From fd512ffcd1206260e8cf17e8bed0273c64658d30 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: sommerfeld Date: Wed, 13 May 2026 13:43:42 +0100 Subject: 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. --- meta/base.txt | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) (limited to 'meta') diff --git a/meta/base.txt b/meta/base.txt index 3c94a18..0d834e5 100644 --- a/meta/base.txt +++ b/meta/base.txt @@ -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 -- cgit v1.3.1