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authorLibravatar sommerfeld <sommerfeld@sommerfeld.dev>2026-05-13 13:43:42 +0100
committerLibravatar sommerfeld <sommerfeld@sommerfeld.dev>2026-05-13 13:43:42 +0100
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feat(sway): enable swayr auto-tile via systemd user unit
Vanilla sway only has splith/splitv with no auto-orientation, so new windows always split along whatever axis the parent container is set to (default splith). The result: opening a third window in a workspace that's already split horizontally just keeps stacking horizontally, even when each pane is now narrower than it is tall. swayr's daemon (swayrd) subscribes to sway IPC and, with [layout].auto_tile = true, issues splith or splitv on the focused container based on its width-vs-height before sway places the next window. The result is the i3/awesome-style spiral tiling: each new window splits the focused pane along its longest side. Run swayrd as a systemd user service bound to sway-session.target so it starts/stops with the session (matching the pattern used by waybar, swayidle, mako, etc.). No keybind changes; only the placement algorithm.
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@@ -145,6 +145,11 @@ woff2-font-awesome
# --- wayland session ---
# Compositor
sway
+# Auto-tile daemon: splits new containers along the focused window's
+# longest side via sway IPC. Configured in ~/.config/swayr/config.toml
+# ([layout].auto_tile = true). Daemon runs as swayrd.service under
+# sway-session.target.
+swayr
xdg-desktop-portal-wlr
xdg-desktop-portal-gtk
qt5-wayland