From 24e5f9974d56741ee22e125b78731503345dc510 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vaxry <vaxry@vaxry.net>
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2025 13:49:24 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] hyprctl: print no open windows instead of invalid request on
 empty clients

---
 src/debug/HyprCtl.cpp | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/debug/HyprCtl.cpp b/src/debug/HyprCtl.cpp
index 11f8b39a..d956f0bd 100644
--- a/src/debug/HyprCtl.cpp
+++ b/src/debug/HyprCtl.cpp
@@ -331,6 +331,9 @@ static std::string clientsRequest(eHyprCtlOutputFormat format, std::string reque
 
             result += CHyprCtl::getWindowData(w, format);
         }
+
+        if (result.empty())
+            return "no open windows";
     }
     return result;
 }