From 5ce7c71cef76155c9b286aeff2403f83e356dfce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Scott Barron <scott@barron.io>
Date: Sat, 6 Aug 2022 15:36:28 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] use empty json object when no activewindow

---
 src/debug/HyprCtl.cpp | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/debug/HyprCtl.cpp b/src/debug/HyprCtl.cpp
index 5e28b96e..c0d0463b 100644
--- a/src/debug/HyprCtl.cpp
+++ b/src/debug/HyprCtl.cpp
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ std::string activeWindowRequest(HyprCtl::eHyprCtlOutputFormat format) {
     const auto PWINDOW = g_pCompositor->m_pLastWindow;
 
     if (!g_pCompositor->windowValidMapped(PWINDOW))
-        return "Invalid";
+        return format == HyprCtl::FORMAT_JSON ? "{}" : "Invalid";
 
     if (format == HyprCtl::FORMAT_JSON) {
         return getFormat(