Is there a way to create a new collection?

Question

Is there a way to create a new collection?

dpgeekzero opened this issue 6 years ago · 4 comments

Perhaps I'm missing it, but I don't see how to create my own collections.

Answer 1 · 2019-03-26T18:55:16.000Z

Thanks for reporting. I should document this.

One way is to create a directory with filenames on the form name_1900x1200.jpg, where the name usually is the same as the collection and the resolutions may vary.

Answer 2 · 2019-04-02T09:00:00.000Z

I added a short section about wallpaper collections in README.md.

Answer 3 · 2019-09-08T11:29:38.000Z

@xyproto I'm not sure if this is intentional but is the wallpaper collection creation limited to /usr/share/wallpapers and /usr/share/backgrounds? Moreover, do I need to rename all of my wallpaper files and add their resolution in the filename?

Ideally, I should be able to just point out a user owned directory to setcollection and it should search for wallpapers inside that directory recursively and then setcollection mywalls inside .config/sway/config should pick a random wallpaper from that collection.

Answer 4 · 2019-09-08T15:49:24.000Z

Yes, currently it's limited to /usr/share/wallpapers and /usr/share/backgrounds. I agree that I should make this more configurable (pull requests are welcome if I'm not fast enough at fixing this :) ).

For setting a random wallpaper from a directory of images, the setrandom utility can be used.