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@ -33,6 +33,16 @@ Preload will tell Hyprland to load a particular image (supported formats: png, j
A Wallpaper ***cannot*** be applied without preloading. The config is ***not*** reloaded dynamically.
## Important note to the inner workings
Preload does exactly what it says. It loads the entire wallpaper into memory. This can result in around 8 - 20MB of mem usage. It is not recommended to preload every wallpaper you have, as it will be a) taking a couple seconds at the beginning to load and b) take 100s of MBs of disk and RAM usage.
Preload is meant only for situations in which you want a wallpaper to switch INSTANTLY when you issue a wallpaper keyword (e.g. wallpaper per workspace)
In any and all cases when you don't mind waiting 300ms for the wallpaper to change, consider making a script that:
- preloads the new wallpaper
- sets the new wallpaper
- unloads the old wallpaper (to free memory)
# IPC
You can use `hyprctl hyprpaper` (if on Hyprland) to issue a keyword, for example
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