1waybar-sway-workspaces(5) File Formats Manual waybar-sway-workspaces(5)
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6 waybar - sway workspaces module
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9 The workspaces module displays the currently used workspaces in Sway.
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12 Addressed by sway/workspaces
13 all-outputs:
15 typeof: bool
16 default: false
17 If set to false, workspaces will only be shown on the output they
18 are on. If set to true all workspaces will be shown on every output.
19 format:
21 typeof: string
22 default: {value}
23 The format, how information should be displayed.
24 format-icons:
26 typeof: array
27 Based on the workspace name and state, the corresponding icon gets
28 selected. See icons.
29 disable-scroll:
31 typeof: bool
32 default: false
33 If set to false, you can scroll to cycle through workspaces. If set
34 to true this behaviour is disabled.
35 disable-click:
37 typeof: bool
38 default: false
39 If set to false, you can click to change workspace. If set to true
40 this behaviour is disabled.
41 smooth-scrolling-threshold:
43 typeof: double
44 Threshold to be used when scrolling.
45 disable-scroll-wraparound:
47 typeof: bool
48 default: false
49 If set to false, scrolling on the workspace indicator will wrap
50 around to the first workspace when reading the end, and vice versa. If
51 set to true this behavior is disabled.
52 enable-bar-scroll:
54 typeof: bool
55 default: false
56 If set to false, you can't scroll to cycle throughout workspaces
57 from the entire bar. If set to true this behaviour is enabled.
58 disable-markup:
60 typeof: bool
61 default: false
62 If set to true, button label will escape pango markup.
63 current-only:
65 typeof: bool
66 default: false
67 If set to true. Only focused workspaces will be shown.
68 persistent_workspaces:
70 typeof: json (see below)
71 default: empty
72 Lists workspaces that should always be shown, even when non exis‐
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74 on-update:
76 typeof: string
77 Command to execute when the module is updated.
78 numeric-first:
80 typeof: bool
81 Whether to put workspaces starting with numbers before workspaces
82 that do not start with a number.
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85 {value}: Name of the workspace, as defined by sway.
86 {name}: Number stripped from workspace value.
88 {icon}: Icon, as defined in format-icons.
90 {index}: Index of the workspace.
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94 Additional to workspace name matching, the following format-icons can
95 be set.
96 · default: Will be shown, when no string matches is found.
98 · urgent: Will be shown, when workspace is flagged as urgent
99 · focused: Will be shown, when workspace is focused
100 · persistent: Will be shown, when workspace is persistent one.
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104 Each entry of persistent_workspace names a workspace that should always
105 be shown. Associated with that value is a list of outputs indicating
106 where the workspace should be shown, an empty list denoting all out‐
107 puts.
108 "sway/workspaces": {
110 "persistent_workspaces": {
111 "3": [], // Always show a workspace with name '3', on all outputs if it does not exists
112 "4": ["eDP-1"], // Always show a workspace with name '4', on output 'eDP-1' if it does not exists
113 "5": ["eDP-1", "DP-2"] // Always show a workspace with name '5', on outputs 'eDP-1' and 'DP-2' if it does not exists
114 }
115 }
116 n.b.: the list of outputs can be obtained from command line using
118 swaymsg -t get_outputs
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121 "sway/workspaces": {
122 "disable-scroll": true,
123 "all-outputs": true,
124 "numeric-first": false,
125 "format": "{name}: {icon}",
126 "format-icons": {
127 "1": "",
128 "2": "",
129 "3": "",
130 "4": "",
131 "5": "",
132 "urgent": "",
133 "focused": "",
134 "default": ""
135 }
136 }
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139 · #workspaces button
140 · #workspaces button.visible
141 · #workspaces button.focused
142 · #workspaces button.urgent
143 · #workspaces button.persistent
144 · #workspaces button.current_output
145 · #workspaces button#sway-workspace-${name}
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