# swas config — ~/.config/swas/config # One key=value per line. '#' starts a comment. Blank lines are ignored. # Every key here also works on the command line (key=value or --key=value); # command-line values win over the file. See `swas --help` for the full list. # The values below are the built-in defaults, so this file changes nothing # until you edit it. # --- window --- width=900 height=900 fullscreen=1 # cover the screen as a borderless overlay (0 = 900x900 window) close_on_focus_loss=0 # 1 = quit when the window loses focus (dmenu-style) # --- ring layout & paging --- slots=11 # wide, easy-to-hit slots across the TOP arc arc=240 # degrees of the ring used for apps (rest = paging zone) radius=0.44 # wheel size, as a fraction of the shorter screen side y_offset=0.10 # nudge the wheel down (apps sit up top, so this centers it) page_ms=110 # base ms per paged step at the SLOW end. Bigger = calmer # start. Paging eases in: slow where you enter the bottom # zone, fast toward straight-down. # --- rendering --- ssaa=2 # full-scene supersampling 1..4 (smooths edges). alias: aa animate=1 # subtle settle animation when the search results change anim_ms=90 # its duration (0 or animate=0 to turn it off) icons=1 # show .desktop icons if found (PNG/SVG/JPG/BMP) icon_px=46 # icon size (before ui_scale) # --- text --- ui_scale=1.0 # master text size. 1.3 = bigger, 0.85 = smaller. # aliases: font_scale, text_scale label_px=24 # app labels on the wheel (all four are multiplied by title_px=25 # selected app name (center) ui_scale, so tweak one or all) search_px=20 # the text you type (search box) count_px=20 # the "3 / 42" counter # By default swas uses your desktop's configured font (via fontconfig). # Set a .ttf path or a family name to override, e.g. font=JetBrains Mono # font=/usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu/DejaVuSans.ttf font_px=50 # glyph atlas height; the sharpness ceiling for big text # --- dropping an app onto a workspace --- # Drag an app out of the wheel and let go over a workspace: it starts there, # and the wheel stays open. Needs swov on PATH — it supplies the workspace # list and moves the window once it appears. drop=1 # 0 = off, the wheel then only launches drop_shrink=0.55 # how small the wheel goes while you drag drop_size=132 # how wide the wheel is while you drag, in pixels. It is # scaled, not redrawn, so it looks the same, just small. # 0 = use drop_shrink as a fraction of the screen instead drop_bg=0d1117d9 # a disc behind the wheel while it is small, so it does not # get lost over the overview. Alpha 00 for none drop_corner=center # where it sits while dragging: center, top-left, # top-right, bottom-left, bottom-right. Letting go over the # wheel cancels wherever it is drop_ms=130 # how long that takes drop_px=10 # movement before a press turns into a drag drop_assign=1 # the app is assigned to its workspace before it opens, so # sway puts it there as it maps. Set 0 if a toolkit comes # out the wrong size: it then opens on the workspace you # are on — where it can see the output and its scale — and # is moved afterwards drop_focus=0 # 1 = also switch to that workspace drop_close_here=0 # the wheel stays open after every drop, so you can keep # filling workspaces. 1 = close when you drop on the # workspace you are on, where the app would otherwise # open behind the wheel overview=0 # 1 = draw swov behind the wheel and drop onto the real # workspaces instead of the plain tiles. Needs sway rules: # no_focus [app_id="swov-backdrop"] # for_window [app_id="swov-backdrop"] floating enable, border none overview_debug=0 # 1 = print the conversation with the backdrop to stderr # swov=swov # the binary to ask (a path works too) # --- launching / ordering --- # swas logs every app you launch to the history file below and shows the # most-recently-opened ones first. This is the default (center_first=1 # the app you used last sits at the top of the arc, and # distance from the top is how long ago you used it: second # to the right, third to the left, fourth to the right, and # so on. Past the end of the history the rest carry on # outwards in alphabetical order. # 0 = fill the arc from the left, oldest layout sort=recent). sort=recent # recent = most-recently-opened first (DEFAULT) | alpha = A-Z launcher=sh # sh = run Exec= ; gtk-launch = launch by desktop id terminal=xterm # used for Terminal=true entries when launcher=sh # history=~/.cache/swas/history # the opened-apps log (auto-created) # which apps show / in what order (an id is the .desktop filename without # the extension; run `swas --list` to see them): # dirs=~/.local/share/applications:/usr/share/applications # include=firefox,code,gimp # show ONLY these ids, in this exact order # exclude=htop,xterm # hide these (matches id OR Name) # --- colors: #rrggbb or #rrggbbaa --- # bg alpha < ff => transparent window background (needs a compositor) bg=0d111700 ring=1e2733f2 ring2=26313ff2 hl=cb9b00ff # highlighted slot text=e8e8e8ff # normal slot text hltext=141414ff # text on the highlighted slot center=0d1117e6 # hub disc (keep some alpha so search text stays legible) accent=89afc4ff # typed query text + active paging chevrons dim=5a6b7aff # hints / counters / idle chevrons