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waybar - dwl window module
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Configuration
Addressed by dwl/windowformat:
typeof: string
default: {title}
The format, how information should be displayed.
rotate:
typeof: integer
Positive value to rotate the text label (in 90 degree increments).
max-length:
typeof: integer
The maximum length in character the module should display.
min-length:
typeof: integer
The minimum length in characters the module should accept.
align:
typeof: float
The alignment of the label within the module, where 0 is left-aligned and 1 is right-aligned. If the
module is rotated, it will follow the flow of the text.
justify:
typeof: string
The alignment of the text within the module's label, allowing options 'left', 'right', or 'center'
to define the positioning.
on-click:
typeof: string
Command to execute when clicked on the module.
on-click-middle:
typeof: string
Command to execute when middle-clicked on the module using mousewheel.
on-click-right:
typeof: string
Command to execute when you right-click on the module.
on-update:
typeof: string
Command to execute when the module is updated.
on-scroll-up:
typeof: string
Command to execute when scrolling up on the module.
on-scroll-down:
typeof: string
Command to execute when scrolling down on the module.
smooth-scrolling-threshold:
typeof: double
Threshold to be used when scrolling.
tooltip:
typeof: bool
default: true
Option to disable tooltip on hover.
rewrite:
typeof: object
Rules to rewrite the module format output. See rewriterules.
icon:
typeof: bool
default: false
Option to hide the application icon.
icon-size:
typeof: integer
default: 24
Option to change the size of the application icon.
expand:
typeof: bool
default: false
Enables this module to consume all left over space dynamically.
Description
The window module displays the title of the currently focused window in DWL
Examples
"dwl/window": {
"format": "{}",
"max-length": 50,
"rewrite": {
"(.*) - Mozilla Firefox": "🌎 $1",
"(.*) - zsh": "> [$1]"
}
}
2025-02-21 waybar-dwl-window(5)
Format Replacements
{title}: The title of the focused window.
{app_id}: The app_id of the focused window.
{layout}: The layout of the focused window.
Name
waybar - dwl window module
Rewrite Rules
rewrite is an object where keys are regular expressions and values are rewrite rules if the expression
matches. Rules may contain references to captures of the expression.
Regular expression and replacement follow ECMA-script rules.
If no expression matches, the format output is left unchanged.
Invalid expressions (e.g., mismatched parentheses) are skipped.
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