// 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://yalter.github.io/niri/Configuration:-Introduction environment { QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME "qt6ct" } // Input device configuration. // Find the full list of options on the wiki: // https://yalter.github.io/niri/Configuration:-Input input { keyboard { xkb { layout "eu" } numlock } // Next sections include libinput settings. // Omitting settings disables them, or leaves them at their default values. // All commented-out settings here are examples, not defaults. touchpad { // off tap // dwt // dwtp // drag false // drag-lock natural-scroll // accel-speed 0.2 // accel-profile "flat" // scroll-method "two-finger" // disabled-on-external-mouse } mouse { // off // natural-scroll accel-speed -0.3 // accel-profile "flat" // scroll-method "no-scroll" } tablet { map-to-output "DP-3" // calibration-matrix 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 } // Uncomment this to make the mouse warp to the center of newly focused windows. // warp-mouse-to-focus // Focus windows and outputs automatically when moving the mouse into them. // Setting max-scroll-amount="0%" makes it work only on windows already fully on screen. // focus-follows-mouse max-scroll-amount="0%" } output "DP-3" { // off mode "3440x1440@99.982" scale 1 transform "normal" } cursor { xcursor-theme "Bibata-Modern-Ice" xcursor-size 24 hide-when-typing hide-after-inactive-ms 5000 } layout { gaps 8 // When to center a column when changing focus, options are: // - "never", default behavior, focusing an off-screen column will keep at the left // or right edge of the screen. // - "always", the focused column will always be centered. // - "on-overflow", focusing a column will center it if it doesn't fit // together with the previously focused column. center-focused-column "on-overflow" // You can customize the widths that "switch-preset-column-width" (Mod+R) toggles between. preset-column-widths { proportion 0.33333 proportion 0.5 proportion 0.66667 } default-column-width { proportion 0.5; } // By default focus ring and border are rendered as a solid background rectangle // behind windows. That is, they will show up through semitransparent windows. // This is because windows using client-side decorations can have an arbitrary shape. // // If you don't like that, you should uncomment `prefer-no-csd` below. // Niri will draw focus ring and border *around* windows that agree to omit their // client-side decorations. // // Alternatively, you can override it with a window rule called // `draw-border-with-background`. // You can change how the focus ring looks. focus-ring { // off width 3 active-color "#c57faf" inactive-color "#d369af" } // You can also add a border. It's similar to the focus ring, but always visible. border { // The settings are the same as for the focus ring. // If you enable the border, you probably want to disable the focus ring. off width 4 active-color "#ffc87f" inactive-color "#505050" // Color of the border around windows that request your attention. urgent-color "#9b0000" // Gradients can use a few different interpolation color spaces. // For example, this is a pastel rainbow gradient via in="oklch longer hue". // // active-gradient from="#e5989b" to="#ffb4a2" angle=45 relative-to="workspace-view" in="oklch longer hue" // inactive-gradient from="#505050" to="#808080" angle=45 relative-to="workspace-view" } // You can enable drop shadows for windows. shadow { // Uncomment the next line to enable shadows. // on // By default, the shadow draws only around its window, and not behind it. // Uncomment this setting to make the shadow draw behind its window. // // Note that niri has no way of knowing about the CSD window corner // radius. It has to assume that windows have square corners, leading to // shadow artifacts inside the CSD rounded corners. This setting fixes // those artifacts. // // However, instead you may want to set prefer-no-csd and/or // geometry-corner-radius. Then, niri will know the corner radius and // draw the shadow correctly, without having to draw it behind the // window. These will also remove client-side shadows if the window // draws any. // // draw-behind-window true // You can change how shadows look. The values below are in logical // pixels and match the CSS box-shadow properties. // Softness controls the shadow blur radius. softness 30 // Spread expands the shadow. spread 5 // Offset moves the shadow relative to the window. offset x=0 y=5 // You can also change the shadow color and opacity. color "#0007" } // Struts shrink the area occupied by windows, similarly to layer-shell panels. // You can think of them as a kind of outer gaps. They are set in logical pixels. // Left and right struts will cause the next window to the side to always be visible. // Top and bottom struts will simply add outer gaps in addition to the area occupied by // layer-shell panels and regular gaps. struts { // left 64 // right 64 // top 64 // bottom 64 } } // STARTUP spawn-at-startup "waybar" spawn-at-startup "swaync" spawn-at-startup "swww-daemon" spawn-sh-at-startup "~/.config/awww/bin/random-bg.sh ~/Pictures/Wallpapers/safe/dark" hotkey-overlay { // Uncomment this line to disable the "Important Hotkeys" pop-up at startup. skip-at-startup } // Uncomment this line to ask the clients to omit their client-side decorations if possible. // If the client will specifically ask for CSD, the request will be honored. // Additionally, clients will be informed that they are tiled, removing some client-side rounded corners. // This option will also fix border/focus ring drawing behind some semitransparent windows. // After enabling or disabling this, you need to restart the apps for this to take effect. prefer-no-csd // You can change the path where screenshots are saved. // A ~ at the front will be expanded to the home directory. // The path is formatted with strftime(3) to give you the screenshot date and time. screenshot-path "~/Pictures/Screenshots/taken_at_%Y-%m-%d %H-%M-%S.png" // Animation settings. // The wiki explains how to configure individual animations: // https://yalter.github.io/niri/Configuration:-Animations animations { // Uncomment to turn off all animations. off // Slow down all animations by this factor. Values below 1 speed them up instead. // slowdown 3.0 } overview { backdrop-color "#0f0b15" } // Window rules let you adjust behavior for individual windows. // Find more information on the wiki: // https://yalter.github.io/niri/Configuration:-Window-Rules window-rule { match app-id=r#"^steam$"# } // window-rule { // match at-startup=true app-id=r#"^Spotify$"# // open-on-workspace "media" // } // window-rule { // match at-startup=true app-id=r#"^Signal$"# // open-on-workspace "chat" // } // Open the Firefox picture-in-picture player as floating by default. window-rule { // This app-id regular expression will work for both: // - host Firefox (app-id is "firefox") // - Flatpak Firefox (app-id is "org.mozilla.firefox") match app-id=r#"zen-beta$"# title="^Picture-in-Picture$" open-floating true } window-rule { match app-id=r#"gimp$"# title="^GIMP$" open-maximized true } // Example: block out two password managers from screen capture. // (This example rule is commented out with a "/-" in front.) /-window-rule { match app-id=r#"^org\.keepassxc\.KeePassXC$"# match app-id=r#"^org\.gnome\.World\.Secrets$"# block-out-from "screen-capture" // Use this instead if you want them visible on third-party screenshot tools. // block-out-from "screencast" } // Example: enable rounded corners for all windows. // (This example rule is commented out with a "/-" in front.) window-rule { geometry-corner-radius 12 clip-to-geometry true } debug { // Allows notification actions and window activation from Noctalia. honor-xdg-activation-with-invalid-serial } binds { // Keys consist of modifiers separated by + signs, followed by an XKB key name // in the end. To find an XKB name for a particular key, you may use a program // like wev. // // "Mod" is a special modifier equal to Super when running on a TTY, and to Alt // when running as a winit window. // // Most actions that you can bind here can also be invoked programmatically with // `niri msg action do-something`. // Mod-Shift-/, which is usually the same as Mod-?, // shows a list of important hotkeys. Mod+Shift+Slash { show-hotkey-overlay; } // Suggested binds for running programs: terminal, app launcher, screen locker. Mod+Return hotkey-overlay-title="Open a terminal" { spawn "ghostty"; } Mod+Space hotkey-overlay-title="Launcher" { spawn-sh "noctalia-shell ipc call launcher toggle"; } Mod+B hotkey-overlay-title="Browser" { spawn "zen-beta"; } Mod+M hotkey-overlay-title="System Monitor" { spawn-sh "noctalia-shell ipc call systemMonitor toggle"; } Mod+N hotkey-overlay-title="File Manager" { spawn "nautilus"; } Mod+Shift+V hotkey-overlay-title="Clipboard" { spawn-sh "noctalia-shell ipc call launcher clipboard"; } Mod+Shift+M hotkey-overlay-title="Emoji" { spawn-sh "noctalia-shell ipc call launcher emoji"; } Mod+Alt+L hotkey-overlay-title="Open session menu" { spawn-sh "noctalia-shell ipc call sessionMenu toggle"; } Mod+Comma hotkey-overlay-title="Open system settings" { spawn-sh "noctalia-shell ipc call settings toggle"; } // Use spawn-sh to run a shell command. Do this if you need pipes, multiple commands, etc. // Note: the entire command goes as a single argument. It's passed verbatim to `sh -c`. // For example, this is a standard bind to toggle the screen reader (orca). // Super+Alt+S allow-when-locked=true hotkey-overlay-title=null { spawn-sh "pkill orca || exec orca"; } // Example volume keys mappings for PipeWire & WirePlumber. // The allow-when-locked=true property makes them work even when the session is locked. // Using spawn-sh allows to pass multiple arguments together with the command. XF86AudioRaiseVolume allow-when-locked=true { spawn-sh "wpctl set-volume @DEFAULT_AUDIO_SINK@ 0.1+"; } XF86AudioLowerVolume allow-when-locked=true { spawn-sh "wpctl set-volume @DEFAULT_AUDIO_SINK@ 0.1-"; } XF86AudioMute allow-when-locked=true { spawn-sh "wpctl set-mute @DEFAULT_AUDIO_SINK@ toggle"; } XF86AudioMicMute allow-when-locked=true { spawn-sh "wpctl set-mute @DEFAULT_AUDIO_SOURCE@ toggle"; } // Example brightness key mappings for brightnessctl. // You can use regular spawn with multiple arguments too (to avoid going through "sh"), // but you need to manually put each argument in separate "" quotes. XF86MonBrightnessUp allow-when-locked=true { spawn "brightnessctl" "--class=backlight" "set" "+10%"; } XF86MonBrightnessDown allow-when-locked=true { spawn "brightnessctl" "--class=backlight" "set" "10%-"; } // Open/close the Overview: a zoomed-out view of workspaces and windows. // You can also move the mouse into the top-left hot corner, // or do a four-finger swipe up on a touchpad. Mod+O repeat=false { toggle-overview; } Mod+Q repeat=false { 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-or-workspace-down; } Mod+K { focus-window-or-workspace-up; } Mod+L { focus-column-right; } Mod+Shift+H { move-column-left; } Mod+Shift+J { move-column-to-workspace-down; } Mod+Shift+K { move-column-to-workspace-up; } Mod+Shift+L { move-column-right; } Mod+A { focus-column-first; } Mod+E { focus-column-last; } Mod+Ctrl+A { move-column-to-first; } Mod+Ctrl+E { move-column-to-last; } Mod+D { focus-workspace-down; } Mod+U { focus-workspace-up; } Mod+Ctrl+D { move-column-to-workspace-down; } Mod+Ctrl+U { move-column-to-workspace-up; } 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; } // Similarly, you can bind touchpad scroll "ticks". // Touchpad scrolling is continuous, so for these binds it is split into // discrete intervals. // These binds are also affected by touchpad's natural-scroll, so these // example binds are "inverted", since we have natural-scroll enabled for // touchpads by default. // Mod+TouchpadScrollDown { spawn-sh "wpctl set-volume @DEFAULT_AUDIO_SINK@ 0.02+"; } // Mod+TouchpadScrollUp { spawn-sh "wpctl set-volume @DEFAULT_AUDIO_SINK@ 0.02-"; } // 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. Alt+1 { focus-workspace 1; } Alt+2 { focus-workspace 2; } Alt+3 { focus-workspace 3; } Alt+4 { focus-workspace 4; } Alt+5 { focus-workspace 5; } Alt+6 { focus-workspace 6; } Alt+7 { focus-workspace 7; } Alt+8 { focus-workspace 8; } Alt+9 { focus-workspace 9; } Alt+Ctrl+1 { move-column-to-workspace 1; } Alt+Ctrl+2 { move-column-to-workspace 2; } Alt+Ctrl+3 { move-column-to-workspace 3; } Alt+Ctrl+4 { move-column-to-workspace 4; } Alt+Ctrl+5 { move-column-to-workspace 5; } Alt+Ctrl+6 { move-column-to-workspace 6; } Alt+Ctrl+7 { move-column-to-workspace 7; } Alt+Ctrl+8 { move-column-to-workspace 8; } Alt+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+Period { 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; } // Cycling through the presets in reverse order is also possible. // Mod+R { switch-preset-column-width-back; } Mod+Shift+R { switch-preset-window-height; } Mod+Ctrl+R { reset-window-height; } Mod+F { maximize-column; } Mod+Shift+F { fullscreen-window; } // Expand the focused column to space not taken up by other fully visible columns. // Makes the column "fill the rest of the space". Mod+Ctrl+F { expand-column-to-available-width; } Mod+C { center-column; } // Center all fully visible columns on screen. Mod+Ctrl+C { center-visible-columns; } // Finer width adjustments. // This command can also: // * set width in pixels: "1000" // * adjust width in pixels: "-5" or "+5" // * set width as a percentage of screen width: "25%" // * adjust width as a percentage of screen width: "-10%" or "+10%" // Pixel sizes use logical, or scaled, pixels. I.e. on an output with scale 2.0, // set-column-width "100" will make the column occupy 200 physical screen pixels. Mod+Minus { set-column-width "-10%"; } Mod+Equal { set-column-width "+10%"; } // Finer height adjustments when in column with other windows. 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+Shift+S { toggle-window-floating; } // Mod+Shift+V { switch-focus-between-floating-and-tiling; } // Toggle tabbed column display mode. // Windows in this column will appear as vertical tabs, // rather than stacked on top of each other. // Mod+W { toggle-column-tabbed-display; } // 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; } // Applications such as remote-desktop clients and software KVM switches may // request that niri stops processing the keyboard shortcuts defined here // so they may, for example, forward the key presses as-is to a remote machine. // It's a good idea to bind an escape hatch to toggle the inhibitor, // so a buggy application can't hold your session hostage. // // The allow-inhibiting=false property can be applied to other binds as well, // The quit action will show a confirmation dialog to avoid accidental exits. Mod+Shift+E { quit; } Ctrl+Alt+Delete { quit; } } xwayland-satellite { // off path "xwayland-satellite" }