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| # Default config for sway | |
| # | |
| # Copy this to ~/.config/sway/config and edit it to your liking. | |
| # | |
| # Read `man 5 sway` for a complete reference. | |
| ### Variables | |
| # | |
| # Logo key. Use Mod1 for Alt. | |
| set $mod Mod4 | |
| # Home row direction keys, like vim | |
| set $left h | |
| set $down j | |
| set $up k | |
| set $right l | |
| # Your preferred terminal emulator | |
| # Recommends: foot | |
| set $term foot | |
| # Your preferred application launcher | |
| # Note: pass the final command to swaymsg so that the resulting window can be opened | |
| # on the original workspace that the command was run on. | |
| # Shows a combined list of the applications with desktop files and | |
| # executables from PATH. | |
| # TODO: add window with the next release of rofi-wayland | |
| set $menu fuzzel --terminal '$term' | |
| ### Output configuration | |
| # | |
| # Default wallpaper (more resolutions are available in /usr/share/backgrounds/sway/) | |
| # Requires: desktop-backgrounds-compat, swaybg, jxl-pixbuf-loader | |
| output * bg /home/sammi/.local/share/backgrounds/default.png fill | |
| # | |
| # Example configuration: | |
| # | |
| # output HDMI-A-1 resolution 1920x1080 position 1920,0 | |
| # | |
| # You can get the names of your outputs by running: swaymsg -t get_outputs | |
| ### Idle configuration | |
| # | |
| # Example configuration: | |
| # | |
| # exec swayidle -w \ | |
| # timeout 300 'swaylock -f -c 000000' \ | |
| # timeout 600 'swaymsg "output * power off"' resume 'swaymsg "output * power on"' \ | |
| # before-sleep 'swaylock -f -c 000000' | |
| # | |
| # This will lock your screen after 300 seconds of inactivity, then turn off | |
| # your displays after another 300 seconds, and turn your screens back on when | |
| # resumed. It will also lock your screen before your computer goes to sleep. | |
| ### Input configuration | |
| # | |
| # Example configuration: | |
| # | |
| # input "2:14:SynPS/2_Synaptics_TouchPad" { | |
| # dwt enabled | |
| # tap enabled | |
| # natural_scroll enabled | |
| # middle_emulation enabled | |
| # } | |
| # | |
| # You can get the names of your inputs by running: swaymsg -t get_inputs | |
| # Read `man 5 sway-input` for more information about this section. | |
| ### Key bindings | |
| # | |
| # Basics: | |
| # | |
| # Start a terminal | |
| bindsym $mod+Return exec $term | |
| # Kill focused window | |
| bindsym $mod+Shift+q kill | |
| # Start your launcher | |
| bindsym $mod+d exec $menu | |
| # Drag floating windows by holding down $mod and left mouse button. | |
| # Resize them with right mouse button + $mod. | |
| # Despite the name, also works for non-floating windows. | |
| # Change normal to inverse to use left mouse button for resizing and right | |
| # mouse button for dragging. | |
| floating_modifier $mod normal | |
| # Reload the configuration file | |
| bindsym $mod+Shift+c reload | |
| # Exit sway (logs you out of your Wayland session) | |
| bindsym $mod+Shift+e exec swaynag -t warning -m 'You pressed the exit shortcut. Do you really want to exit sway? This will end your Wayland session.' -B 'Yes, exit sway' 'swaymsg exit' | |
| # | |
| # Moving around: | |
| # | |
| # Move your focus around | |
| bindsym $mod+$left focus left | |
| bindsym $mod+$down focus down | |
| bindsym $mod+$up focus up | |
| bindsym $mod+$right focus right | |
| # Or use $mod+[up|down|left|right] | |
| bindsym $mod+Left focus left | |
| bindsym $mod+Down focus down | |
| bindsym $mod+Up focus up | |
| bindsym $mod+Right focus right | |
| # Move the focused window with the same, but add Shift | |
| bindsym $mod+Shift+$left move left | |
| bindsym $mod+Shift+$down move down | |
| bindsym $mod+Shift+$up move up | |
| bindsym $mod+Shift+$right move right | |
| # Ditto, with arrow keys | |
| bindsym $mod+Shift+Left move left | |
| bindsym $mod+Shift+Down move down | |
| bindsym $mod+Shift+Up move up | |
| bindsym $mod+Shift+Right move right | |
| # | |
| # Workspaces: | |
| # | |
| # Switch to workspace | |
| bindsym $mod+1 workspace number 1 | |
| bindsym $mod+2 workspace number 2 | |
| bindsym $mod+3 workspace number 3 | |
| bindsym $mod+4 workspace number 4 | |
| bindsym $mod+5 workspace number 5 | |
| bindsym $mod+6 workspace number 6 | |
| bindsym $mod+7 workspace number 7 | |
| bindsym $mod+8 workspace number 8 | |
| bindsym $mod+9 workspace number 9 | |
| bindsym $mod+0 workspace number 10 | |
| # Move focused container to workspace | |
| bindsym $mod+Shift+1 move container to workspace number 1 | |
| bindsym $mod+Shift+2 move container to workspace number 2 | |
| bindsym $mod+Shift+3 move container to workspace number 3 | |
| bindsym $mod+Shift+4 move container to workspace number 4 | |
| bindsym $mod+Shift+5 move container to workspace number 5 | |
| bindsym $mod+Shift+6 move container to workspace number 6 | |
| bindsym $mod+Shift+7 move container to workspace number 7 | |
| bindsym $mod+Shift+8 move container to workspace number 8 | |
| bindsym $mod+Shift+9 move container to workspace number 9 | |
| bindsym $mod+Shift+0 move container to workspace number 10 | |
| # Note: workspaces can have any name you want, not just numbers. | |
| # We just use 1-10 as the default. | |
| # | |
| # Layout stuff: | |
| # | |
| # You can "split" the current object of your focus with | |
| # $mod+b or $mod+v, for horizontal and vertical splits | |
| # respectively. | |
| bindsym $mod+b splith | |
| bindsym $mod+v splitv | |
| # Switch the current container between different layout styles | |
| bindsym $mod+s layout stacking | |
| bindsym $mod+w layout tabbed | |
| bindsym $mod+e layout toggle split | |
| # Make the current focus fullscreen | |
| bindsym $mod+f fullscreen | |
| # Toggle the current focus between tiling and floating mode | |
| bindsym $mod+Shift+space floating toggle | |
| # Swap focus between the tiling area and the floating area | |
| bindsym $mod+space focus mode_toggle | |
| # Move focus to the parent container | |
| bindsym $mod+a focus parent | |
| # | |
| # Scratchpad: | |
| # | |
| # Sway has a "scratchpad", which is a bag of holding for windows. | |
| # You can send windows there and get them back later. | |
| # Move the currently focused window to the scratchpad | |
| bindsym $mod+Shift+minus move scratchpad | |
| # Show the next scratchpad window or hide the focused scratchpad window. | |
| # If there are multiple scratchpad windows, this command cycles through them. | |
| bindsym $mod+minus scratchpad show | |
| # | |
| # Resizing containers: | |
| # | |
| mode "resize" { | |
| # left will shrink the containers width | |
| # right will grow the containers width | |
| # up will shrink the containers height | |
| # down will grow the containers height | |
| bindsym $left resize shrink width 10px | |
| bindsym $down resize grow height 10px | |
| bindsym $up resize shrink height 10px | |
| bindsym $right resize grow width 10px | |
| # Ditto, with arrow keys | |
| bindsym Left resize shrink width 10px | |
| bindsym Down resize grow height 10px | |
| bindsym Up resize shrink height 10px | |
| bindsym Right resize grow width 10px | |
| # Return to default mode | |
| bindsym Return mode "default" | |
| bindsym Escape mode "default" | |
| } | |
| bindsym $mod+r mode "resize" | |
| # Include configs from 3 locations: | |
| # - /home/sammi/.local/share/sway/config.d | |
| # - /home/sammi/.config/sway/config.d | |
| # - $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/sway/config.d ($HOME/.config/sway/config.d) | |
| # | |
| # If multiple directories contain the files with the same name, the later | |
| # directory takes precedence; `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/sway/config.d/20-swayidle.conf` | |
| # will always be loaded instead of `/home/sammi/.local/share/sway/config.d/20-swayidle.conf` | |
| # or `/home/sammi/.config/sway/config.d/20-swayidle.conf` | |
| # | |
| # This mechanism permits overriding our default configuration per-system | |
| # (/home/sammi/.config) or per-user ($XDG_CONFIG_HOME) basis. Just create the file you | |
| # want to modify/override in the higher-level directory. | |
| # | |
| # For example, to disable the default bar from Fedora configs, you'll need to | |
| # $ echo -n > "$HOME/.config/sway/config.d/90-bar.conf" | |
| # | |
| # Note the quoting, the $() and the arguments quoting. All the parts are equally | |
| # important to make the magic work. And if you want to learn the secret behind | |
| # the trick, it's all in the `wordexp(3)`. | |
| # | |
| include '$(/home/sammi/.local/libexec/sway/layered-include "/home/sammi/.local/share/sway/config.d/*.conf" "/home/sammi/.config/sway/config.d/*.conf" "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/sway/config.d/*.conf")' | |
| input type:touchpad { | |
| dwt enabled | |
| tap enabled | |
| natural_scroll enabled | |
| middle_emulation enabled | |
| } | |
| input type:keyboard { | |
| xkb_layout de(mac) | |
| } | |
| # apply mark for Xwayland and wayland native browser windows | |
| for_window [class="Chromium-browser"] mark Browser | |
| for_window [class="Brave-browser"] mark Browser | |
| for_window [class="firefox"] mark Browser | |
| for_window [app_id="Chromium-browser"] mark Browser | |
| for_window [app_id="brave-browser"] mark Browser | |
| for_window [app_id="firefox"] mark Browser | |
| # inhibit scrensaver for fullscreen browser windows | |
| for_window [con_mark="Browser"] { | |
| inhibit_idle fullscreen | |
| } | |
| # firefox wayland screensharing indicator | |
| for_window [app_id="firefox" title="Firefox — Sharing Indicator"] { | |
| floating enable | |
| } | |
| # Display PulseAudio volume control application (both GTK and Qt varieties) | |
| # as a floating window. | |
| for_window [app_id="pavucontrol"] { | |
| floating enable | |
| move position center | |
| } | |
| for_window [app_id="pavucontrol-qt"] { | |
| floating enable | |
| move position center | |
| } | |
| for_window [app_id="lxqt-policykit-agent"] { | |
| floating enable | |
| move position center | |
| } | |
| # Key bindings for brightness control using `brightnessctl`. | |
| # Displays a notification with the current value if /usr/bin/notify-send is available | |
| # | |
| # Brightness increase/decrease step can be customized by setting the `$brightness_step` | |
| # variable to a numeric value before including the file. | |
| # | |
| # Requires: brightnessctl >= 0.5.1-11 | |
| # Recommends: libnotify | |
| set $brightness_notification_cmd command -v notify-send >/dev/null && \ | |
| VALUE=$(brightnessctl --percentage get) && \ | |
| notify-send -e -h string:x-canonical-private-synchronous:brightness \ | |
| -h "int:value:$VALUE" -t 800 "Brightness: ${VALUE}%" | |
| bindsym XF86MonBrightnessDown exec \ | |
| 'STEP="$brightness_step" && brightnessctl -q set ${STEP:-5}%- && $brightness_notification_cmd' | |
| bindsym XF86MonBrightnessUp exec \ | |
| 'STEP="$brightness_step" && brightnessctl -q set +${STEP:-5}% && $brightness_notification_cmd' | |
| # Key bindings for media player control via MPRIS D-Bus interface | |
| # | |
| # Requires: playerctl | |
| # Allow Play and Stop bindings even if the screen is locked | |
| bindsym --locked { | |
| XF86AudioPlay exec playerctl play-pause | |
| XF86AudioStop exec playerctl stop | |
| } | |
| bindsym { | |
| XF86AudioForward exec playerctl position +10 | |
| XF86AudioNext exec playerctl next | |
| XF86AudioPause exec playerctl pause | |
| XF86AudioPrev exec playerctl previous | |
| XF86AudioRewind exec playerctl position -10 | |
| } | |
| # Key bindings for taking screenshots | |
| # | |
| # The image files will be written to XDG_SCREENSHOTS_DIR if this is set | |
| # or defined in user-dirs.dir, or to a fallback location XDG_PICTURES_DIR. | |
| # | |
| # Copy the file to ~/.config/sway/config.d/60-bindings-screenshot.conf (or to | |
| # your $XDG_CONFIG_HOME location if set differently) to be able to overwrite | |
| # existing shortcuts. | |
| # Check 'man grimshot' for additional commands that you may find useful. | |
| # | |
| # Requires: grimshot | |
| bindsym { | |
| # Capture the currently active output | |
| Print exec grimshot save output | |
| # Capture the currently active window | |
| Alt+Print exec grimshot save active | |
| # Select and capture a custom rectangular area | |
| Ctrl+Print exec grimshot save area | |
| } | |
| # Key bindings to control pipewire or pulseaudio volume with pactl. | |
| # Displays a notification with the current state if /usr/bin/notify-send is available | |
| # | |
| # Volume increase/decrease step can be customized by setting the `$volume_step` | |
| # variable to a numeric value before including the file. | |
| # Maximum volume boost level can be set with the `$volume_limit` variable. | |
| # | |
| # Requires: pulseaudio-utils | |
| # Recommends: libnotify | |
| set $volume_helper_cmd /usr/libexec/sway/volume-helper | |
| # Allow volume controls even if the screen is locked | |
| bindsym --locked { | |
| XF86AudioRaiseVolume exec \ | |
| $volume_helper_cmd --limit "$volume_limit" --increase "$volume_step" | |
| XF86AudioLowerVolume exec \ | |
| $volume_helper_cmd --limit "$volume_limit" --decrease "$volume_step" | |
| XF86AudioMute exec pactl set-sink-mute @DEFAULT_SINK@ toggle && $volume_helper_cmd | |
| XF86AudioMicMute exec pactl set-source-mute @DEFAULT_SOURCE@ toggle | |
| } | |
| # A special mode for passing any keybindings to the focused application | |
| mode "passthrough" { | |
| bindsym $mod+Pause mode default | |
| } | |
| bindsym $mod+Pause mode "passthrough" | |
| # Status Bar: waybar | |
| # | |
| # Read `man 5 sway-bar` for more information about this section. | |
| # Read `man 5 waybar` for more information about the waybar instance style and layout configuration | |
| # | |
| # Requires: waybar | |
| bar { | |
| swaybar_command waybar | |
| } | |
| # Idle and lock configuration | |
| # | |
| # This will lock your screen after 300 seconds of inactivity, then turn off | |
| # your displays after another 60 seconds, and turn your screens back on when | |
| # resumed. It will also lock your screen before your computer goes to sleep. | |
| # The timeouts can be customized via `$lock_timeout` and `$screen_timeout` | |
| # variables. For a predictable behavior, keep the `$screen_timeout` value | |
| # lesser than the `$lock_timeout`. | |
| # | |
| # You can also lock the screen manually by running `loginctl lock-session` or | |
| # add a binding for the command. Example: | |
| # bindsym $mod+Shift+Escape exec loginctl lock-session | |
| # | |
| # Note that all swaylock customizations are handled via /etc/swaylock/config and | |
| # can be overridden via $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/swaylock/config (~/.config/swaylock/config). | |
| # | |
| # Requires: swayidle | |
| # Requires: swaylock | |
| # Requires: /usr/bin/pkill, /usr/bin/pgrep | |
| exec LT="$lock_timeout" ST="$screen_timeout" LT=${LT:-300} ST=${ST:-60} && \ | |
| swayidle -w \ | |
| timeout $LT 'swaylock -f' \ | |
| timeout $((LT + ST)) 'swaymsg "output * power off"' \ | |
| resume 'swaymsg "output * power on"' \ | |
| timeout $ST 'pgrep -xu "$USER" swaylock >/dev/null && swaymsg "output * power off"' \ | |
| resume 'pgrep -xu "$USER" swaylock >/dev/null && swaymsg "output * power on"' \ | |
| before-sleep 'swaylock -f' \ | |
| lock 'swaylock -f' \ | |
| unlock 'pkill -xu "$USER" -SIGUSR1 swaylock' | |
| # Start graphical authentication agent for PolicyKit. | |
| # | |
| # Certain applications may require this to request elevated privileges: | |
| # GParted, virt-manager, anything that uses pkexec | |
| # | |
| # Requires: lxqt-policykit | |
| exec /usr/libexec/lxqt-policykit-agent | |
| # Wait until a StatusNotifierItem tray implementation is available and | |
| # process XDG autostart entries. | |
| # | |
| # This horror has to exist because | |
| # | |
| # - SNI spec mandates that if `IsStatusNotifierHostRegistered` is not set, | |
| # the client should fall back to the Freedesktop System Tray specification | |
| # (XEmbed). | |
| # - There are actual implementations that take this seriously and implement | |
| # a fallback *even if* StatusNotifierWatcher is already DBus-activated. | |
| # - https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/3750 | |
| # | |
| exec /usr/libexec/sway-systemd/wait-sni-ready && \ | |
| systemctl --user start sway-xdg-autostart.target | |
| # Create or update XDG user dir configuration | |
| # | |
| # See also: | |
| # - /etc/xdg/autostart/xdg-user-dirs.desktop | |
| # - https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/18791 | |
| # | |
| # Recommends: xdg-user-dirs | |
| exec /usr/bin/xdg-user-dirs-update |
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