// workspace "music" // This config is in the KDL format: https://kdl.dev // "/-" comments out the following node. // Check the wiki for a full description of the configuration: // https://github.com/YaLTeR/niri/wiki/Configuration:-Overview // Input device configuration. // Find the full list of options on the wiki: // https://github.com/YaLTeR/niri/wiki/Configuration:-Input input { keyboard { xkb { layout "us" options "compose:paus" } repeat-delay 250 repeat-rate 30 } // Next sections include libinput settings. // Omitting settings disables them, or leaves them at their default values. touchpad { // off tap // dwt // dwtp // drag-lock // natural-scroll // accel-speed 0.2 // accel-profile "flat" scroll-method "two-finger" // disabled-on-external-mouse } mouse { // off // natural-scroll accel-speed 0.1 accel-profile "flat" // scroll-method "no-scroll" } trackpoint { // off // natural-scroll // accel-speed 0.2 // accel-profile "flat" // scroll-method "on-button-down" // scroll-button 273 // middle-emulation } // Uncomment this to make the mouse warp to the center of newly focused windows. // warp-mouse-to-focus // Focus windows and outputs automatically when moving the mouse into them. // Setting max-scroll-amount="0%" makes it work only on windows already fully on screen. // focus-follows-mouse max-scroll-amount="0%" focus-follows-mouse } output "eDP-1" { scale 1.5 } output "DP-1" { mode "3840x2160" scale 2 } // Settings that influence how windows are positioned and sized. // Find more information on the wiki: // https://github.com/YaLTeR/niri/wiki/Configuration:-Layout // Settings that influence how windows are positioned and sized. // Find more information on the wiki: // https://github.com/YaLTeR/niri/wiki/Configuration:-Layout layout { // Set gaps around windows in logical pixels. gaps 16 struts { top -16 bottom -16 } // gaps 16 // gaps 8 // When to center a column when changing focus, options are: // - "never", default behavior, focusing an off-screen column will keep at the left // or right edge of the screen. // - "always", the focused column will always be centered. // - "on-overflow", focusing a column will center it if it doesn't fit // together with the previously focused column. // center-focused-column "on-overflow" always-center-single-column // You can customize the widths that "switch-preset-column-width" (Mod+R) toggles between. preset-column-widths { // Proportion sets the width as a fraction of the output width, taking gaps into account. // For example, you can perfectly fit four windows sized "proportion 0.25" on an output. // The default preset widths are 1/3, 1/2 and 2/3 of the output. proportion 0.33333 proportion 0.5 proportion 0.66667 // proportion 0.75 // Fixed sets the width in logical pixels exactly. // fixed 1920 } // You can also customize the heights that "switch-preset-window-height" (Mod+Shift+R) toggles between. // preset-window-heights { } // You can change the default width of the new windows. default-column-width { proportion 0.5 } // If you leave the brackets empty, the windows themselves will decide their initial width. // default-column-width {} // By default focus ring and border are rendered as a solid background rectangle // behind windows. That is, they will show up through semitransparent windows. // This is because windows using client-side decorations can have an arbitrary shape. // // If you don't like that, you should uncomment `prefer-no-csd` below. // Niri will draw focus ring and border *around* windows that agree to omit their // client-side decorations. // // Alternatively, you can override it with a window rule called // `draw-border-with-background`. // You can change how the focus ring looks. focus-ring { off width 1 active-color "#B14242" inactive-color "#121212" } border { // off width 1 active-color "#B14242" inactive-color "#121212" } // You can enable drop shadows for windows. shadow { // Uncomment the next line to enable shadows. on // By default, the shadow draws only around its window, and not behind it. // Uncomment this setting to make the shadow draw behind its window. // // Note that niri has no way of knowing about the CSD window corner // radius. It has to assume that windows have square corners, leading to // shadow artifacts inside the CSD rounded corners. This setting fixes // those artifacts. // // However, instead you may want to set prefer-no-csd and/or // geometry-corner-radius. Then, niri will know the corner radius and // draw the shadow correctly, without having to draw it behind the // window. These will also remove client-side shadows if the window // draws any. // // draw-behind-window true // You can change how shadows look. The values below are in logical // pixels and match the CSS box-shadow properties. // Softness controls the shadow blur radius. softness 30 // Spread expands the shadow. spread 5 // Offset moves the shadow relative to the window. offset x=0 y=5 // You can also change the shadow color and opacity. color "#0007" } // Struts shrink the area occupied by windows, similarly to layer-shell panels. // You can think of them as a kind of outer gaps. They are set in logical pixels. // Left and right struts will cause the next window to the side to always be visible. // Top and bottom struts will simply add outer gaps in addition to the area occupied by // layer-shell panels and regular gaps. } // Add lines like this to spawn processes at startup. // Note that running niri as a session supports xdg-desktop-autostart, // which may be more convenient to use. // See the binds section below for more spawn examples. // spawn-at-startup "alacritty" "-e" "fish" spawn-at-startup "dunst" "&" // spawn-at-startup "systemctl" "--user" "start" "blueman-applet.service" // spawn-at-startup "systemctl" "--user" "restart" "blueman-manager.service" // spawn-at-startup "systemctl" "--user" "restart" "waybar" spawn-at-startup "xwayland-satellite" // Uncomment this line to ask the clients to omit their client-side decorations if possible. // If the client will specifically ask for CSD, the request will be honored. // Additionally, clients will be informed that they are tiled, removing some client-side rounded corners. // This option will also fix border/focus ring drawing behind some semitransparent windows. // After enabling or disabling this, you need to restart the apps for this to take effect. prefer-no-csd // You can change the path where screenshots are saved. // A ~ at the front will be expanded to the home directory. // The path is formatted with strftime(3) to give you the screenshot date and time. screenshot-path "~/Pictures/niris/niri-%Y-%m-%d%H-%M-%S.png" // You can also set this to null to disable saving screenshots to disk. // screenshot-path null // Animation settings. // The wiki explains how to configure individual animations: // https://github.com/YaLTeR/niri/wiki/Configuration:-Animations animations { // Uncomment to turn off all animations. // off // Slow down all animations by this factor. Values below 1 speed them up instead. // slowdown 3.0 slowdown 0.7 } // Window rules let you adjust behavior for individual windows. // Find more information on the wiki: // https://github.com/YaLTeR/niri/wiki/Configuration:-Window-Rules // Work around WezTerm's initial configure bug // by setting an empty default-column-width. window-rule { match app-id="^spotify$" open-on-workspace "music" } window-rule { // This regular expression is intentionally made as specific as possible, // since this is the default config, and we want no false positives. // You can get away with just app-id="wezterm" if you want. match app-id="^org\\.wezfurlong\\.wezterm$" default-column-width { } } window-rule { match app-id="thunderbird$|Betterbird$" default-column-width { proportion 0.75 } } window-rule { match app-id="vesktop$" // clip-to-geometry true // min-width 500 // draw-border-with-background true } window-rule { match app-id="firefox$" default-column-width { proportion 0.8 } clip-to-geometry true } window-rule { match app-id="Bitwarden" default-column-width { proportion 0.33337 } open-floating true } // Open the Firefox picture-in-picture player as floating by default. // window-rule { // // This app-id regular expression will work for both: // // - host Firefox (app-id is "firefox") // // - Flatpak Firefox (app-id is "org.mozilla.firefox") // match app-id="firefox$" title="^Picture-in-Picture$" // open-floating true // } // Example: block out two password managers from screen capture. // (This example rule is commented out with a "/-" in front.) window-rule { match app-id="^org\\.keepassxc\\.KeePassXC$" match app-id="^org\\.gnome\\.World\\.Secrets$" match app-id="^Bitwarden$" block-out-from "screen-capture" // Use this instead if you want them visible on third-party screenshot tools. // block-out-from "screencast" } // Steam notifications window-rule { match app-id="steam" title="notificationtoasts" open-focused false open-floating true default-floating-position x=100 y=100 relative-to="bottom-right" } layer-rule { match namespace="^launcher$" shadow { on } // Fuzzel defaults to 10 px rounded corners. // geometry-corner-radius 10 } // Example: enable rounded corners for all windows.// (This example rule is commented out with a "/-" in front.) /-window-rule { geometry-corner-radius 12 clip-to-geometry true } environment { QT_QPA_PLATFORM "wayland" DISPLAY ":0" ELECTRON_OZONE_PLATFORM_HINT "auto" OZONE_PLATFORM "wayland" QT_QPA_PLATFORM "wayland" QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME "qt5ct" QT_WAYLAND_DISABLE_WINDOWDECORATION "1" QT_AUTO_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTOR "1" GTK_IM_MODULE "fcitx" QT_IM_MODULE "fcitx" XMODIFIERS "@im=fcitx" } cursor { hide-when-typing } hotkey-overlay { skip-at-startup } binds { // Keys consist of modifiers separated by + signs, followed by an XKB key name // in the end. To find an XKB name for a particular key, you may use a program // like wev. // // "Mod" is a special modifier equal to Super when running on a TTY, and to Alt // when running as a winit window. // // Most actions that you can bind here can also be invoked programmatically with // `niri msg action do-something`. // Mod-Shift-/, which is usually the same as Mod-?, // shows a list of important hotkeys. Mod+Shift+Slash { show-hotkey-overlay } // Suggested binds for running programs: terminal, app launcher, screen locker. Mod+Return { spawn "footclient" } Mod+Space { spawn "footclient" } Mod+D { spawn "fuzzel" "--hide-before-typing" "-I" "--placeholder=Select an application:" } Mod+Ctrl+semicolon { spawn "swaylock" "-c" "121212" "-e" "-f" "-F" } // You can also use a shell. Do this if you need pipes, multiple commands, etc. // Note: the entire command goes as a single argument in the end. // Mod+T { spawn "bash" "-c" "notify-send hello && exec alacritty"; } XF86AudioRaiseVolume allow-when-locked=true { spawn "wpctl" "set-volume" "@DEFAULT_AUDIO_SINK@" "0.05+" } XF86AudioLowerVolume allow-when-locked=true { spawn "wpctl" "set-volume" "@DEFAULT_AUDIO_SINK@" "0.05-" } XF86AudioMute allow-when-locked=true { spawn "wpctl" "set-mute" "@DEFAULT_AUDIO_SINK@" "toggle" } XF86AudioMicMute allow-when-locked=true { spawn "wpctl" "set-mute" "@DEFAULT_AUDIO_SOURCE@" "toggle" } XF86AudioPlay allow-when-locked=true { spawn "playerctl" "--player=spotify" "play-pause" } XF86AudioStop allow-when-locked=true { spawn "playerctl" "--all-players" "play-pause" "--ignore-player=spotify" } XF86MonBrightnessDown allow-when-locked=true { spawn "brightnessctl" "set" "5%-" } XF86MonBrightnessUp allow-when-locked=true { spawn "brightnessctl" "set" "5%+" } Mod+Q { close-window } // Colemak-DH bindings Mod+Left { focus-column-left } Mod+Down { focus-window-down } Mod+Up { focus-window-up } Mod+Right { focus-column-right } Mod+M { focus-column-or-monitor-left } // Mod+N { focus-window-down; } // Mod+E { focus-window-up; } Mod+I { focus-column-or-monitor-right } Mod+Shift+Left { move-column-left } Mod+Shift+Down { move-window-down } Mod+Shift+Up { move-window-up } Mod+Shift+Right { move-column-right } Mod+Shift+M { move-column-left-or-to-monitor-left } // Mod+Shift+N { move-window-down; } // Mod+Shift+E { move-window-up; } Mod+Shift+I { move-column-right-or-to-monitor-right } // Alternative commands that move across workspaces when reaching // the first or last window in a column. Mod+N { focus-window-or-workspace-down } Mod+E { focus-window-or-workspace-up } Mod+Shift+N { move-window-down-or-to-workspace-down } Mod+Shift+E { move-window-up-or-to-workspace-up } Mod+A { focus-column-first } Mod+O { focus-column-last } Mod+Shift+A { move-column-to-first } Mod+Shift+O { move-column-to-last } // don't love these honestly // TODO: Change smart-mouse to LGUI on keyboard? Mod+Period { focus-monitor-left } Mod+Slash { focus-monitor-right } Mod+Ctrl+Up { focus-monitor-up } Mod+Ctrl+Right { focus-monitor-right } Mod+Ctrl+M { focus-monitor-left } Mod+Ctrl+N { focus-monitor-down } Mod+Ctrl+E { focus-monitor-up } Mod+Ctrl+I { focus-monitor-right } Mod+Shift+Ctrl+Left { move-column-to-monitor-left } Mod+Shift+Ctrl+Down { move-column-to-monitor-down } Mod+Shift+Ctrl+Up { move-column-to-monitor-up } Mod+Shift+Period { move-column-to-monitor-right } Mod+Shift+Comma { move-column-to-monitor-left } Mod+Shift+Ctrl+N { move-column-to-monitor-down } Mod+Shift+Ctrl+E { move-column-to-monitor-up } Mod+Shift+Ctrl+I { move-column-to-monitor-right } // Alternatively, there are commands to move just a single window: // Mod+Shift+Ctrl+Left { move-window-to-monitor-left; } // ... // And you can also move a whole workspace to another monitor: // Mod+Shift+Ctrl+Left { move-workspace-to-monitor-left; } // ... Mod+H { focus-workspace-down } Mod+Comma { focus-workspace-up } Mod+L { move-workspace-down } Mod+U { move-workspace-up } Mod+J { move-workspace-to-monitor-left } Mod+Y { move-workspace-to-monitor-right } Mod+Ctrl+Page_Down { move-column-to-workspace-down } Mod+Ctrl+Page_Up { move-column-to-workspace-up } Mod+Shift+L { move-column-to-workspace-down } Mod+Shift+U { move-column-to-workspace-up } // Alternatively, there are commands to move just a single window: // Mod+Ctrl+Page_Down { move-window-to-workspace-down; } // ... Mod+Shift+Page_Down { move-workspace-down } Mod+Shift+Page_Up { move-workspace-up } Mod+Ctrl+L { move-workspace-down } Mod+Ctrl+U { move-workspace-up } // You can bind mouse wheel scroll ticks using the following syntax. // These binds will change direction based on the natural-scroll setting. // // To avoid scrolling through workspaces really fast, you can use // the cooldown-ms property. The bind will be rate-limited to this value. // You can set a cooldown on any bind, but it's most useful for the wheel. Mod+MouseForward { focus-column-right } Mod+MouseBack { focus-column-left } Mod+WheelScrollDown cooldown-ms=150 { focus-workspace-down } Mod+WheelScrollUp cooldown-ms=150 { focus-workspace-up } Mod+Ctrl+WheelScrollDown cooldown-ms=150 { move-column-to-workspace-down } Mod+Ctrl+WheelScrollUp cooldown-ms=150 { move-column-to-workspace-up } Mod+WheelScrollRight { focus-column-right } Mod+WheelScrollLeft { focus-column-left } Mod+Ctrl+WheelScrollRight { move-column-right } Mod+Ctrl+WheelScrollLeft { move-column-left } // Usually scrolling up and down with Shift in applications results in // horizontal scrolling; these binds replicate that. Mod+Shift+WheelScrollDown { focus-column-right } Mod+Shift+WheelScrollUp { focus-column-left } Mod+Ctrl+Shift+WheelScrollDown { move-column-right } Mod+Ctrl+Shift+WheelScrollUp { move-column-left } // Similarly, you can bind touchpad scroll "ticks". // Touchpad scrolling is continuous, so for these binds it is split into // discrete intervals. // These binds are also affected by touchpad's natural-scroll, so these // example binds are "inverted", since we have natural-scroll enabled for // touchpads by default. // Mod+TouchpadScrollDown { spawn "wpctl" "set-volume" "@DEFAULT_AUDIO_SINK@" "0.02+"; } // Mod+TouchpadScrollUp { spawn "wpctl" "set-volume" "@DEFAULT_AUDIO_SINK@" "0.02-"; } // You can refer to workspaces by index. However, keep in mind that // niri is a dynamic workspace system, so these commands are kind of // "best effort". Trying to refer to a workspace index bigger than // the current workspace count will instead refer to the bottommost // (empty) workspace. // // For example, with 2 workspaces + 1 empty, indices 3, 4, 5 and so on // will all refer to the 3rd workspace. Mod+1 { focus-workspace 1 } Mod+2 { focus-workspace 2 } Mod+3 { focus-workspace 3 } Mod+4 { focus-workspace 4 } Mod+5 { focus-workspace 5 } Mod+6 { focus-workspace 6 } Mod+7 { focus-workspace 7 } Mod+8 { focus-workspace 8 } Mod+9 { focus-workspace 9 } Mod+Shift+1 { move-column-to-workspace 1 } Mod+Shift+2 { move-column-to-workspace 2 } Mod+Shift+3 { move-column-to-workspace 3 } Mod+Shift+4 { move-column-to-workspace 4 } Mod+Shift+5 { move-column-to-workspace 5 } Mod+Shift+6 { move-column-to-workspace 6 } Mod+Shift+7 { move-column-to-workspace 7 } Mod+Shift+8 { move-column-to-workspace 8 } Mod+Shift+9 { move-column-to-workspace 9 } // Alternatively, there are commands to move just a single window: // Mod+Ctrl+1 { move-window-to-workspace 1; } // Switches focus between the current and the previous workspace. Mod+Tab { focus-workspace-previous } // Adapt the sway-window-switcher and bind it here // The following binds move the focused window in and out of a column. // If the window is alone, they will consume it into the nearby column to the side. // If the window is already in a column, they will expel it out. Mod+Alt+C { consume-or-expel-window-left } Mod+Alt+D { consume-or-expel-window-right } // Consume one window from the right to the bottom of the focused column. Mod+Alt+F { consume-window-into-column } // Expel the bottom window from the focused column to the right. Mod+Alt+P { expel-window-from-column } Mod+R { switch-preset-column-width } // Mod+Shift+R { // switch-preset-window-height // } // Mod+Ctrl+R { // reset-window-height // } Mod+F { maximize-column } Mod+Shift+F { fullscreen-window } // Expand the focused column to space not taken up by other fully visible columns. // Makes the column "fill the rest of the space". Mod+Ctrl+F { expand-column-to-available-width } Mod+C { center-column } // Finer width adjustments. // This command can also: // * set width in pixels: "1000" // * adjust width in pixels: "-5" or "+5" // * set width as a percentage of screen width: "25%" // * adjust width as a percentage of screen width: "-10%" or "+10%" // Pixel sizes use logical, or scaled, pixels. I.e. on an output with scale 2.0, // set-column-width "100" will make the column occupy 200 physical screen pixels. Mod+Minus { set-column-width "-10%" } Mod+Equal { set-column-width "+10%" } // Finer height adjustments when in column with other windows. Mod+Shift+Minus { set-window-height "-10%" } Mod+Shift+Equal { set-window-height "+10%" } // Move the focused window between the floating and the tiling layout. Mod+Shift+T { toggle-window-floating } Mod+T { switch-focus-between-floating-and-tiling } // Toggle tabbed column display mode. // Windows in this column will appear as vertical tabs, // rather than stacked on top of each other. Mod+W { toggle-column-tabbed-display } // Actions to switch layouts. // Note: if you uncomment these, make sure you do NOT have // a matching layout switch hotkey configured in xkb options above. // Having both at once on the same hotkey will break the switching, // since it will switch twice upon pressing the hotkey (once by xkb, once by niri). // Mod+Space { switch-layout "next"; } // Mod+Shift+Space { switch-layout "prev"; } // reload waybar Mod+Shift+W { spawn "systemctl" "--user" "restart" "waybar" // spawn "killall" "-SIGUSR2" "waybar" } Mod+S { screenshot } Mod+Ctrl+S { screenshot-screen } Mod+Shift+S { screenshot-window } Mod+Alt+S { spawn "~/dev/wayland-utils/recorder/recorder.sh" "screen" } Mod+Shift+Alt+S { spawn "~/dev/wayland-utils/recorder/recorder.sh" "region" } Mod+Escape { spawn "~/dev/wayland-utils/niri-switcher/window-picker.py" } Mod+semicolon { spawn "~/dev/wayland-utils/foot/foot-command.py" } Mod+P { spawn "clipcat-menu" } // Applications such as remote-desktop clients and software KVM switches may // request that niri stops processing the keyboard shortcuts defined here // so they may, for example, forward the key presses as-is to a remote machine. // It's a good idea to bind an escape hatch to toggle the inhibitor, // so a buggy application can't hold your session hostage. // // The allow-inhibiting=false property can be applied to other binds as well, // which ensures niri always processes them, even when an inhibitor is active. Mod+Ctrl+Escape allow-inhibiting=false { toggle-keyboard-shortcuts-inhibit } // The quit action will show a confirmation dialog to avoid accidental exits. Mod+Shift+semicolon { spawn "~/dev/utils/waymoji/waymoji.fish" } // Mod+Shift+semicolon { // quit // } // Powers off the monitors. To turn them back on, do any input like // moving the mouse or pressing any other key. Mod+Shift+P { power-off-monitors } }