swaymgr

swaymgr

The Swaywm autotiling manager.

This project adds a autotiling feature to the SwayWM based on the gosway IPC library.

Install

Build

You need a Go installed in your system.

git clone https://github.com/Difrex/swaymgr.git
cd swaymgr/swaymgr
go get -v
go build -o ~/.local/bin/swaymgr .

From AUR

swaymgr package is available in the Arch Linux AUR. Install it with the favorite tool.

Configure

• Autostart swaymgr

  Add this to the config:

  exec --no-startup-id swaymgr
  

• Set keybindings for changing layouts setup

bindsym --to-code $mod+Alt+s exec swaymgr -s 'set spiral'
bindsym --to-code $mod+Alt+l exec swaymgr -s 'set left'
bindsym --to-code $mod+Alt+m exec swaymgr -s 'set manual'

Commands

Commands can be sended to the control socket by the -s option.

• get layout -- returns information about current focused workspace in the JSON format

  swaymgr -s 'get layout' | jq
  {
      "name": "2:",
      "layout": "spiral",
      "managed": true
  }
  

• set spiral -- mark workspace as managed and set it to the spiral windows placement

  swaymgr -s 'set spiral'
  

• set left -- mark workspace as managed and set it to the left windows placement

  swaymgr -s 'set left'
  

• set manual -- mark workspace as unmanaged

  swaymgr -s 'set manual'
  

Known issues

• Only spiral layout is working fine.

• Left layout is buggy.