#+title: Hyprland #+setupfile: headers #+PROPERTY: header-args:conf :mkdirp yes :tangle ~/.config/hypr/hyprland.conf :export code :noweb yes #+PROPERTY: header-args :exports code :tangle no * Hyprland [[https://hyprland.org/][Hyprland]] is a dynamic wayland compositor which provides autotiling and beautiful animations out of the box. ** Environment variables This part will be very short, but I first need to set some environment variables. #+begin_src conf env = XCURSOR_SIZE,24 env = SDL_VIDEODRIVER,wayland #+end_src ** Hardware configuration The first configuration I want to set is my keyboard and touchpad configuration. My keyboard uses the AFNOR standard for the [[https://bépo.fr][bépo]] layout, and I do not use the caps lock key which is replaced by the control key. #+begin_src conf input { kb_layout = fr kb_variant = bepo_afnor kb_model = kb_options = caps:ctrl_modifier kb_rules = follow_mouse = 1 touchpad { natural_scroll = false } sensitivity = 0 # -1.0 - 1.0, 0 means no modification. } #+end_src We can then set the monitors used. If =HDMI-A-1= is not found when Hyprland launches, it will simply ignore it. And at worst, I can use [[https://github.com/artizirk/wdisplays][wdisplays]] to manually set the position of my screens. #+name: monitors-table | Monitor name | Resolution | Refresh rate (Hz) | Position | |--------------+------------+-------------------+----------| | HDMI-A-1 | 2560x1080 | | 0x0 | | eDP-1 | 1920x1080 | 120 | 2560x0 | #+name: gen-monitors #+begin_src emacs-lisp :var table=monitors-table :exports results :tangle no :wrap "src conf" :cache yes (let ((normalize-value (lambda (value) (or (if (numberp value) (number-to-string value) value) "")))) (mapconcat (lambda (line) (let* ((monitor (funcall normalize-value (nth 0 line))) (resolution (funcall normalize-value (nth 1 line))) (refresh-rate (funcall normalize-value (nth 2 line))) (refresh-rate (if (string= "" refresh-rate) "" (concat "@" refresh-rate))) (position (funcall normalize-value (nth 3 line))) (scale (funcall normalize-value (nth 4 line))) (scale (if (string= "" scale) "1" scale))) (format "monitor = %s, %s%s, %s, %s" monitor resolution refresh-rate position scale))) table "\n")) #+end_src This translates into the following configuration: #+RESULTS[7a1e8ae4a77d335ec873de9ef0536bb45c84f2a0]: gen-monitors #+begin_src conf monitor = HDMI-A-1, 2560x1080, 0x0, 1 monitor = eDP-1, 1920x1080@120, 2560x0, 1 #+end_src ** Visual configuration Now, onto the visual configuration. I like my gaps, and I feel keeping my windows relatively tight together but with a greater gap around them looks nice. I also like the Nord palette which I use here for my window border colours. Active windows get a gradient from nord9 to nord14, while inactive windows get a nord3 border. Lastly, I use the dwindle layout as I find it nicer to use than the master layout. #+begin_src conf general { gaps_in = 5 gaps_out = 20 border_size = 2 col.active_border = rgb(81a1c1) rgb(a3be8c) 45deg col.inactive_border = rgb(4c566a) layout = dwindle } #+end_src I may one day use the [[https://github.com/hyprland-community/pyprland][=layout_center=]] layout from [[https://github.com/hyprland-community/pyprland][pyprland]], but I haven’t got around to do that yet. Decorations are just a nice thing to make things look pretty. I like some slight rounding on my windows with a nice though light shadow. Again, the colour comes from the Nord palette with nord0. #+begin_src conf decoration { rounding = 5 blur { enabled = true size = 9 passes = 1 } drop_shadow = true shadow_range = 4 shadow_render_power = 3 col.shadow = rgba(2e3440aa) } #+end_src Animations are fun! I mostly kept the default animations from the example config of Hyprland. #+begin_src conf animations { enabled = true bezier = myBezier, 0.05, 0.9, 0.1, 1.05 animation = windows, 1, 7, myBezier animation = windowsOut, 1, 7, default, popin 80% animation = border, 1, 10, default animation = borderangle, 1, 8, default animation = fade, 1, 7, default animation = workspaces, 1, 6, default } #+end_src Now, we can take care of the configuration of the layouts. The only notable thing here is that I prefer to have no gaps when there is only one window in the dwindle layout. Not much is done with the master layout, as I don’t use it. #+begin_src conf dwindle { pseudotile = true preserve_split = true no_gaps_when_only = 1 } master { new_is_master = true } #+end_src ** Autolaunch of programs The =exec-once= directive of Hyprland allows the user to launch the associated command only when Hyprland starts in order to avoid launching multiple instances of some programs. First, I’ll import some environment variables into Hyprland. These may be necessary for some programs. #+begin_src conf exec-once = systemctl --user import-environment WAYLAND_DISPLAY XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP exec-once = dbus-update-activation-environment --systemd WAYLAND_DISPLAY XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=Hyprland #+end_src Next, I’ll launch some programs that will give Hyprland a nice appearance: [[https://github.com/Alexays/Waybar][waybar]] and [[https://github.com/danyspin97/wpaperd][wpaperd]]. #+begin_src conf exec-once = wpaperd exec-once = waybar #+end_src Let’s also take care of some sound stuff. If any new input or output is detected, switch to it. And stop the music, just in case. #+begin_src conf exec-once = pactl load-module module-switch-on-connect exec-once = mpc stop #+end_src Having a working policy kit is generally a good idea. #+begin_src conf exec-once = xfce-polkit #+end_src Now, let’s launch the notification daemon [[https://github.com/ErikReider/SwayNotificationCenter][swaync]]. #+begin_src conf exec-once = swaync #+end_src Let’s also launch [[https://sr.ht/~kennylevinsen/wlsunset/][wlsunset]]. I’ll very vagely aim at Paris with the longitude and latitude. #+begin_src conf exec-once = wlsunset -l 48.5 -L 2.2 -d 1500 #+end_src Let’s launch some apps and their applet. Here, we’re launching the applets for NetworkManager, KDE Connect, and blueman (the bluetooth manager). #+begin_src conf exec-once = nm-applet exec-once = /usr/lib/kdeconnectd exec-once = kdeconnect-indicator exec-once = blueman-applet #+end_src Finally, let’s launch [[https://github.com/swaywm/swayidle][swayidle]] which lets us lock our session. It’ll automatically pause any media playing. #+begin_src conf exec-once = swayidle -w timeout 600 'plock' before-sleep 'playerctl pause; plock' lock 'plock' #+end_src ** Keybindings First, let me make a couple of variables for reusability. Mind you, =hjkl= becomes =ctsr= in the bépo keyboard layout. #+begin_src conf $left = c $right = r $up = s $down = t $menu = rofi -combi-modi drun -show combi #+end_src Now, I’d like to introduce a concept which I really enjoy: submaps. They allow the Hyprland user to make keychords similar to Emacs, which allows us to unlock the full potential of keybindings in a window manager. In Hyprland, something to be wary of is that there is no automatic submap switching. If there is no explicit indication to exit the current submap or to switch to another submap, Hyprland will just stay on the current submap. So, using something like =bind = CTRL, g, submap, reset= is necessary to exit the current submap on =C-g= (or =Control + g=, I like the Emacs notation). In the submap tables below, the submap column may indicate =reset=, a submap’s name, or nothing. If nothing is indicated, the key will not act on the current submap or switch to another one. A submap’s name will make the key switch to said submap, while the value =reset= will make us go back to the root submap. Note that all submaps will also have the escape and =C-g= keys mapped to exiting the current submap. Note also that I sometimes use [[https://wiki.hyprland.org/Configuring/Binds/#bind-flags][bind flags]]. I’ll only set the flag in the appropriate column when necessary. These are the keybindings that are present on the top-level keybinding map. #+name: top-submap | Modifiers | Key | Action | Argument | Submap | |-----------+--------+--------+----------+------------| | SUPER | Return | exec | kitty | | | SUPER | Space | | | leader | | | Print | | | screenshot | #+begin_src conf <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> submap = reset <> <> <> <> #+end_src *** Top keybindings **** Media keys #+name: top-media | Modifiers | Key | Action | Argument | Submap | Bind flag | |-----------+-----------------------+--------+------------------------------+--------+-----------| | | XF86AudioPlay | exec | playerctl play-pause | | =l= | | | XF86AudioPause | exec | playerctl pause | | =l= | | | XF86AudioStop | exec | playerctl stop | | =l= | | | XF86AudioPrev | exec | playerctl previous | | =l= | | | XF86AudioNext | exec | playerctl next | | =l= | | | XF86AudioForward | exec | playerctl position +1 | | =l= | | | XF86AudioRewind | exec | playerctl position -1 | | =l= | | | XF86AudioRaiseVolume | exec | pamixer -i 2 | | =l= | | | XF86AudioLowerVolume | exec | pamixer -d 2 | | =l= | | | XF86MonBrightnessUp | exec | xbacklight -perceived -inc 2 | | =l= | | | XF86MonBrightnessDown | exec | xbacklight -perceived -dec 2 | | =l= | | | XF86KbdBrightnessUp | exec | xbacklight -perceived -inc 2 | | =l= | | | XF86KbdBrightnessDown | exec | xbacklight -perceived -dec 2 | | =l= | **** Quick window movements and actions These are basically a rehash of what you can find in the [[file:./hyprland.md#windows][windows submap]] but with a few missing keybindings and other extras. #+name: top-windows-movements | Modifiers | Key | Action | Argument | Submap | |------------------+--------+------------------------+----------+--------| | SUPER | =$left= | movefocus | l | | | SUPER | =$right= | movefocus | r | | | SUPER | =$up= | movefocus | u | | | SUPER | =$down= | movefocus | d | | | SUPER_SHIFT | =$left= | movewindow | l | reset | | SUPER_SHIFT | =$right= | movewindow | r | reset | | SUPER_SHIFT | =$up= | movewindow | u | reset | | SUPER_SHIFT | =$down= | movewindow | d | reset | | SUPER_CTRL_SHIFT | =$left= | moveworkspacetomonitor | e+0 +1 | reset | | SUPER_CTRL_SHIFT | =$right= | moveworkspacetomonitor | e+0 -1 | reset | | SUPER | Tab | cyclenext | | | | SUPER_SHIFT | Tab | cyclenext | prev | | Something I really appreciate with window managers in Linux is the able to really easily move and resize windows. The keybinds below allow the user to press down the super key and perform an action on the window: - with a left click, move the window around - with a right click, resize the window #+name: top-windows-actions | Modifiers | Key | Action | |-----------+-----------+--------------| | SUPER | mouse:272 | movewindow | | SUPER | mouse:273 | resizewindow | **** Workspace movements Due to the bépo layout, the number row does not give immediate access to numbers, but to punctuation symbols. You can find below a table of equivalence of the characters’ name and the actual character, as well as the number that sits on the same key when pressing shift. | / | | | | Character name | Character | Number | |----------------+-----------+--------| | quotedbl | ="= | 1 | | guillemotleft | =«= | 2 | | guillemotright | =»= | 3 | | parenleft | =(= | 4 | | parenright | =)= | 5 | | at | =@= | 6 | | plus | =+= | 7 | | minus | =-= | 8 | | slash | =/= | 9 | | asterisk | =*= | 0 | #+name: top-workspace-movements | Modifiers | Key | Action | Argument | |-------------+----------------+-----------------+----------| | SUPER | quotedbl | workspace | 1 | | SUPER | guillemotleft | workspace | 2 | | SUPER | guillemotright | workspace | 3 | | SUPER | parenleft | workspace | 4 | | SUPER | parenright | workspace | 5 | | SUPER | at | workspace | 6 | | SUPER | plus | workspace | 7 | | SUPER | minus | workspace | 8 | | SUPER | slash | workspace | 9 | | SUPER | asterisk | workspace | 10 | | SUPER | mouse_down | workspace | e+1 | | SUPER | mouse_up | workspace | e-1 | | SUPER_SHIFT | quotedbl | movetoworkspace | 1 | | SUPER_SHIFT | guillemotleft | movetoworkspace | 2 | | SUPER_SHIFT | guillemotright | movetoworkspace | 3 | | SUPER_SHIFT | parenleft | movetoworkspace | 4 | | SUPER_SHIFT | parenright | movetoworkspace | 5 | | SUPER_SHIFT | at | movetoworkspace | 6 | | SUPER_SHIFT | plus | movetoworkspace | 7 | | SUPER_SHIFT | minus | movetoworkspace | 8 | | SUPER_SHIFT | slash | movetoworkspace | 9 | | SUPER_SHIFT | asterisk | movetoworkspace | 10 | *** Leader The leader submap is accessible by pressing =s-SPC= (Super and space). It is sort of the general menu for my keybindings. #+name: leader-submap | Modifiers | Key | Action | Argument | Submap | |-----------+-----+--------+----------+---------| | | l | exec | =plock= | reset | | | a | | | apps | | | b | | | buffers | | | w | | | windows | *** Apps #+name: apps-submap | Modifiers | Key | Action | Argument | Submap | |-----------+-----+--------+-------------------+--------| | | b | exec | =firefox= | reset | | SHIFT | b | exec | =qutebrowser= | reset | | | d | exec | =discord= | reset | | | e | exec | =emacsclient -c -n= | reset | | | g | exec | =gimp= | reset | | | n | exec | =nemo= | reset | | | r | | | rofi | | | u | exec | =$menu= | reset | *** Buffers I call this the buffer window, but it’s mostly due to my habit of handling Emacs buffers. Some of my muscle memory may never fade away. Consider this as an addition to the [[file:./hyprland.md#windows][windows]] submap. #+name: buffers-submap | Modifiers | Key | Action | Argument | Submap | |-----------+-----+------------+----------+--------| | | d | killactive | | reset | *** Resize This is an example of a submap where I may not want to immediately exit it. We enter it with the keychord =s-SPC w .= and exit it with either the usual =C-g=, escape key, but also with the =q= key. #+name: resize-submap | Modifiers | Key | Action | Argument | Submap | Bind flag | |-----------+--------+--------------+----------+--------+-----------| | | =$left= | resizeactive | -10 0 | | =e= | | | =$right= | resizeactive | 10 0 | | =e= | | | =$up= | resizeactive | 0 -10 | | =e= | | | =$down= | resizeactive | 0 10 | | =e= | | | q | | | reset | | *** Rofi This submap hosts quite a few menus handled with [[https://github.com/davatorium/rofi][rofi]] (I use [[https://github.com/lbonn/rofi][this wayland fork]]). You may want to take a look at [[file:./scripts.md][custom scripts]] to know what most of these do. #+name: rofi-submap | Modifiers | Key | Action | Argument | Submap | |-----------+-----+--------+-------------------+--------| | | a | exec | =awiki= | reset | | | b | exec | =bluetooth-connect= | reset | | | e | exec | =rofi-emoji= | reset | | | r | exec | =$menu= | reset | | | s | exec | =rofi -show ssh= | reset | | | y | exec | =ytplay= | reset | | SHIFT | y | exec | =rofi-ytdl= | reset | *** Screenshots Here are the keybinding for the screenshot submap #+name: screenshot-submap | Modifiers | Key | Action | Argument | Submap | |-----------+-------+--------+--------------------+--------| | | Print | exec | =screenshot= | reset | | | d | exec | =screenshot -d 3= | reset | | Shift | d | exec | =screenshot -sced 3= | reset | | | e | exec | =screenshot -sec= | reset | | | s | exec | =screenshot -s= | reset | | Shift | s | exec | =screenshot -sc= | reset | *** Windows #+name: windows-submap | Modifiers | Key | Action | Argument | Submap | |------------+--------+------------------------+----------+--------| | | period | | | resize | | | =$left= | movefocus | l | reset | | | =$right= | movefocus | r | reset | | | =$up= | movefocus | u | reset | | | =$down= | movefocus | d | reset | | SHIFT | =$left= | movewindow | l | reset | | SHIFT | =$right= | movewindow | r | reset | | SHIFT | =$up= | movewindow | u | reset | | SHIFT | =$down= | movewindow | d | reset | | CTRL_SHIFT | =$left= | moveworkspacetomonitor | e+0 +1 | reset | | CTRL_SHIFT | =$right= | moveworkspacetomonitor | e+0 -1 | reset | | | d | killactive | | reset | | | f | fullscreen | | reset | | SHIFT | f | togglefloating | | reset | ** Window rules For now, I don’t have a lot of window rules. One, actually. It makes the XFCE polkit a floating window. #+begin_src conf windowrulev2 = float,class:^(xfce-polkit)$ #+end_src * Private data :noexport: #+name: gen-submap #+begin_src emacs-lisp :var table=leader-submap submap="leader" reset-submap="yes" :exports none :tangle no :wrap "src conf :exports none :tangle no" (let ((str-or-null (lambda (value) (cond ((numberp value) (number-to-string value)) ((or (null value) (string= "" value)) nil) (t value)))) (plain-str (lambda (value) (cond ((numberp value) (number-to-string value)) ((or (null value) (string= "" value)) nil) (t (string-replace "=" "" value)))))) (concat (if (not (string= "" submap)) (concat "submap = " submap "\n") "") (mapconcat (lambda (line) (let* ((modifiers (or (funcall str-or-null (nth 0 line)) "")) (key (funcall plain-str (nth 1 line))) (action (funcall str-or-null (nth 2 line))) (argument (or (funcall plain-str (nth 3 line)) "")) (submap (funcall str-or-null (nth 4 line))) (bind-flag (or (funcall plain-str (nth 5 line)) "")) (action-bind (when action (format "bind%s = %s, %s, %s, %s" bind-flag modifiers key action argument))) (submap-bind (when submap (format "bind = %s, %s, submap, %s" modifiers key submap)))) (mapconcat #'identity (seq-filter (lambda (val) (not (null val))) (list action-bind submap-bind)) "\n"))) table "\n") (if (string= "yes" reset-submap) "\nbind = , escape, submap, reset bind = CTRL, g, submap, reset" ""))) #+end_src #+RESULTS[16dc2aed068a6e71847eaf331d36c2092f5b0379]: gen-submap #+begin_src conf :exports none :tangle no submap = leader bind = , l, exec, plock bind = , l, submap, reset bind = , a, submap, apps bind = , b, submap, buffers bind = , w, submap, windows bind = , escape, submap, reset bind = CTRL, g, submap, reset #+end_src #+name: gen-mouse #+begin_src emacs-lisp :var table=top-windows-actions (mapconcat (lambda (line) (let ((modifiers (or (nth 0 line) "")) (mouse-btn (nth 1 line)) (command (or (nth 2 line) ""))) (format "bindm = %s, %s, %s" modifiers mouse-btn command))) table "\n") #+end_src #+RESULTS[bab4997f43c513c6557a8f039ae1e20cc96e7794]: gen-mouse : bindm = SUPER, mouse:272, movewindow : bindm = SUPER, mouse:273, resizewindow