5.2",
    "buildHyprcursor": "0.1.12",
    "buildHyprgraphics": "0.1.2",
    "flags": []
}

[h4rldev]

updated yesterday

[h4rldev]

i had to set a window rule targeting the class in hyprland.conf

You mean the latest version of pyprland didn't do it for you ? What is the output of your hyprctl -j version ?

Note: you don't need ^( and $

I am aware, just set it as such just incase, got a low battery currently

[SherLock707]

hyprctl -j version

{
    "branch": "",
    "commit": "5ee35f914f921e5696030698e74fb5566a804768",
    "version": "0.48.0",
    "dirty": false,
    "commit_message": "version: bump to 0.48.0",
    "commit_date": "Sun Mar 23 14:56:13 2025",
    "tag": "v0.48.0",
    "commits": "5922",
    "buildAquamarine": "0.8.0",
    "buildHyprlang": "0.6.0",
    "buildHyprutils": "0.5.2",
    "buildHyprcursor": "0.1.12",
    "buildHyprgraphics": "0.1.2",
    "flags": []
}

[SherLock707]

Only hyprland config I have for foot is
windowrule = opacity 0.9 0.8, class:(kitty|mousepad|foot)