Sway: Difference between revisions

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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 may be configured under the <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, as well as a screenshot utility such as [https://github.com/emersion/slurp Slurp] or [[Flameshot]] for screenshot region selection.

Additionally, for a more customizable bar implementation than <code>sway-bar</code>, [[Waybar]] may 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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=== Using Home Manager ===

To set up Sway using [[Home Manager]], ~~first~~ you must enable [[Polkit]] in your NixOS configuration:

To set up Sway using [[Home Manager]], you must first enable [[Polkit]] in your NixOS configuration:

{{file|/etc/nixos/configuration.nix|nix|<nowiki>

security.polkit.enable = true;

</nowiki>}}

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

Then you may enable Sway in your Home Manager configuration. Here is a minimal example:

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

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=== WLR Error when trying to launch Sway ===

When this happens on a new ~~nixos~~ system, enabling ~~opengl~~ in configuration.nix may fix this issue.

When this happens on a new NixOS system, enabling OpenGL in configuration.nix may fix this issue.

{{Note|<code>hardware.opengl</code> was renamed to <code>hardware.graphics</code> in NixOS 24.11.}}

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 }|name=/etc/nixos/configuration.nix|lang=nix}}
-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 may be configured under the <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, as well as a screenshot utility such as [https://github.com/emersion/slurp Slurp] or [[Flameshot]] for screenshot region selection.
+Additionally, for a more customizable bar implementation than <code>sway-bar</code>, [[Waybar]] may 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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 === Using Home Manager ===
-To set up Sway using [[Home Manager]], first you must enable [[Polkit]] in your NixOS configuration:
+To set up Sway using [[Home Manager]], you must first enable [[Polkit]] in your NixOS configuration:
 {{file|/etc/nixos/configuration.nix|nix|<nowiki>
 security.polkit.enable = true;
 </nowiki>}}
-Then you can enable Sway in your home manager configuration. Here is a minimal example:
+Then you may enable Sway in your Home Manager configuration. Here is a minimal example:
 {{File|3=wayland.windowManager.sway = {
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 === WLR Error when trying to launch Sway ===
-When this happens on a new nixos system, enabling opengl in configuration.nix may fix this issue.
+When this happens on a new NixOS system, enabling OpenGL in configuration.nix may fix this issue.
 {{Note|<code>hardware.opengl</code> was renamed to <code>hardware.graphics</code> in NixOS 24.11.}}