waybar-sway-window(5)

waybar - sway window module

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Description

waybar-sway-window

NAME

waybar - sway window module

DESCRIPTION

The window module displays the title of the currently focused window in Sway

CONFIGURATION

Addressed by sway/window

format:

typeof: string

default: {title}

The format, how information should be displayed.

rotate:

typeof: integer

Positive value to rotate the text label.

max-length:

typeof: integer

The maximum length in character the module should display.

min-length:
typeof: integer
The minimum length in characters the module should take up.

align:
typeof: float
The alignment of the text, where 0 is left-aligned and 1 is right-aligned. If the module is rotated, it will follow the flow of the text.

on-click:

typeof: string

Command to execute when clicked on the module.

on-click-middle:

typeof: string

Command to execute when middle-clicked on the module using mousewheel.

on-click-right:

typeof: string

Command to execute when you right clicked on the module.

on-update:

typeof: string

Command to execute when the module is updated.

on-scroll-up:

typeof: string

Command to execute when scrolling up on the module.

on-scroll-down:

typeof: string

Command to execute when scrolling down on the module.

smooth-scrolling-threshold:

typeof: double

Threshold to be used when scrolling.

tooltip:

typeof: bool

default: true

Option to disable tooltip on hover.

rewrite:

typeof: object

Rules to rewrite window title. See rewrite rules.

icon:

typeof: bool

default: false

Option to hide the application icon.

icon-size:

typeof: integer

default: 24

Option to change the size of the application icon.

FORMAT REPLACEMENTS

{title}: The title of the focused window.

{app_id}: The app_id of the focused window.

{shell}: The shell of the focused window. It’s ’xwayland’ when the window is running through xwayland, otherwise it’s ’xdg-shell’.

REWRITE RULES

rewrite is an object where keys are regular expressions and values are rewrite rules if the expression matches. Rules may contain references to captures of the expression.

Regular expression and replacement follow ECMA-script rules.

If no expression matches, the title is left unchanged.

Invalid expressions (e.g., mismatched parentheses) are skipped.

EXAMPLES

"sway/window": {
"format": "{}",
"max-length": 50,
"rewrite": {
"(.*) - Mozilla Firefox": "ð $1",
"(.*) - zsh": "> [$1]"
}
}

STYLE

#window
window#waybar.empty When no windows is in the workspace
window#waybar.solo When one window is in the workspace
window#waybar.<app_id> Where app_id is the app_id or instance name like (chromium) of the only window in the workspace