AeroSpace has trouble navigating between Orion Browser windows and the space where it lives.

[brunoti]

CleanShot.2025-01-17.at.15.32.37.mp4

It happens when clicking on the windows, opening tabs. moving to a space with orion, and etc. I don't know if there are any other Orion + AeroSpace users around, but if you do please let me know below if this also happens to you. If this happens with other applications and there is a workaround, please let me know.

Version: AeroSpace v0.16.2-Beta 21336ad

https://kagi.com/orion/

[zmre]

I have Orion though I'm not using it as a daily driver right now. I have it pinned to my browser space and just fired it up adding multiple Orion windows and tabs. I haven't noticed anything unusual and I'm not sure I've spotted what's not working from your video. I can move between windows in the workspace and jump between workspaces and things seem fine to me. Can you clarify what the behavior is that you're seeing that's not right?

[zmre]

I'm not a maintainer, I was just chiming in trying to confirm the behavior on my side. I believe you. I suspect a more clear example of what's happening could be helpful. I can also try to reproduce again if that would be helpful.

[snehalyelmati]

I recently switched from Yabai to AeroSpace, and the experience has been great so far—very snappy. However, this bug is making it unusable. The issue occurs when multiple apps or workspaces are involved. I cannot switch to a workspace using the hotkey (Option + 1 for workspace 1, and so on).

For example, if workspaces 1 and 4 have Orion windows, and another workspace (e.g., workspace 3) has a different app like Alacritty, I can consistently replicate the problem. This wasn't an issue with Arc under a similar workspace setup. However, it does persist with Safari, which makes me suspect it might be related to WebKit-based software.

Aerospace.Bug.Screen.Recording.2025-02-02.mov

[kylebutts]

@snehalyelmati I am able to replicate this behavior. I believe the issue is being caused by the "Orion Preview" mini window feature (clicking a link in another app will open the preview window). Disabled it an hour ago and have not faced the issue since.

[lucascarrr]

@kylebutts I've tried this too, seems to have fixed the issue. Thanks so much!

[snehalyelmati]

Thanks @kylebutts! I think the preview window was the problem.

[kylebutts]

There might be a solution here with [[on-window-detected]] and if.window-title-regex-substring = "Orion Preview", but I'm not sure exactly
https://nikitabobko.github.io/AeroSpace/guide.html#on-window-detected-callback

[kamushadenes]

Can confirm that, as per @kylebutts suggestion, even an empty run works to fix this issue. I assume that's because of the default behaviour of not processing further callbacks when there's a match?

          # Fix Orion
          [[on-window-detected]]
          if.window-title-regex-substring = "Orion Preview"
          run = [
            "move-node-to-workspace 1",
          ]

[teesloane]

A heads up if anyone else runs into this; the Orion feedback thread here notes that turning off "Link Previews" (in Settings > Browsing) should fix things. It seems to have fixed this issue for me.

[phips]

Confirmed this fixes the problem. Many thanks @teesloane 👍