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Exit sway and end your Wayland session.
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* floating* enable|disable|toggle
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- Make focused view floating, non-floating, or the opposite of what it is now.
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+ Make focused window floating, non-floating, or the opposite of what it is now.
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<criteria > * focus*
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Moves focus to the container that matches the specified criteria.
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Moves focus between the floating and tiled layers.
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* fullscreen* [ enable|disable|toggle] [ global]
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- Makes focused view fullscreen, non-fullscreen, or the opposite of what it
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+ Makes focused window fullscreen, non-fullscreen, or the opposite of what it
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is now. If no argument is given, it does the same as _ toggle_ . If _ global_
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- is specified, the view will be fullscreen across all outputs.
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+ is specified, the window will be fullscreen across all outputs.
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* gaps* inner|outer|horizontal|vertical|top|right|bottom|left all|current
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set|plus|minus|toggle <amount >
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_ vertical_ .
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* inhibit_idle* focus|fullscreen|open|none|visible
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- Set/unset an idle inhibitor for the view . _ focus_ will inhibit idle when
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- the view is focused by any seat. _ fullscreen_ will inhibit idle when the
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+ Set/unset an idle inhibitor for the window . _ focus_ will inhibit idle when
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+ the window is focused by any seat. _ fullscreen_ will inhibit idle when the
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view is fullscreen (or a descendant of a fullscreen container) and is
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- visible. _ open_ will inhibit idle until the view is closed (or the
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- inhibitor is unset/changed). _ visible_ will inhibit idle when the view is
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+ visible. _ open_ will inhibit idle until the window is closed (or the
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+ inhibitor is unset/changed). _ visible_ will inhibit idle when the window is
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visible on any output. _ none_ will remove any existing idle inhibitor for
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- the view .
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+ the window .
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This can also be used with criteria to set an idle inhibitor for any
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- existing view or with _for_window_ to set idle inhibitors for future views .
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+ existing window or with _for_window_ to set idle inhibitors for future windows .
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* layout* default|splith|splitv|stacking|tabbed
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Sets the layout mode of the focused container.
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* shortcuts_inhibitor* enable|disable
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Enables or disables the ability of clients to inhibit keyboard
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- shortcuts for a view . This is primarily useful for virtualization and
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- remote desktop software. It affects either the currently focused view
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- or a set of views selected by criteria. Subcommand _ disable_
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- additionally deactivates any active inhibitors for the given view (s).
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+ shortcuts for a window . This is primarily useful for virtualization and
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+ remote desktop software. It affects either the currently focused window
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+ or a set of windows selected by criteria. Subcommand _ disable_
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+ additionally deactivates any active inhibitors for the given window (s).
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Criteria are particularly useful with the * for_window* command to
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- configure a class of views differently from the per-seat defaults
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+ configure a class of windows differently from the per-seat defaults
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established by the * seat* subcommand of the same name. See
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* sway-input* (5) for more ways to affect inhibitors.
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Swaps the position, geometry, and fullscreen status of two containers. The
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first container can be selected either by criteria or focus. The second
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container can be selected by _ id_ , _ con_id_ , or _ mark_ . _ id_ can only be
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- used with xwayland views . If the first container has focus, it will retain
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+ used with xwayland windows . If the first container has focus, it will retain
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focus unless it is moved to a different workspace or the second container
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becomes fullscreen on the same workspace as the first container. In either
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of those cases, the second container will gain focus.
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* assign* <criteria > [ →] [ workspace] [ number] <workspace >
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- Assigns views matching _ criteria_ (see * CRITERIA* for details) to
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+ Assigns windows matching _ criteria_ (see * CRITERIA* for details) to
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_ workspace_ . The → (U+2192) is optional and cosmetic. This command is
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equivalent to:
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for_window <criteria> move container to workspace <workspace>
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* assign* <criteria > [ →] output left|right|up|down|<name >
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- Assigns views matching _ criteria_ (see * CRITERIA* for details) to the
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+ Assigns windows matching _ criteria_ (see * CRITERIA* for details) to the
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specified output. The → (U+2192) is optional and cosmetic. This command is
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equivalent to:
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The window that has focus.
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*client.focused_inactive*
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+ The most recently focused window within a container which is not focused.
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*client.focused_tab_title*
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- A view that has focused descendant container.
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+ A window that has focused descendant container.
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Tab or stack container title that is the parent of the focused container
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but is not directly focused. Defaults to focused_inactive if not
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specified and does not use the indicator and child_border colors.
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Ignored (present for i3 compatibility).
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*client.unfocused*
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- A view that does not have focus.
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+ A window that does not have focus.
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*client.urgent*
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- A view with an urgency hint. *Note*: Native Wayland windows do not
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+ A window with an urgency hint. *Note*: Native Wayland windows do not
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support urgency. Urgency only works for Xwayland windows.
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The meaning of each color is:
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The text color of the title bar.
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_indicator_
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- The color used to indicate where a new view will open. In a tiled
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- container, this would paint the right border of the current view if a
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- new view would be opened to the right.
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+ The color used to indicate where a new window will open. In a tiled
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+ container, this would paint the right border of the current window if a
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+ new window would be opened to the right.
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_child_border_
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- The border around the view itself.
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+ The border around the window itself.
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* gaps* inner|outer|horizontal|vertical|top|right|bottom|left <amount >
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Sets default _ amount_ pixels of _ inner_ or _ outer_ gap, where the inner
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- affects spacing around each view and outer affects the spacing around each
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+ affects spacing around each window and outer affects the spacing around each
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workspace. Outer gaps are in addition to inner gaps. To reduce or remove
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outer gaps, outer gaps can be set to a negative value. _ outer_ gaps can
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also be specified per side with _ top_ , _ right_ , _ bottom_ , and _ left_ or
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* popup_during_fullscreen* smart|ignore|leave_fullscreen
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- Determines what to do when a fullscreen view opens a dialog.
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+ Determines what to do when a fullscreen window opens a dialog.
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- dialog will not be rendered. If _ leave_fullscreen_ , the view will exit
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+ dialog will not be rendered. If _ leave_fullscreen_ , the window will exit
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fullscreen mode and the dialog will be rendered.
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* primary_selection* enabled|disabled
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- are used by some commands to choose which views to execute actions on. All
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+ are used by some commands to choose which windows to execute actions on. All
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attributes must match for the criteria to match. Criteria is retained across
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commands separated by a * ,* , but will be reset (and allow for new criteria, if
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desired) for commands separated by a * ;* .
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- specify operations to perform on new views . A criteria may also be used to
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+ specify operations to perform on new windows . A criteria may also be used to
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Focus on a window with the mark "IRC":
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* sandbox_engine*
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