SwaySettings

A GUI for configuring your sway desktop

Features

• Set and remove auto start apps
• Change default apps
• Change GTK theme settings (GTK theme is set per GTK4 color-scheme, ie dark and light mode)
• Mouse and trackpad settings
• Keyboard layout settings
• Switch Wallpaper (selected wallpaper will be located at .cache/wallpaper)
• Configure Sway Notification Center
• sway-wallpaper (a swaybg replacement) which includes a slick fade transition 😎

Install

Add these lines to the end of your main sway config file

# Applies all generated settings
include ~/.config/sway/.generated_settings/*.conf

# To apply the selected wallpaper
exec sway-wallpaper

# Start all of the non-hidden applications in ~/.config/autostart
# This executable is included in the swaysettings package
exec sway-autostart

Arch

The package is available on the AUR
Or:

makepkg -si

Other Distros

Needed Dependencies (Package names on Arch)

• vala
• meson
• git
• gtk4
• gtk4-layer-shell
• libadwaita
• blueprint-compiler
• granite7
• libgtop
• glib2
• gobject-introspection
• libgee
• json-glib
• libxml2
• xkeyboard-config
• accountsservice
• libpulse
• bluez

Build

meson build
ninja -C build
meson install -C build