From cbfe8274be63a7b5e8a0b1a60da6a333b1d8eac1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Anatolii Aniskovych <lin.aaa.lin@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 18 May 2018 23:55:39 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] awful.placement: Keep client position when no space available
 in no_overlap() (#2139)

---
 lib/awful/placement.lua | 17 +++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/awful/placement.lua b/lib/awful/placement.lua
index d0da647c..273bbbf7 100644
--- a/lib/awful/placement.lua
+++ b/lib/awful/placement.lua
@@ -908,13 +908,18 @@ function placement.no_overlap(c, args)
     -- This makes sure to have the whole screen's area in case it has been
     -- removed.
     if not found then
-        if #areas == 0 then
-            areas = { screen.workarea }
-        end
-        for _, r in ipairs(areas) do
-            if r.width * r.height > new.width * new.height then
-                new = r
+        if #areas > 0 then
+            for _, r in ipairs(areas) do
+                if r.width * r.height > new.width * new.height then
+                    new = r
+                end
             end
+        elseif grect.area_intersect_area(geometry, screen.workarea) then
+            new.x = geometry.x
+            new.y = geometry.y
+        else
+            new.x = screen.workarea.x
+            new.y = screen.workarea.y
         end
     end