sway-easyfocus

A tool to help efficiently focus windows in Sway inspired by i3-easyfocus.

https://github.com/edzdez/sway-easyfocus/assets/31393290/b71b1875-6c8b-4891-803c-763b040a55ff

Config File

The config file is found at $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/sway-easyfocus/config.yaml If a key is not found in the config file nor provided as a cli option, then it uses a default value.

An example config is with the default options is shown below:

chars: 'fjghdkslaemuvitywoqpcbnxz'

window_background_color: '1d1f21'
window_background_opacity: 0.2

label_background_color: '1d1f21'
label_background_opacity: 1.0
label_text_color: 'c5c8c6'

focused_background_color: '285577'
focused_background_opacity: 1.0
focused_text_color: 'ffffff'

font_family: monospace
font_weight: bold
font_size: medium

label_padding_x: 4
label_padding_y: 0
label_margin_x: 4
label_margin_y: 2

Usage

A tool to help efficiently focus windows in Sway inspired by i3-easyfocus.

Usage: sway-easyfocus [OPTIONS] [COMMAND]

Commands:
  focus  Focus the selected window (default)
  swap   Swap focused window with the selected window
  print  Print the selected window's ID
  help   Print this message or the help of the given subcommand(s)

Options:
      --chars <CHARS>
          list of chars to use for hints <fjghdkslaemuvitywoqpcbnxz>
      --window-background-color <WINDOW_BACKGROUND_COLOR>
          set the window background color <rrggbb>
      --window-background-opacity <WINDOW_BACKGROUND_OPACITY>
          set the window background opacity <0-1.0>
      --label-background-color <LABEL_BACKGROUND_COLOR>
          set the label background color <rrggbb>
      --label-background-opacity <LABEL_BACKGROUND_OPACITY>
          set the label background opacity <0-1.0>
      --label-text-color <LABEL_TEXT_COLOR>
          set the label text color <rrggbb>
      --focused-background-color <FOCUSED_BACKGROUND_COLOR>
          set the label background color <rrggbb>
      --focused-background-opacity <FOCUSED_BACKGROUND_OPACITY>
          set the focused background opacity <0-1.0>
      --focused-text-color <FOCUSED_TEXT_COLOR>
          set the focused text color <rrggbb>
      --font-family <FONT_FAMILY>
          set the font family
      --font-weight <FONT_WEIGHT>
          set the font weight
      --font-size <FONT_SIZE>
          set the font size, see: https://www.w3.org/TR/css-fonts-3/#font-size-prop
      --label-padding-x <LABEL_PADDING_X>
          set the label padding-x <px>
      --label-padding-y <LABEL_PADDING_Y>
          set the label padding-y <px>
      --label-margin-x <LABEL_MARGIN_X>
          set the label margin-x <px>
      --label-margin-y <LABEL_MARGIN_Y>
          set the label margin-y <px>
  -h, --help
          Print help
  -V, --version
          Print version

The default action is to focus the selected window. The swap command can be used to swap the focused window with the selected window, and the print command can be used to print the selected window ID (sway container ID).

Build

This program is written in Rust. The Rust compiler can be installed by following the instructions on the official download page.

You also need to have gtk and gtk-layer-shell installed.

# Clone this repo
$ git clone https://github.com/edzdez/sway-easyfocus.git

# Build with cargo
$ cargo build --release
$ ./target/release/sway-easyfocus

# Alternatively, build and run in one step
$ cargo run --release