From 20159f05147c70e326a7faf18e9f8cbf0a2641bc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Damocles <damocles@darkest.space>
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2026 09:31:55 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix(window-title): shrink group to content width instead of
 always filling max

---
 modules/Bar.qml         | 4 +++-
 modules/WindowTitle.qml | 8 +++++++-
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/modules/Bar.qml b/modules/Bar.qml
index b6c5a23..d542b85 100644
--- a/modules/Bar.qml
+++ b/modules/Bar.qml
@@ -146,7 +146,9 @@ PanelWindow {
                 clip: true
                 visible: M.Modules.windowTitle.enable && M.NiriIpc.focusedTitle !== ""
                 M.WindowTitle {
-                    width: Math.max(0, centerSection.x - _windowTitleGroup.x - 2 * M.Theme.groupPadding - M.Theme.groupSpacing)
+                    id: _windowTitle
+                    readonly property real _maxWidth: Math.max(0, centerSection.x - _windowTitleGroup.x - 2 * M.Theme.groupPadding - M.Theme.groupSpacing)
+                    width: Math.min(implicitWidth, _maxWidth)
                 }
             }
             Item {
diff --git a/modules/WindowTitle.qml b/modules/WindowTitle.qml
index ebb7bdf..a22856c 100644
--- a/modules/WindowTitle.qml
+++ b/modules/WindowTitle.qml
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ M.BarSection {
         return entry ? Quickshell.iconPath(entry.icon) : "";
     }
 
+    readonly property real _iconOffset: _icon.visible ? _icon.width + root.spacing : 0
+
+    // Natural content width — Bar.qml uses this to cap the group width
+    implicitWidth: _iconOffset + _label.implicitWidth
+
     IconImage {
         id: _icon
         visible: root._iconSource !== ""
@@ -30,10 +35,11 @@ M.BarSection {
     }
 
     M.BarLabel {
+        id: _label
         label: M.NiriIpc.focusedTitle
         color: root.accentColor
         elide: Text.ElideRight
         anchors.verticalCenter: parent.verticalCenter
-        width: root.width - (_icon.visible ? _icon.width + root.spacing : 0)
+        width: Math.min(implicitWidth, Math.max(0, root.width - root._iconOffset))
     }
 }