hyprland-wiki/pages/Configuring/Advanced-config.md

This page documents all of the more advanced config options. Binds, curves, execs, etc.

Please remember, that for ALL arguments separated by a comma, if you want to leave one of them empty, you cannot reduce the number of commas, unless told otherwise in a specific section:

three_param_keyword=A,B,C # OK

three_param_keyword=A,C # NOT OK

three_param_keyword=A,,C # OK

Table of contents

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Monitors

monitor=name,res,offset,scale

for example:

monitor=DP-1,1920x1080@144,0x0,1

will tell Hyprland to make the monitor on DP-1 a 1920x1080 display, at 144Hz, 0x0 off from the beginning and a scale of 1.

Please use the offset for its intended purpose before asking stupid questions about "fixing" monitors being mirrored.

Please remember the offset is calculated with the scaled resolution, meaning if you want your 4K monitor with scale 2 to the left of your 1080p one, you'd use the offset 1920x0 for the second screen. (3840 / 2)

Leaving the name empty will define a fallback rule to use when no other rules match.

You can use preferred as a resolution to use the display's preferred size, and auto as an offset to let Hyprland decide on an offset for you.

Recommended rule for easy and quick plugging in of random monitors:

monitor=,preferred,auto,1

Will make any monitor that was not specified with an explicit rule automatically placed in a sensible location with its preferred resolution.

To disable a monitor, use

monitor=name,disable

If your workflow requires custom reserved area, you can add it with

monitor=name,addreserved,TOP,BOTTOM,LEFT,RIGHT

Where TOP BOTTOM LEFT RIGHT are integers in pixels of the reserved area to add. This does stack on top of the calculated one, (e.g. bars) but you may only use one of these rules per monitor in the config.

workspace=name,number

for example:

workspace=DP-1,1

will tell Hyprland to make the default workspace on DP-1 a number 1.

If you want to rotate a monitor, use

monitor=NAME,transform,TRANSFORM

where NAME is the name, and TRANSFORM is an integer, from 0 to 7, corresponding to your transform of choice.

{{< hint type=important >}} This keyword MUST be after your monitor= keyword with the resolution, etc. {{< /hint >}}

WL_OUTPUT_TRANSFORM_NORMAL = 0
WL_OUTPUT_TRANSFORM_90 = 1
WL_OUTPUT_TRANSFORM_180 = 2
WL_OUTPUT_TRANSFORM_270 = 3
WL_OUTPUT_TRANSFORM_FLIPPED = 4
WL_OUTPUT_TRANSFORM_FLIPPED_90 = 5
WL_OUTPUT_TRANSFORM_FLIPPED_180 = 6
WL_OUTPUT_TRANSFORM_FLIPPED_270 = 7

Binds

bind=MOD,key,dispatcher,params

for example,

bind=SUPERSHIFT,Q,exec,firefox

will bind opening firefox to SUPER+SHIFT+Q

Please note that SHIFT modifies the key names, so for example

bind=SHIFT,1,anything,

will not work, because when you press SHIFT+1, on your screen you won't get a 1, you'll get a !

Common overwrites:

1 -> exclam
2 -> at
3 -> numbersign
4 -> dollar
5 -> percent
6 -> asciicircum
7 -> ampersand
8 -> asterisk
9 -> parenleft
0 -> parenright
- -> underscore
= -> plus

(Overwrites may vary on different keymaps)

See the xkbcommon-keysyms.h header for all the keysyms. The name you should use is the one after XKB_KEY_, written in all lowercase.

If you are unsure of what your key's name is, or what it shifts into, you can use xev or wev to find that information.

If you want to bind by a keycode, you can just input it in the KEY position, e.g.:

bind=SUPER,28,exec,amongus

Will bind SUPER+T. (T is keycode 28.) - You can also use xev or wev to find keycodes.

You can also unbind with unbind, e.g.:

unbind=SUPER,O

May be useful for dynamic keybindings with hyprctl.

You can also bind mouse buttons, by prefacing the mouse keycode with mouse:, for example:

bind=SUPER,mouse:272,exec,amongus

will bind it to SUPER+LMB.

For binding only modkeys, you need to use the TARGET modmask (with the activating mod) and the r flag, e.g.:

bindr=SUPERALT,Alt_L,exec,amongus

Bind flags

bind supports flags in this format:

bind[flags]=...

e.g.:

bindrl=MOD,KEY,exec,amongus

flags:

l -> locked, aka. works also when an input inhibitor is active
r -> release, will trigger on release of a key
e -> repeat, will repeat when held.

Binding mods

You can bind a mod alone like this:

bindr=ALT,Alt_L,exec,amongus

General dispatcher list:

Please keep in mind some layout-specific dispatchers will be listed in the layout pages (See the sidebar)

exec

executes a shell command

params: command

pass

passes the key (with mods) to a specified window. Can be used as a workaround to global keybinds not working on Wayland.

params: a window, so:

class regex

OR

title: and a title regex

OR

pid: and the pid

OR

address: and an address

killactive

kills the focused window

params: none

workspace

changes the workspace

params: workspace (see below)

movetoworkspace

moves the focused window to workspace X

params: workspace (see below)

movetoworkspacesilent

moves the focused window to workspace X, without changing to that workspace (silent)

params: workspace (see below)

togglefloating

toggles the focused window floating

params: none

fullscreen

toggles the focused window's fullscreen state

params: 0 - real fullscreen (takes your entire screen), 1 - "maximize" fullscreen (keeps the gaps and bar(s))

dpms

sets the monitor's dpms status.

Warning: it is NOT recommended to set DPMS with a keybind directly, as it might cause undefined behavior. Instead, consider something like

bind = MOD,KEY,exec,sleep 1 && hyprctl dispatch dpms off

params: on for on, off for off.

pseudo

toggles the focused window to be pseudotiled

params: none

movefocus

moves the focus in a specified direction

params: l/r/u/d (left right up down)

movewindow

moves the active window in a specified direction OR monitor

params: l/r/u/d (left right up down) OR mon: and ONE OF: l/r/u/d OR name OR id (e.g.: mon:DP-1 or mon:l)

resizeactive

resizes the active window.

params:

• pixel delta to resize by, integer X and Y, separated by a space.

OR

• "exact" followed by a space and exact pixel size

negative X -> left, negative Y -> top, positive X -> right, positive Y -> bottom

e.g.:

bind=MOD,KEY,resizeactive,-20 0
bind=MOD,KEY,resizeactive,exact 1280 720

moveactive

moves the active window.

params:

• pixel delta to move by, integer X and Y, separated by a space.

OR

• "exact" followed by a space and exact coordinates

negative X -> left, negative Y -> top, positive X -> right, positive Y -> bottom

e.g.:

bind=MOD,KEY,moveactive,20 -20
bind=MOD,KEY,moveactive,exact 720 0

cyclenext

focuses the next window on a workspace

params: empty for next, prev for previous

focuswindow

focuses the first found window matching a specified regex

params:

class regex

OR

title: and a title regex

OR

pid: and the pid

OR

address: and an address

focusmonitor

focuses a monitor

params: direction OR name OR id

Directions: l/r/u/d (left right up down)

Name: e.g. DP-1

ID: e.g. 0

(You can get names and IDs with hyprctl monitors)

splitratio

changes the split ratio

params: relative split change, +n/-n, e.g. +0.1 or -0.02, clamps to 0.1 - 1.9

toggleopaque

toggles the current window to always be opaque

params: none

movecursortocorner

moves the cursor to the corner of the active window

params: direction, 0 - 3, bottom left - 0, bottom right - 1, top right - 2, top left - 3.

workspaceopt

toggles a workspace option for the active workspace.

params: a workspace option

Workspace options:

allfloat -> makes all new windows floating (also floats/unfloats windows on toggle)
allpseudo -> makes all new windows pseudo (also pseudos/unpseudos on toggle)

exit

exits the compositor. No questions asked.

params: none

forcerendererreload

forces the renderer to reload all resources and outputs.

params: none

movecurrentworkspacetomonitor

Moves the active workspace to a monitor

params: monitor ID, name or direction (l/r/u/d)

moveworkspacetomonitor

Moves a workspace to a monitor

params: workspace and monitor ID, name or direction

e.g.:

bind=MOD,KEY,moveworkspacetomonitor,4 0

will move workspace 4 to monitor 0.

togglespecialworkspace

toggles the special workspace on/off.

params: none

Workspaces

workspace args are unified. You have six choices:

ID: e.g. 1, 2, or 3

Relative ID: e.g. +1, -3 or +100

Relative workspace on monitor: e.g. m+1, m-1 or m+3

Relative open workspace: e.g. e+1 or e-10

Name: e.g. name:Web, name:Anime or name:Better anime

Special Workspace: special Warning: special is supported ONLY on movetoworkspace. Any other dispatcher will result in undocumented behavior.

Special Workspace

Special workspace is what is called a "scratchpad" in some other places. A workspace that you can toggle on/off on any monitor.

Executing

you can execute a shell script on startup of the compositor or on each time it's reloaded.

Note: There currently is a bug with the exec that makes the executed app unable to die if killed, use SIGKILL (e.g. killall name -9) or launch from a script (exec-once=~/myscript.sh and do myapp & in the script)

exec-once=command will execute only on launch

exec=command will execute on each reload

Curves

Defining your own Bezier curve can be done with the bezier keyword:

bezier=NAME,X0,Y0,X1,Y1

where NAME is the name, and the rest are two points for the Cubic Bezier. A good website to design your bezier can be found here, on cssportal.com.

Example curve:

bezier=overshot,0.05,0.9,0.1,1.1

Window Rules

You can set window rules for various actions. These are applied on window open!

windowrule=RULE,WINDOW

RULE is a rule (and a param if applicable)

WINDOW is a RegEx, either:

• plain regex (for matching a window class)
• title: followed by a regex (for matching a window's title)

you can get both by inspecting hyprctl clients

Examples:

windowrule=float,^(kitty)$
windowrule=move 0 0,title:^(Firefox)(.*)$

Rules

float

floats a window

tile

tiles a window

fullscreen

fullscreens a window

move [x] [y]

moves a floating window (x,y -> int or %, e.g. 20% or 100)

size [x] [y]

resizes a floating window (x,y -> int or %, e.g. 20% or 100)

center

if the window is floating, will center it on the monitor.

pseudo

pseudotiles a window

monitor [id]

sets the monitor on which a window should open

workspace [w]

sets the workspace on which a window should open (for workspace syntax, see binds->workspaces)

you can also make [w] to unset, will unset all previous workspace rules applied to this window.

you can also add silent after the workspace to make the window open silently.

e.g.:

windowrule=workspace unset,Dolphin
windowrule=workspace name:amongus silent,kitty
windowrule=workspace 12,firefox

opacity [a]

additional opacity multiplier

options for a:

float -> sets an opacity

float float -> sets activeopacity and inactiveopacity respectively

Notice: Opacity is always a PRODUCT of all opacities. E.g. active_opacity to 0.5 and windowrule opacity to 0.5 will result in a total opacity 0.25. You are allowed to set opacities over 1, but any opacity product over 1 will cause graphical glitches. E.g. 0.5 * 2 = 1, and it will be fine, 0.5 * 4 will cause graphical glitches.

opaque

forces the window to be opaque (can be toggled with the toggleopaque dispatcher)

animation [style] [opt]

forces an animation onto a window, with a selected opt.

e.g.:

windowrule=animation slide left,kitty
windowrule=animation popin,dolphin

rounding [x]

forces the application to have X pixels of rounding, ignoring the set default (in decoration:rounding)

x has to be an int.

More examples

windowrule=float,kitty
windowrule=monitor 0,Firefox
windowrule=move 200 200,Discord

noblur

forces the window not to have blur

nofocus

forces the window to never receive focus

Animations

animations are declared with the animation keyword.

animation=NAME,ONOFF,SPEED,CURVE,STYLE
or
animation=NAME,ONOFF,SPEED,CURVE

for example:

animation=workspaces,1,8,default
animation=windows,1,10,myepiccurve,slide

ONOFF can be either 0 or 1, 0 to disable, 1 to enable.

SPEED is the amount of ds (1ds = 100ms) the animation will take

CURVE is the bezier curve name, see curves above.

STYLE (optional) is the animation style

The animations are a tree. If an animation is unset, it will inherit its parent's values.

Animation tree:

global
  ↳ windows - styles: slide, popin
    ↳ windowsIn - window open
    ↳ windowsOut - window close
    ↳ windowsMove - everything in between, moving, dragging, resizing.
  ↳ fade
    ↳ fadeIn - fade in (open) -> layers and windows
    ↳ fadeOut - fade out (close) -> layers and windows
    ↳ fadeSwitch - fade on changing activewindow and its opacity
    ↳ fadeShadow - fade on changing activewindow for shadows
  ↳ border
  ↳ workspaces - styles: slide, slidevert, fade

Extras

For animation style popin in windows, you can specify a minimum percentage to start from. For example:

animation=windows,1,8,default,popin 80%

will make the animation 80% -> 100% of the size.

Defining variables

You can define your own custom variables like this:

$VAR = value

for example:

$MyFavoriteGame = Among Us

then, to use them, simply use them. For example:

col.active_border=$MyColor

You ARE allowed to do this:

col.active_border=ff$MyRedValue1111

Sourcing (multi-file)

Use the source keyword to source another file.

For example, in your hyprland.conf you can:

source=~/.config/hypr/myColors.conf

And Hyprland will enter that file and parse it like a Hyprland config.

Please note it's LINEAR. Meaning lines above the source= will be parsed first, then lines inside ~/.config/hypr/myColors.conf, then lines below.

Gestures

Use something like libinput-gestures, with hyprctl if you want to expand Hyprland's gestures beyond what's offered in Basic Configuring.

Submaps

If you want keybind submaps, for example if you press ALT+R, you can enter a "resize" mode, resize with arrow keys, and leave with escape, do it like this:

bind=ALT,R,submap,resize # will switch to a submap called resize

submap=resize # will start a submap called "resize"

bind=,right,resizeactive,10 0
bind=,left,resizeactive,-10 0
bind=,up,resizeactive,0 -10
bind=,down,resizeactive,0 10

bind=,escape,submap,reset # use reset to go back to the global submap

submap=reset # will reset the submap, meaning end the current one and return to the global one.

# keybinds further down will be global again...

IMPORTANT: do not forget a keybind to reset the keymap while inside it! (In this case, escape)

If you get stuck inside a keymap, you can use hyprctl dispatch submap reset to go back. If you do not have a terminal open, tough luck buddy. I warned you.

Per-device input configs

Warning: Some configs, notably touchpad ones, require a Hyprland restart.

Per-device config options will overwrite your options set in the input section. It's worth noting that ONLY values explicitly changed will be overwritten.

In order to apply per-device config options, make a new category like this:

device:name {

}

the name can be easily obtained by doing hyprctl devices.

Inside of it, put your config options. All options from the input category (and all subcategories, e.g. input:touchpad) can be put inside, EXCEPT:

force_no_accel, follow_mouse

For example:

device:ROYUAN Akko Multi-modes Keyboard-B {
    repeat_rate=50
    repeat_delay=500
    middle_button_emulation=0
}

remember about the space after the end of the device's name (before the {)!

Wallpapers

The hyprland background you see when you first start Hyprland is NOT A WALLPAPER, it's the default image rendered at the bottom of the render stack.

To set a wallpaper, use a wallpaper utility like hyprpaper or swaybg.

Blurring layerSurfaces

LayerSurfaces are not windows. These are for example: Your wallpapers, notification overlays, bars, etc.

If you really want to blur them, use blurls=

blurls=NAMESPACE

where NAMESPACE is the namespace of the layerSurface. (You can get it from hyprctl layers)

to remove a namespace from being blurred (useful in dynamic situations) use:

blurls=remove,NAMESPACE