// This config is in the KDL format: https://kdl.dev // "/-" comments out the following node. // Check the wiki for a full description of the configuration: // https://github.com/YaLTeR/niri/wiki/Configuration:-Overview debug { wait-for-frame-completion-before-queueing } input { keyboard { xkb { layout "us" } } touchpad { natural-scroll scroll-method "two-finger" dwt tap-button-map "left-right-middle" click-method "clickfinger" } mouse { natural-scroll accel-speed 0.1 accel-profile "adaptive" } workspace-auto-back-and-forth } output "eDP-1" { mode "2560x1600" background-color "#000000" scale 1 transform "normal" } output "PNP(BNQ) BenQ PD2725U N2N00414019" { mode "3840x2160@59.997" background-color "#000000" scale 1 transform "normal" } environment { DISPLAY ":0" QT_QPA_PLATFORM "wayland" //XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP "niri" //XDG_SESSION_TYPE "wayland" MOZ_ENABLE_WAYLAND "1" } /-switch-events { lid-close { spawn "swaylock"; } } cursor { xcursor-theme "Bibata-Modern-Classic" xcursor-size 24 hide-after-inactive-ms 30000 } layout { gaps 10 center-focused-column "never" always-center-single-column preset-column-widths { proportion 0.33333 proportion 0.5 proportion 0.66667 } default-column-width { proportion 0.5; } focus-ring { //active-color "#d8bfffee" active-gradient from="#d8bfffdd" to="#BD93FF99" angle=0 in="srgb-linear" width 2 } border { //active-gradient from="#ffbb66aa" to="#ffc880aa" angle=45 in="oklch longer hue" inactive-gradient from="#333333" to="#000000" angle=180 in="srgb-linear" active-color "#000" //inactive-color "#323232" width 2 } } prefer-no-csd workspace "main" workspace "scratchpad" spawn-at-startup "maestral_qt" spawn-at-startup "xwayland-satellite" ":0" spawn-at-startup "clipse" "-listen" spawn-at-startup "waybar" spawn-at-startup "eww" "daemon" spawn-at-startup "swayosd-server" spawn-at-startup "bitwarden" screenshot-path "~/Pictures/Screenshots/Screenshot from %Y-%m-%d %H-%M-%S.png" animations { slowdown 1.0 } window-rule { match app-id="Calculator" match app-id="Color Picker" match app-id="Volume Control" open-floating true } window-rule { match app-id="Plexamp" match app-id="scratchpad" open-on-workspace "scratchpad" open-floating true } // 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 } window-rule { geometry-corner-radius 8 clip-to-geometry true } /-window-rule { match is-active=false opacity 0.75 } binds { // shows a list of important hotkeys. Mod+Shift+Slash { show-hotkey-overlay; } // Suggested binds for running programs: terminal, app launcher, screen locker. Mod+T { spawn "wezterm"; } Mod+E { spawn "emacsclient"; } Mod+Space { spawn "fuzzel"; } Super+Alt+L { spawn "swaylock"; } // Example volume keys mappings for PipeWire & WirePlumber. // The allow-when-locked=true property makes them work even when the session is locked. XF86AudioRaiseVolume allow-when-locked=true { spawn "swayosd-client" "--output-volume" "raise"; } XF86AudioLowerVolume allow-when-locked=true { spawn "swayosd-client" "--output-volume" "lower"; } XF86AudioMute allow-when-locked=true { spawn "swayosd-client" "--output-volume" "mute-toggle"; } XF86AudioMicMute allow-when-locked=true { spawn "swayosd-client" "--input-volume" "mute-toggle"; } XF86MonBrightnessUp allow-when-locked=true { spawn "swayosd-client" "--brightness" "raise"; } XF86MonBrightnessDown allow-when-locked=true { spawn "swayosd-client" "--brightness" "lower"; } Mod+Q { close-window; } Mod+Left { focus-column-left; } Mod+Down { focus-window-down; } Mod+Up { focus-window-up; } Mod+Right { focus-column-right; } Mod+H { focus-column-left; } Mod+J { focus-window-down; } Mod+K { focus-window-up; } Mod+L { 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+Ctrl+H { move-column-left; } Mod+Ctrl+J { move-window-down; } Mod+Ctrl+K { move-window-up; } Mod+Ctrl+L { 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+H { focus-monitor-left; } Mod+Shift+J { focus-monitor-down; } Mod+Shift+K { focus-monitor-up; } Mod+Shift+L { 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; } // Alternatively, there are commands to move just a single window: // Mod+Shift+Ctrl+Left { move-window-to-monitor-left; } // ... // And you can also move a whole workspace to another monitor: // Mod+Shift+Ctrl+Left { move-workspace-to-monitor-left; } // ... Mod+Page_Down { focus-workspace-down; } Mod+Page_Up { focus-workspace-up; } Mod+U { focus-workspace-down; } Mod+I { focus-workspace-up; } Mod+Alt+Down { move-column-to-workspace-down; } Mod+Alt+Up { move-column-to-workspace-up; } Mod+Ctrl+U { move-column-to-workspace-down; } Mod+Ctrl+I { move-column-to-workspace-up; } // Alternatively, there are commands to move just a single window: // Mod+Ctrl+Page_Down { move-window-to-workspace-down; } // ... Mod+Shift+Page_Down { move-workspace-down; } Mod+Shift+Page_Up { move-workspace-up; } Mod+Shift+U { move-workspace-down; } Mod+Shift+I { move-workspace-up; } // 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; } // You can refer to workspaces by index. However, keep in mind that // niri is a dynamic workspace system, so these commands are kind of // "best effort". Trying to refer to a workspace index bigger than // the current workspace count will instead refer to the bottommost // (empty) workspace. // // For example, with 2 workspaces + 1 empty, indices 3, 4, 5 and so on // will all refer to the 3rd workspace. 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; } // Alternatively, there are commands to move just a single window: // Mod+Ctrl+1 { move-window-to-workspace 1; } // Switches focus between the current and the previous workspace. // Mod+Tab { focus-workspace-previous; } // The following binds move the focused window in and out of a column. // If the window is alone, they will consume it into the nearby column to the side. // If the window is already in a column, they will expel it out. Mod+BracketLeft { consume-or-expel-window-left; } Mod+BracketRight { consume-or-expel-window-right; } // Consume one window from the right to the bottom of the focused column. Mod+Comma { consume-window-into-column; } // Expel the bottom window from the focused column to the right. Mod+Period { expel-window-from-column; } Mod+R { switch-preset-column-width; } Mod+Shift+R { switch-preset-window-height; } Mod+Ctrl+R { reset-window-height; } Mod+F { maximize-column; } Mod+Shift+F { fullscreen-window; } Mod+C { center-column; } 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%"; } // Move the focused window between the floating and the tiling layout. Mod+Ctrl+X { toggle-window-floating; } // Mod+Shift+X { switch-focus-between-floating-and-tiling; } Mod+X { focus-workspace "scratchpad"; } // 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; } // The quit action will show a confirmation dialog to avoid accidental exits. Mod+Shift+E { quit; } //Ctrl+Alt+Delete { quit; } // 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; } }