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General
The general config of a monitor looks like this
monitor=name,resolution,offset,scale
A common 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 top left corner, with a scale of 1 (unscaled).
Monitors are positioned on a virtual "layout". The offset is the position of
said display in the layout. (calculated from the top-left corner)
For example:
monitor=DP-1, 1920x1080, 0x0, 1
monitor=DP-2, 1920x1080, 1920x0, 1
will tell hyprland to make DP-1 on the left of DP-2, while
monitor=DP-1, 1920x1080, 1920x0, 1
monitor=DP-2, 1920x1080, 0x0, 1
will tell hyprland to make DP-1 on the right.
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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)
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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 quickly plugging in random monitors:
monitor=,preferred,auto,1
Will make any monitor that was not specified with an explicit rule automatically placed on the right of the other(s) with its preferred resolution.
Alternatively you can use the highrr or highres rules in order to get the
best possible resolution or refreshrate mix.
for a focus on refreshrate use this:
monitor=,highrr,auto,1
for a focus on resolution this:
monitor=,highres,auto,1
For more specific rules, you can also use the output's description
(see hyprctl monitors) like this:
monitor=desc:SDC 0x4154,preferred,auto,1.5
remember to remove the (portname)!
Disabling a monitor
To disable a monitor, use
monitor=name,disable
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Disabling a monitor will literally remove it from the layout, moving all windows and workspaces
to any remaining ones. If you want to disable your monitor in a screensaver style (just turn
off the monitor) use the dpms dispatcher.
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Custom reserved area
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.
Extra args
Mirrored displays
If you want to mirror a display, add a ,mirror,[NAME] at the end of the monitor
rule, examples:
monitor=DP-3,1920x1080@60,0x0,1,mirror,DP-2
monitor=,preferred,auto,1,mirror,DP-1
Please remember that mirroring displays will not "re-render" everything for your second monitor, so if mirroring a 1080p screen onto a 4K one, the resolution will still be 1080p on the 4K display. This also means squishing and stretching will occur on non-matching resolutions.
10 bit support
If you want to enable 10 bit support for your display, add a ,bitdepth,10 at the
end of the monitor rule, e.g.:
monitor=eDP-1,2880x1800@90,0x0,1,bitdepth,10
Please be aware that colors registered in Hyprland (e.g. the border color) do not support 10 bit.
Rotating and the default workspace
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The monitor transform and workspace keywords depend on a monitor rule set specifically for the targeted monitor, and MUST be after it.
e.g.:
monitor=,preferred,auto,1
workspace=DP-3,1 # invalid
monitor=DP-3,preferred,auto,1
workspace=DP-3,1 # valid
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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.
normal (no transforms) -> 0
90 degrees -> 1
180 degrees -> 2
270 degrees -> 3
flipped -> 4
flipped + 90 degrees -> 5
flipped + 180 degrees -> 6
flipped + 270 degrees -> 7
Binding workspaces to a monitor
A workspace can be bound to a monitor, meaning by default it will ALWAYS open on the selected monitor. You can do this with
wsbind=WORKSPACE,MONITOR
for example:
wsbind=5,DP-1
wsbind=name:secret,DP-2