// Check the wiki for a full description of the configuration: // https://niri-wm.github.io/niri/Configuration:-Introduction spawn-at-startup "swaybg --image ./wallpapers/3_hypno_chimmie_firefly_videorelaxant6025.png" input { keyboard { xkb { // If this section is empty, niri will fetch xkb settings // from org.freedesktop.locale1. You can control these using // localectl set-x11-keymap. } numlock // Enable numlock on startup } touchpad { tap natural-scroll // scroll-method "two-finger" // disabled-on-external-mouse } mouse { } trackpoint { } } gestures { hot-corners { off } } // Settings that influence how windows are positioned and sized. // Find more information on the wiki: // https://niri-wm.github.io/niri/Configuration:-Layout layout { gaps 16 background-color "transparent" // TODO: This view is pretty useless to me without titles on the tab bars, it's hard to tell wtf is in // a stack //default-column-display "tabbed" // When to center a column when changing focus, options are: // - "never", default behavior, focusing an off-screen column will keep at the left // or right edge of the screen. // - "always", the focused column will always be centered. // - "on-overflow", focusing a column will center it if it doesn't fit // together with the previously focused column. center-focused-column "never" // You can customize the widths that "switch-preset-column-width" (Mod+R) toggles between. preset-column-widths { // Proportion sets the width as a fraction of the output width, taking gaps into account. // For example, you can perfectly fit four windows sized "proportion 0.25" on an output. // The default preset widths are 1/3, 1/2 and 2/3 of the output. proportion 0.33333 proportion 0.5 proportion 0.66667 // Fixed sets the width in logical pixels exactly. // fixed 1920 } // You can also customize the heights that "switch-preset-window-height" (Mod+Ctrl+Shift+R) toggles between. // preset-window-heights { } // You can change the default width of the new windows. default-column-width { proportion 0.5; } // If you leave the brackets empty, the windows themselves will decide their initial width. // default-column-width {} // TODO: add prefer-no-csd to remove rounded corners and extra stuff from windows, but it removes Nemo's X button... focus-ring { width 3 active-color "#7fc8ff" inactive-color "#505050" } tab-indicator { // off on hide-when-single-tab place-within-column gap 5 width 10 length total-proportion=1.0 position "right" gaps-between-tabs 2 corner-radius 0 active-color "red" inactive-color "gray" urgent-color "blue" // active-gradient from="#80c8ff" to="#bbddff" angle=45 // inactive-gradient from="#505050" to="#808080" angle=45 relative-to="workspace-view" // urgent-gradient from="#800" to="#a33" angle=45 } border { off; } // border //shadow { } // Window shadows //struts { } // Outer padding to windows } // Add lines like this to spawn processes at startup. // Note that running niri as a session supports xdg-desktop-autostart, // which may be more convenient to use. // See the binds section below for more spawn examples. // This line starts waybar, a commonly used bar for Wayland compositors. // To run a shell command (with variables, pipes, etc.), use spawn-sh-at-startup: // spawn-sh-at-startup "qs -c ~/source/qs/MyAwesomeShell" hotkey-overlay { // Uncomment this line to disable the "Important Hotkeys" pop-up at startup. // skip-at-startup } // Uncomment this line to ask the clients to omit their client-side decorations if possible. // If the client will specifically ask for CSD, the request will be honored. // Additionally, clients will be informed that they are tiled, removing some client-side rounded corners. // This option will also fix border/focus ring drawing behind some semitransparent windows. // After enabling or disabling this, you need to restart the apps for this to take effect. //prefer-no-csd // You can change the path where screenshots are saved. // A ~ at the front will be expanded to the home directory. // The path is formatted with strftime(3) to give you the screenshot date and time. screenshot-path null //"~/Pictures/Screenshots/Screenshot from %Y-%m-%d %H-%M-%S.png" // You can also set this to null to disable saving screenshots to disk. // screenshot-path null animations { } // Open the Firefox picture-in-picture player as floating by default. window-rule { // This app-id regular expression will work for both: // - host Firefox (app-id is "firefox") // - Flatpak Firefox (app-id is "org.mozilla.firefox") match app-id=r#"firefox$"# title="^Picture-in-Picture$" open-floating true } // Example: block out two password managers from screen capture. // (This example rule is commented out with a "/-" in front.) /-window-rule { match app-id=r#"^org\.keepassxc\.KeePassXC$"# match app-id=r#"^org\.gnome\.World\.Secrets$"# block-out-from "screen-capture" // Use this instead if you want them visible on third-party screenshot tools. // block-out-from "screencast" } // slightly rounded corners for all windows window-rule { geometry-corner-radius 6 clip-to-geometry true } window-rule { match app-id=r#"^com\.gabm\.satty$"# open-floating true min-width 730 min-height 300 } binds { Mod+Shift+Slash { show-hotkey-overlay; } // Mod+? Mod+Shift+E { quit; } Ctrl+Alt+Delete { quit; } Mod+Shift+T hotkey-overlay-title="Open a Terminal: alacritty" { spawn "alacritty"; } Mod+T { spawn "bash" "-c" "alacritty --working-directory $(ycwd $(niri msg --json focused-window | jq .pid))"; } Mod+D hotkey-overlay-title="Run an Application: fuzzel" { spawn "fuzzel"; } Mod+E hotkey-overlay-title="Open file explorer" { spawn "nemo"; } Mod+L hotkey-overlay-title="Lock the Screen: swaylock" { spawn "swaylock"; } // Use spawn-sh to run a shell command. Do this if you need pipes, multiple commands, etc. // Note: the entire command goes as a single argument. It's passed verbatim to `sh -c`. // For example, this is a standard bind to toggle the screen reader (orca). // Super+Alt+S allow-when-locked=true hotkey-overlay-title=null { spawn-sh "pkill orca || exec orca"; } // Example volume keys mappings for PipeWire & WirePlumber. // The allow-when-locked=true property makes them work even when the session is locked. // Using spawn-sh allows to pass multiple arguments together with the command. // "-l 1.0" limits the volume to 100%. XF86AudioRaiseVolume allow-when-locked=true { spawn-sh "wpctl set-volume @DEFAULT_AUDIO_SINK@ 0.1+ -l 1.0"; } XF86AudioLowerVolume allow-when-locked=true { spawn-sh "wpctl set-volume @DEFAULT_AUDIO_SINK@ 0.1-"; } XF86AudioMute allow-when-locked=true { spawn-sh "wpctl set-mute @DEFAULT_AUDIO_SINK@ toggle"; } XF86AudioMicMute allow-when-locked=true { spawn-sh "wpctl set-mute @DEFAULT_AUDIO_SOURCE@ toggle"; } // Example media keys mapping using playerctl. // This will work with any MPRIS-enabled media player. XF86AudioPlay allow-when-locked=true { spawn-sh "playerctl play-pause"; } XF86AudioStop allow-when-locked=true { spawn-sh "playerctl stop"; } XF86AudioPrev allow-when-locked=true { spawn-sh "playerctl previous"; } XF86AudioNext allow-when-locked=true { spawn-sh "playerctl next"; } // Example brightness key mappings for brightnessctl. // You can use regular spawn with multiple arguments too (to avoid going through "sh"), // but you need to manually put each argument in separate "" quotes. XF86MonBrightnessUp allow-when-locked=true { spawn "brightnessctl" "--class=backlight" "set" "+10%"; } XF86MonBrightnessDown allow-when-locked=true { spawn "brightnessctl" "--class=backlight" "set" "10%-"; } // Open/close the Overview: a zoomed-out view of workspaces and windows. // You can also move the mouse into the top-left hot corner, // or do a four-finger swipe up on a touchpad. Mod+O repeat=false { toggle-overview; } Mod+Q repeat=false { close-window; } // Actions to switch layouts. // Note: if you uncomment these, make sure you do NOT have // a matching layout switch hotkey configured in xkb options above. // Having both at once on the same hotkey will break the switching, // since it will switch twice upon pressing the hotkey (once by xkb, once by niri). // Mod+Space { switch-layout "next"; } // Mod+Shift+Space { switch-layout "prev"; } // Print { screenshot; } Ctrl+Print { screenshot-screen; } Alt+Print { screenshot-window; } Print { spawn-sh "set -e; grim -t ppm -g \"$(slurp -o -d -F monospace)\" - | satty --filename - --copy-command=wl-copy --annotation-size-factor 2.0 --output-filename=\"$(xdg-user-dir PICTURES)/Screenshots/Screenshotada from %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.png\" --actions-on-enter=\"save-to-clipboard,exit\" --brush-smooth-history-size=5 --disable-notifications"; } // Applications such as remote-desktop clients and software KVM switches may // request that niri stops processing the keyboard shortcuts defined here // so they may, for example, forward the key presses as-is to a remote machine. // It's a good idea to bind an escape hatch to toggle the inhibitor, // so a buggy application can't hold your session hostage. // // The allow-inhibiting=false property can be applied to other binds as well, // which ensures niri always processes them, even when an inhibitor is active. Mod+Escape allow-inhibiting=false { toggle-keyboard-shortcuts-inhibit; } // Powers off the monitors. To turn them back on, do any input like // moving the mouse or pressing any other key. Mod+Shift+P { power-off-monitors; } // === Windows === Mod+V { toggle-window-floating; } Mod+Shift+V { switch-focus-between-floating-and-tiling; } Mod+M { maximize-window-to-edges; } // Same action as double clicking titlebar Mod+C { center-column; } // Center on screen Mod+Ctrl+C { center-visible-columns; } // Not quite sure what this one does Mod+Ctrl+F { expand-column-to-available-width; } // Fill the rest if not already filled // TODO: See TODO at top of layout Mod+W { toggle-column-tabbed-display; } // Movement Mod+Left { focus-column-left; } Mod+Down { focus-window-down; } Mod+Up { focus-window-up; } Mod+Right { focus-column-right; } Mod+Ctrl+Left { move-column-left; } Mod+Ctrl+Down { move-window-down; } Mod+Ctrl+Up { move-window-up; } Mod+Ctrl+Right { move-column-right; } Mod+Home { focus-column-first; } Mod+End { focus-column-last; } Mod+Ctrl+Home { move-column-to-first; } Mod+Ctrl+End { move-column-to-last; } Mod+Shift+Left { focus-monitor-left; } Mod+Shift+Down { focus-monitor-down; } Mod+Shift+Up { focus-monitor-up; } Mod+Shift+Right { focus-monitor-right; } Mod+Shift+Ctrl+Left { move-column-to-monitor-left; } Mod+Shift+Ctrl+Down { move-column-to-monitor-down; } Mod+Shift+Ctrl+Up { move-column-to-monitor-up; } Mod+Shift+Ctrl+Right { move-column-to-monitor-right; } Mod+Shift+Ctrl+H { move-column-to-monitor-left; } Mod+Shift+Ctrl+J { move-column-to-monitor-down; } Mod+Shift+Ctrl+K { move-column-to-monitor-up; } Mod+Shift+Ctrl+L { move-column-to-monitor-right; } Mod+Page_Down { focus-workspace-down; } Mod+Page_Up { focus-workspace-up; } Mod+Ctrl+Page_Down { move-column-to-workspace-down; } Mod+Ctrl+Page_Up { move-column-to-workspace-up; } Mod+Shift+Page_Down { move-workspace-down; } Mod+Shift+Page_Up { move-workspace-up; } // Windows move into column left of right Mod+BracketLeft { consume-or-expel-window-left; } Mod+BracketRight { consume-or-expel-window-right; } // You can bind mouse wheel scroll ticks using the following syntax. // These binds will change direction based on the natural-scroll setting. // // To avoid scrolling through workspaces really fast, you can use // the cooldown-ms property. The bind will be rate-limited to this value. // You can set a cooldown on any bind, but it's most useful for the wheel. Mod+WheelScrollDown cooldown-ms=150 { focus-workspace-down; } Mod+WheelScrollUp cooldown-ms=150 { focus-workspace-up; } Mod+Ctrl+WheelScrollDown cooldown-ms=150 { move-column-to-workspace-down; } Mod+Ctrl+WheelScrollUp cooldown-ms=150 { move-column-to-workspace-up; } Mod+WheelScrollRight { focus-column-right; } Mod+WheelScrollLeft { focus-column-left; } Mod+Ctrl+WheelScrollRight { move-column-right; } Mod+Ctrl+WheelScrollLeft { move-column-left; } // Usually scrolling up and down with Shift in applications results in // horizontal scrolling; these binds replicate that. Mod+Shift+WheelScrollDown { focus-column-right; } Mod+Shift+WheelScrollUp { focus-column-left; } Mod+Ctrl+Shift+WheelScrollDown { move-column-right; } Mod+Ctrl+Shift+WheelScrollUp { move-column-left; } Mod+1 { focus-workspace 1; } Mod+2 { focus-workspace 2; } Mod+3 { focus-workspace 3; } Mod+4 { focus-workspace 4; } Mod+5 { focus-workspace 5; } Mod+6 { focus-workspace 6; } Mod+7 { focus-workspace 7; } Mod+8 { focus-workspace 8; } Mod+9 { focus-workspace 9; } Mod+Ctrl+1 { move-column-to-workspace 1; } Mod+Ctrl+2 { move-column-to-workspace 2; } Mod+Ctrl+3 { move-column-to-workspace 3; } Mod+Ctrl+4 { move-column-to-workspace 4; } Mod+Ctrl+5 { move-column-to-workspace 5; } Mod+Ctrl+6 { move-column-to-workspace 6; } Mod+Ctrl+7 { move-column-to-workspace 7; } Mod+Ctrl+8 { move-column-to-workspace 8; } Mod+Ctrl+9 { move-column-to-workspace 9; } // Resizing Mod+R { switch-preset-column-width; } Mod+Shift+R { switch-preset-column-width-back; } Mod+Ctrl+Shift+R { switch-preset-window-height; } Mod+Ctrl+R { reset-window-height; } // Finer adjustments Mod+Minus { set-column-width "-10%"; } Mod+Equal { set-column-width "+10%"; } Mod+Shift+Minus { set-window-height "-10%"; } Mod+Shift+Equal { set-window-height "+10%"; } }