From d10e98e614d8056c68828625e0cb425b5993a5e0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: elkowar <5300871+elkowar@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2020 17:27:59 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] close windows of same type when a window gets opened

---
 src/app.rs | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/app.rs b/src/app.rs
index e1a9563..ae8ae3d 100644
--- a/src/app.rs
+++ b/src/app.rs
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ impl App {
         pos: Option<util::Coords>,
         size: Option<util::Coords>,
     ) -> Result<()> {
+        // remove and close existing window of the same type
+        self.windows.remove(window_name).map(|window| window.close());
+
         let mut window_def = self
             .eww_config
             .get_windows()