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": "🌎 $1",


      "(.*) - zsh": "> [$1]"


    }
}

STYLE¶