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Description
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Description
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Sway allows for configuration of swaybar within the sway configuation file.
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Sway allows configuring swaybar in the sway configuration file.
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Swaybar commands must be used inside a _bar { }_ block in the config.
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Swaybar commands must be used inside a _bar { }_ block in the config file.
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Commands
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Commands
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**activate_button** <button>::
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**activate_button** <button>::
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Sets the button to be used for the _activate_ (primary click) tray item
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Sets the button to be used for the _activate_ (primary click) tray item
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event. By default is BTN_LEFT (0x110).
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event. The default is BTN_LEFT (0x110).
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**context_button** <button>::
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**context_button** <button>::
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Sets the button to be used for the _context menu_ (right click) tray item
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Sets the button to be used for the _context menu_ (right click) tray item
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event. By default is BTN_RIGHT (0x111).
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event. The default is BTN_RIGHT (0x111).
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**secondary_button** <button>::
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**secondary_button** <button>::
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Sets the button to be used for the _secondary_ (middle click) tray item
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Sets the button to be used for the _secondary_ (middle click) tray item
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event. By default is BTN_MIDDLE (0x112).
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event. The default is BTN_MIDDLE (0x112).
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**tray_output** none|all|<name>::
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**tray_output** none|all|<name>::
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Sets the output that the tray will appear on or none. Unlike i3bar, swaybar
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Sets the output that the tray will appear on or none. Unlike i3bar, swaybar
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Sway allows for configuration of libinput devices within the sway configuration file.
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Sway allows for configuration of libinput devices within the sway configuration file.
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sway-input commands must be used inside a _input { }_ block in the config.
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sway-input commands must be used inside an _input { }_ block in the config.
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To obtain a list of available devices identifier, run **swaymsg -t get_inputs**.
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To obtain a list of available device identifiers, run **swaymsg -t get_inputs**.
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Commands
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Commands
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**input** <identifier> events <enabled|disabled|disabled_on_external_mouse>::
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**input** <identifier> events <enabled|disabled|disabled_on_external_mouse>::
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Enables or disables send_events for specified input device.
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Enables or disables send_events for specified input device.
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(Disabling send_events disables the input device)
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(Disabling send_events disables the input device)
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**input** <identifier> left_handed <enabled|disabled>::
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**input** <identifier> left_handed <enabled|disabled>::
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Enables or disables left handed mode for specified input device.
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Enables or disables left handed mode for specified input device.
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figured out yet. The following man page is provisional.
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figured out yet. The following man page is provisional.
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Securing sway requires careful configuration of your environment, the sort that's
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Securing sway requires careful configuration of your environment, the sort that's
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usually best suited to a distro maintainer who wants to ship a secure sway
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usually best suited to a distribution maintainer who wants to ship a secure sway
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environment in their distro. Sway provides a number of means of securing it but
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environment in their distribution. Sway provides a number of means of securing it but
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you must make a few changes external to sway first.
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you must make a few changes external to sway first.
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Configuration of security features is limited to files in the security directory
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Configuration of security features is limited to files in the security directory
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LD_PRELOAD is a mechanism designed to ruin the security of your system. There are
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LD_PRELOAD is a mechanism designed to ruin the security of your system. There are
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a number of strategies for dealing with this but they all suck a little. In order
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a number of strategies for dealing with this, but they all suck a little. In order
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of most practical to least practical:
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of most practical to least practical:
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1. Only run important programs via exec. Sway's exec command will ensure that
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1. Only run important programs via exec. Sway's exec command will ensure that
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permit LD_PRELOAD for it (and will also run it as root, which sway will shortly
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permit LD_PRELOAD for it (and will also run it as root, which sway will shortly
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drop). You could also statically link sway itself.
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drop). You could also statically link sway itself.
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Note that LD_LIBRARY_PATH has all of the same problems, and all of the same
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Note that LD_LIBRARY_PATH has all of these problems, and the same solutions.
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solutions.
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Read your log
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Read your log
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Permission to take screenshots or record the screen.
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Permission to take screenshots or record the screen.
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By default, no permissions are granted (though saner defaults are provided in
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By default, no permissions are granted (though saner defaults are provided in
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/etc/sway/config.d/security). You can use the following config commands to control
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/etc/sway/config.d/security). You can use the following configuration options to control
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a program's access:
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a program's access:
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**permit** <executable> <features...>::
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**permit** <executable> <features...>::
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Permits <executable> to use <features> (each feature seperated by a space).
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Permits <executable> to use <features> (each feature separated by a space).
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<executable> may be * to affect the default policy, or the full path to the
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<executable> may be * to affect the default policy, or the full path to the
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executable file.
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executable file.
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**reject** <executable> <features...>::
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**reject** <executable> <features...>::
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Disallows <executable> from using <features> (each feature seperated by a space).
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Disallows <executable> from using <features> (each feature separated by a space).
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<executable> may be * to affect the default policy, or the full path to the
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<executable> may be * to affect the default policy, or the full path to the
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executable file.
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executable file.
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}
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For example, you could do this to limit the use of the focus command to just
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For example, you could do this to limit the use of the focus command to just
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binding and critiera:
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binding and criteria:
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commands {
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commands {
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focus binding criteria
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focus binding criteria
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}
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}
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The following commands are vaild within an ipc events block:
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The following commands are valid within an IPC events block:
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**binding** <enabled|disabled>::
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**binding** <enabled|disabled>::
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Controls keybinding notifications (disabled by default).
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Controls keybinding notifications (disabled by default).
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Configuration
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Configuration
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If _-c_ is not specified, sway will look in several locations for your config
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The path to a config file can be given via the _-c_ parameter, else
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file. The suggested location for your config file is ~/.config/sway/config.
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sway searches for it in the following locations:
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~/.sway/config will also work, and the rest of the usual XDG config locations
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- ~/.sway/config
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are supported. If no sway config is found, sway will attempt to load an i3
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- $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/sway/config (suggested location)
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config from all the config locations i3 supports. Sway looks for a config file in
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a fallback directory as a last resort, which is /etc/sway/ by default. A standard
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- $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/i3/config (XDG_HOME )
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configuration file is installed at this location. If still nothing is found,
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you will receive an error.
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To write your own config, it's suggested that you copy the default config file to
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In /etc/sway/config the standard config file is installed.
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An error is raised when no config file is found.
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To write your own configuration, it's suggested that you copy the default config file to
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the location of your choosing and start there.
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the location of your choosing and start there.
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For information on the config file format, see **sway**(5).
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For information on the config file format, see **sway**(5).
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**focus** output <direction|name>::
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**focus** output <direction|name>::
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Direction may be one of _up_, _down_, _left_, _right_. The directional focus
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Direction may be one of _up_, _down_, _left_, _right_. The directional focus
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commands will move the focus to the output in that direction. When name is
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commands will move the focus to the output in that direction. When name is
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given the focus is changed to the output with that name.
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given, the focus is changed to the output with that name.
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**focus** mode_toggle::
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**focus** mode_toggle::
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Toggles focus between floating view and tiled view.
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Toggles focus between floating view and tiled view.
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through the windows in the scratchpad.
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**split** <vertical|v|horizontal|h|toggle|t>::
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**split** <vertical|v|horizontal|h|toggle|t>::
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Splits the current container, vertically or horizontally. If toggled then the
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Splits the current container, vertically or horizontally. If toggled, then the
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current container is split opposite to the parent container.
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current container is split opposite to the parent container.
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**splith**::
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**splith**::
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**client**.<color_class> <border> <background> <text> <indicator> <child_border>::
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**client**.<color_class> <border> <background> <text> <indicator> <child_border>::
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The client commands control the colors of the view borders and title bars. All
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The client commands control the colors of the view borders and title bars. All
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of the client commands _require_ five color values. (The one exception is
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client commands _require_ five color values. (The one exception is
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**client.background** which _requires_ one color value.) If you only want to
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**client.background** which _requires_ one color value.) If you only want to
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specify a subset, supply default colors for all the others. Colors must be
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specify a subset, supply default colors for all the others. Colors must be
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defined in hex. i.e. _#rrggbb_ or _#rrggbbaa_ when including the alpha
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defined in hex. i.e. _#rrggbb_ or _#rrggbbaa_, when including the alpha
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The command tokens are:
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Uses the container dimensions as default.
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Uses the container dimensions as default.
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-1 x -1 will remove any restriction on dimensions.
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-1 x -1 will remove any restriction on dimensions.
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0 x 0 has the same behavior as not setting any value.
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0 x 0 has the same behavior as not setting any value.
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If in conflict this option has precedence over floating_minimum_size.
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If in conflict, this option has precedence over floating_minimum_size.
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**floating_minimum_size** <width> x <height>::
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**floating_minimum_size** <width> x <height>::
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create a new mode append _{_ to this command, the following lines
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will be keybinds for that mode, and _}_ on its own line to close the block.
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will be keybindings for that mode, and _}_ on its own line to close the block.
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**mouse_warping** <output|none>::
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_Note_: sway does not currently support modesetting. Your output's native
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_Note_: sway does not currently support setting the output mode. Your output's native
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resolution will be used and the screen will be scaled from the resolution
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**Unmark** will remove _identifier_ from the list of current marks on a window. If
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no _identifier_ is specified then **unmark** will remove all marks.
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Switches to the specified workspace. The string "number" is optional. The
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worspace _name_, if unquoted, may not contain the string "output", as sway
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See Also
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See Also
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