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waybar - sway scratchpad module
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Configuration
Addressed by sway/scratchpadformat:
typeof: string
default: {icon} {count}
The format, how information should be displayed.
show-empty:
typeof: bool
default: false
Option to show module when scratchpad is empty.
format-icons:
typeof: array/object
Based on the current scratchpad window counts, the corresponding icon gets selected.
tooltip:
typeof: bool
default: true
Option to disable tooltip on hover.
tooltip-format:
typeof: string
default: {app}: {title}
The format, how information in the tooltip should be displayed.
menu:
typeof: string
Action that popups the menu.
menu-file:
typeof: string
Location of the menu descriptor file. There need to be an element of type
GtkMenu with id menumenu-actions:
typeof: array
The actions corresponding to the buttons of the menu.
expand:
typeof: bool
default: false
Enables this module to consume all left over space dynamically.
Description
The scratchpad module displays the scratchpad status in Sway
Examples
"sway/scratchpad": {
"format": "{icon} {count}",
"show-empty": false,
"format-icons": ["", ""],
"tooltip": true,
"tooltip-format": "{app}: {title}"
}
Format Replacements
{icon}: Icon, as defined in format-icons.
{count}: Number of windows in the scratchpad.
{app}: Name of the application in the scratchpad.
{title}: Title of the application in the scratchpad.
Name
waybar - sway scratchpad module
Style
• #scratchpad
• #scratchpad.empty
2025-02-21 waybar-sway-scratchpad(5)
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