hyprland-wiki/pages/Configuring/Using-hyprctl.md
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`hyprctl` is a utility for controlling some parts of the compositor from a CLI
or a script. If you install with `make install`, or any package, it should
automatically be installed.
To check if `hyprctl` is installed, simply execute it by issuing `hyprctl` in
the terminal.
If it's not, go to the repo root and `/hyprctl`. Issue a `make all` and then
`sudo cp ./hyprctl /usr/bin`.
# Commands
## Control
### Dispatch
issue a `dispatch` to call a keybind dispatcher with an arg.
An arg has to be present, for dispatchers without parameters it can be anything.
Examples:
```
hyprctl dispatch exec kitty
hyprctl dispatch pseudo x
```
Returns: `ok` on success, an error message on fail.
### Keyword
issue a `keyword` to call a config keyword dynamically.
Examples:
```
hyprctl keyword bind SUPER,O,pseudo
hyprctl keyword general:border_size 10
```
Returns: `ok` on success, an error message on fail.
### Reload
issue a `reload` to force reload the config.
### kill
issue a `kill` to get into a kill mode, where you can kill an app by clicking on
it. You can exit it with ESCAPE.
Kind of like xkill.
### setcursor
Sets the cursor theme and reloads the cursor manager. Will set the theme for everything except GTK, because GTK.
params: theme and size
e.g.:
```
hyprctl setcursor Bibata-Modern-Classic 24
```
## Info
```
version - prints the hyprland version, meaning flags, commit and branch of build.
monitors - lists all the outputs with their properties
workspaces - lists all workspaces with their properties
clients - lists all windows with their properties
devices - lists all connected keyboards and mice
activewindow - gets the active window name
layers - lists all the layers
splash - prints the current random splash
getoption [option] - gets the config option status (values)
```
# Batch
You can also use `--batch` to specify a batch of commands to execute
e.g.
```
hyprctl --batch "keyword general:border_size 2 ; keyword general:gaps_out 20"
```
`;` separates the commands
# Flags
You can specify flags for the request like this:
```
hyprctl -j monitors
```
flag list:
```
j -> output in JSON
```