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Sway is a tiling Wayland compositor and a drop-in replacement for the i3 window manager for X11. It ~~works~~ with ~~your~~ existing i3 configuration and supports most of i3's features, plus a few extras.

Sway is a tiling Wayland compositor and a drop-in replacement for the i3 window manager for X11. It can work with an existing i3 configuration and supports most of i3's features, plus a few extras.

[https://github.com/swaywm/sway/wiki/i3-Migration-Guide i3 migration guide]

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=== Using NixOS ===

Here is a minimal configuration:

~~<syntaxhighlight lang~~=~~"nix">~~

{ config, pkgs, lib, ... }:

{{File|3={ config, pkgs, lib, ... }:

{

environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [

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wrapperFeatures.gtk = true;

};

}

}|name=/etc/nixos/configuration.nix|lang=nix}}

~~</syntaxhighlight>~~By default, the Sway module in NixOS comes with a set of extra packages, including the <code>foot</code> terminal, <code>swayidle</code>, <code>swaylock</code>, and <code>wmenu</code>, which can be configured under <code>[https://search.nixos.org/options?show=programs.sway.extraPackages programs.sway.extraPackages]</code> option. You may also want to include <code>wl-clipboard</code> for clipboard functionality and <code>slurp</code> for screenshot region selection. Additionally, for a more customizable bar implementation than <code>sway-bar</code>, <code>waybar</code> can be enabled with <code>programs.waybar.enable</code>.

By default, the Sway module in NixOS comes with a set of extra packages, including the <code>foot</code> terminal, <code>swayidle</code>, <code>swaylock</code>, and <code>wmenu</code>, which can be configured under <code>[https://search.nixos.org/options?show=programs.sway.extraPackages programs.sway.extraPackages]</code> option. You may also want to include <code>wl-clipboard</code> for clipboard functionality and <code>slurp</code> for screenshot region selection. Additionally, for a more customizable bar implementation than <code>sway-bar</code>, <code>waybar</code> can be enabled with <code>programs.waybar.enable</code>.

The default Sway configuration is symlinked to <code>/etc/sway/config</code> and <code>/etc/sway/config.d/nixos.conf</code>. The latter file contains dbus and systemd configuration that is critical to using apps that depend on XDG desktop portals with Sway, and should be included in any custom configuration files.

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Then you can enable Sway in your home manager configuration. Here is a minimal example:

~~<syntaxhighlight lang~~=~~"nix>~~

wayland.windowManager.sway = {

{{File|3=wayland.windowManager.sway = {

enable = true;

wrapperFeatures.gtk = true; # Fixes common issues with GTK 3 apps

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];

};

};|name=/etc/nixos/home.nix|lang=nix}}

</~~syntaxhighlight>~~

See [https://nix-community.github.io/home-manager/options.xhtml#opt-wayland.windowManager.sway.enable Home Manager's Options for Sway] for a complete list of configuration options.

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-Sway is a tiling Wayland compositor and a drop-in replacement for the i3 window manager for X11. It works with your existing i3 configuration and supports most of i3's features, plus a few extras.
+Sway is a tiling Wayland compositor and a drop-in replacement for the i3 window manager for X11. It can work with an existing i3 configuration and supports most of i3's features, plus a few extras.
 [https://github.com/swaywm/sway/wiki/i3-Migration-Guide i3 migration guide]
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 === Using NixOS ===
 Here is a minimal configuration:
-<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
-{ config, pkgs, lib, ... }:
+{{File|3={ config, pkgs, lib, ... }:
 {
    environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
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      wrapperFeatures.gtk = true;
    };
-}
+}|name=/etc/nixos/configuration.nix|lang=nix}}
-</syntaxhighlight>By default, the Sway module in NixOS comes with a set of extra packages, including the <code>foot</code> terminal, <code>swayidle</code>, <code>swaylock</code>, and <code>wmenu</code>, which can be configured under  <code>[https://search.nixos.org/options?show=programs.sway.extraPackages programs.sway.extraPackages]</code> option. You may also want to include <code>wl-clipboard</code> for clipboard functionality and <code>slurp</code> for screenshot region selection. Additionally, for a more customizable bar implementation than <code>sway-bar</code>, <code>waybar</code> can be enabled with <code>programs.waybar.enable</code>.
+By default, the Sway module in NixOS comes with a set of extra packages, including the <code>foot</code> terminal, <code>swayidle</code>, <code>swaylock</code>, and <code>wmenu</code>, which can be configured under  <code>[https://search.nixos.org/options?show=programs.sway.extraPackages programs.sway.extraPackages]</code> option. You may also want to include <code>wl-clipboard</code> for clipboard functionality and <code>slurp</code> for screenshot region selection. Additionally, for a more customizable bar implementation than <code>sway-bar</code>, <code>waybar</code> can be enabled with <code>programs.waybar.enable</code>.
 The default Sway configuration is symlinked to <code>/etc/sway/config</code> and <code>/etc/sway/config.d/nixos.conf</code>. The latter file contains dbus and systemd configuration that is critical to using apps that depend on XDG desktop portals with Sway, and should be included in any custom configuration files.
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 Then you can enable Sway in your home manager configuration. Here is a minimal example:
-<syntaxhighlight lang="nix>
-  wayland.windowManager.sway = {
+{{File|3=wayland.windowManager.sway = {
      enable = true;
      wrapperFeatures.gtk = true; # Fixes common issues with GTK 3 apps
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        ];
      };
-   };
+   };|name=/etc/nixos/home.nix|lang=nix}}
-</syntaxhighlight>
 See [https://nix-community.github.io/home-manager/options.xhtml#opt-wayland.windowManager.sway.enable Home Manager's Options for Sway] for a complete list of configuration options.