nwg-shell-config

This program is a part of the nwg-shell project.

Nwg-shell-config utility provides a graphical user interface for configuring sway and Hyprland Wayland compositors in nwg-shell.

Program window tabs

Screen settings (common)

desktop style (preset) selection
night light settings (user location, day/night color temperature, gamma)
help window (key binding cheat sheet) settings
update notification tray icon settings
other system tray icons on/off switches

Autotiling (sway)

workspaces for autotiling to work on
split depth limit
split width, height

Keyboard (sway)

system-wide or per device keyboard settings: layout, repeat settings, CapsLock & NumLock settings

Pointer device (sway)

system-wide or per device pointer device settings: acceleration, scroll & other

Touchpad (sway)

system-wide or per device touchpad settings: acceleration, scroll & tap behaviour

General settings (Hyprland)

window tiling layout selection (dwindle/Master)
window border settings
window gaps settings

Dwindle layout (Hyprland)

split settings
smart resizing

Master layout (Hyprland)

split settings

Input devices (Hyprland)

keyboard layout & other settings
mouse sensitivity, acceleration & other settings
touchpad scroll factor & other settings

Miscellaneous (Hyprland)

disable Hyprland logo/background
DMPS behavior
focus settings

Idle & Lock screen (common)

screen locker selection: swaylock / gtklock, the latter on sway only
lock screen background source (local wallpapers / unsplash.com images)
screen locker timeouts

Gtklock (sway)

modules settings (userinfo, powerbar, playertl)
commands settings (reboot, power off, suspend, logout)
time format
idle timeout

Applications (common)

For key bindings to work properly, you need to select some default applications, and those are:

terminal
file manager
text editor
web browser

Backup (common)

You'll find a backup / restore utility here. It allows to pack all nwg-shell-related configs into a .tar.gz file, and install them back from it.

System info (common)

This tab gathers and displays some basic system info, including installed OS, Wayland compositor and nwg-shell-related packages versions.

Desktop styles submenu (common)

It allows to select per-preset app settings for:

application drawer
dock
exit menu
notifications
gtklock (sway only)

Translation tool

In the window footer you'll find the nwg-shell-translate button, in case you'd like to help at translations.

Other tools

The nwg-shell-config module / package is also a home for several other utilities and scripts:

nwg-autotiling: a version of the autotiling script modified for better integration w/ nwg-shell
nwg-autotranslate: during first run it translates panel and exit menu labels into user's locale - if we have this language
nwg-lock: provides communication between the shell and the screen the locker of your choice
nwg-update-indicator: a script responsible for the system update tray indicator (Arch and Venom Linux only so far)
nwg-screenshot-applet: provides the tray icon and menu, that executes the /usr/local/bin/screenshot script with appropriate arguments.
nwg-shell-help: provides the keyboard shortcuts help window, together with the system tray icon

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