a few changes here...

- foot no longer resizes by col,row because we've set every client to
  tiling
- stop using a seperate enum for tagging in SceneNodeData
- use enabling instead of positioning views out of the visible area

runtime/share/mezzaluna/master.lua

@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ local master = function()
       return
     end
 
+    mez.view.set_enabled(ctx.tags[tag_id].master, true)
     if #ctx.tags[tag_id].stack == 0 then
       mez.view.set_size(ctx.tags[tag_id].master, res.width, res.height)
       mez.view.set_position(ctx.tags[tag_id].master, 0, 0)
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@ local master = function()
       mez.view.set_position(ctx.tags[tag_id].master, 0, 0)
 
       for i, stack_id in ipairs(ctx.tags[tag_id].stack) do
+        mez.view.set_enabled(stack_id, true)
         mez.view.set_size(stack_id, res.width * (1 - ctx.master_ratio), res.height / #ctx.tags[tag_id].stack)
         mez.view.set_position(stack_id, res.width * ctx.master_ratio, (res.height / #ctx.tags[tag_id].stack * (i - 1)))
       end
@@ -78,12 +80,9 @@ local master = function()
       return
     end
 
-    mez.view.set_position(ctx.tags[tag_id].master, 0, -res.height)
-    mez.view.set_size(ctx.tags[tag_id].master, res.width, res.height)
-
+    mez.view.set_enabled(ctx.tags[tag_id].master, false)
     for _, view in ipairs(ctx.tags[tag_id].stack) do
-      mez.view.set_position(view, 0, -res.height)
-      mez.view.set_size(view, res.width, res.height)
+      mez.view.set_enabled(view, false)
     end
   end
 

src/SceneNodeData.zig

@@ -5,15 +5,7 @@ const LayerSurface = @import("LayerSurface.zig");
 const Output = @import("Output.zig");
 const Root = @import("Root.zig");
 
-const SceneNodeType = enum {
-  view,
-  layer_surface,
-  output,
-  output_layer,
-  root
-};
-
-pub const SceneNodeData = union(SceneNodeType) {
+pub const SceneNodeData = union(enum) {
   view: *View,
   layer_surface: *LayerSurface,
   output: *Output,

src/View.zig

@@ -150,6 +150,15 @@ fn handleMap(listener: *wl.Listener(void)) void {
 
   server.events.exec("ViewMapPre", .{view.id});
 
+  // we're gonna tell the client that it's tiled so it doesn't try anything
+  // stupid
+  _ = view.xdg_toplevel.setTiled(.{
+    .top = true,
+    .bottom = true,
+    .left = true,
+    .right = true,
+  });
+
   view.xdg_toplevel.events.request_fullscreen.add(&view.request_fullscreen);
   view.xdg_toplevel.events.request_move.add(&view.request_move);
   view.xdg_toplevel.events.request_resize.add(&view.request_resize);

src/lua/View.zig

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 const std = @import("std");
 const zlua = @import("zlua");
 const wlr = @import("wlroots");
+const wl = @import("wayland").server.wl;
 
 const Output = @import("../Output.zig");
 const View = @import("../View.zig");
@@ -26,6 +27,10 @@ pub fn get_all_ids(L: *zlua.Lua) i32 {
   while(output_it.next()) |o| {
     if(o.output.data == null) continue;
     const output: *Output = @ptrCast(@alignCast(o.output.data.?));
+    if (!output.state.enabled) {
+      std.log.debug("ts not enabled", .{});
+      continue;
+    }
 
     const layers = [_]*wlr.SceneTree{
       output.layers.content,
@@ -245,3 +250,37 @@ pub fn get_app_id(L: *zlua.Lua) i32 {
   L.pushNil();
   return 1;
 }
+
+// ---Get the app_id of the view
+// ---@param view_id view_id 0 maps to focused view
+// ---@param enable boolean
+pub fn set_enabled(L: *zlua.Lua) i32 {
+  const view_id = LuaUtils.coerceInteger(u64, L.checkInteger(1)) catch view_id_err(L);
+  if (!L.isBoolean(2)) {
+    L.raiseErrorStr("argument 2 must be a boolean", .{});
+  }
+  const activate = L.toBoolean(2);
+
+  if (LuaUtils.viewById(view_id)) |v| {
+    _ = v.xdg_toplevel.setActivated(activate);
+    return 0;
+  }
+
+  L.pushNil();
+  return 1;
+}
+
+// ---Get the app_id of the view
+// ---@param view_id view_id 0 maps to focused view
+// ---@return boolean?
+pub fn get_enabled(L: *zlua.Lua) i32 {
+  const view_id = LuaUtils.coerceInteger(u64, L.checkInteger(1)) catch view_id_err(L);
+
+  if(LuaUtils.viewById(view_id)) |v| {
+    _ = L.pushBoolean(v.xdg_toplevel.current.activated);
+    return 1;
+  }
+
+  L.pushNil();
+  return 1;
+}