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sway-bar(5) File Formats Manual sway-bar(5) NAME sway-bar - bar configuration file and commands DESCRIPTION Sway allows configuring swaybar in the sway configuration file. COMMANDS The following commands may only be used in the configuration file. id <bar_id> Sets the ID of the bar. swaybar_command <command> Executes custom bar command. Default is swaybar. The following commands may be used either in the configuration file or at runtime. bindcode [--release] <event-code> <command> Executes command when the mouse button has been pressed (or if released is given, when the button has been released). The buttons can be given as an event code, which can be obtaining from libinput debug-events. To disable the default behavior for a button, use the command nop. bindsym [--release] button[1-9]|<event-name> <command> Executes command when the mouse button has been pressed (or if released is given, when the button has been released). The buttons can be given as a x11 button number or an event name, which can be obtained from li- binput debug-events. To disable the default behavior for a button, use the command nop. binding_mode_indicator yes|no Enable or disable binding mode indicator. Default is yes. font <font> Specifies the font to be used in the bar. font should be specified as a pango font description. For more information on pango font descrip- tions, see https://docs.gtk.org/Pango/type_func.FontDescrip- tion.from_string.html#description gaps <all> | <horizontal> <vertical> | <top> <right> <bottom> <left> Sets the gaps from the edge of the screen for the bar. Gaps can either be set all at once, per direction, or per side. Note that only sides that touch an edge of the screen can have gaps. For the side that does not touch an edge of the screen, per-side outer gaps for workspaces may be of use. height <height> Sets the height of the bar. Default height (0) will match the font size. hidden_state hide|show [<bar-id>] Specifies the behaviour of the bar when it is in hide mode. When the hidden state is hide, then it is normally hidden, and only unhidden by pressing the modifier key or in case of urgency hints. When the hidden state is show, then it is permanently visible, drawn on top of the cur- rently visible workspace. Default is hide. For compatibility with i3, bar hidden_state hide|show [<bar-id>] is supported along with the sway only bar <bar-id> hidden_state hide|show syntax. When using the i3 syntax, if bar-id is omitted, the hid- den_state will be changed for all bars. Attempting to use bar <bar-id1> hidden_state hide|show <bar-id2> will result in an error due to con- flicting bar ids. mode dock|hide|invisible|overlay [<bar-id>] Specifies the visibility of the bar. In dock mode, it is permanently visible at one edge of the screen. In hide mode, it is hidden unless the modifier key is pressed, though this behaviour depends on the hid- den state. In invisible mode, it is permanently hidden. In overlay mode, it is permanently visible on top of other windows. (In overlay mode the bar is transparent to input events.) Default is dock. For compatibility with i3, bar mode <mode> [<bar-id>] syntax is sup- ported along with the sway only bar <bar-id> mode <mode> syntax. When using the i3 syntax, if bar-id is omitted, the mode will be changed for all bars. Attempting to use bar <bar-id1> mode <mode> <bar-id2> will result in an error due to conflicting bar ids. modifier <Modifier>|none Specifies the modifier key that shows a hidden bar. Default is Mod4. output <output>|* Restrict the bar to a certain output, can be specified multiple times. If the output command is omitted, the bar will be displayed on all out- puts. * can be given at any point to reset it back to all outputs. pango_markup enabled|disabled Enables or disables pango markup for status lines. This has no effect on status lines using the i3bar JSON protocol. position top|bottom Sets position of the bar. Default is bottom. separator_symbol <symbol> Specifies the separator symbol to separate blocks on the bar. status_command <status command> Executes the bar status command with sh -c. Each line of text printed to stdout from this command will be displayed in the status area of the bar. You may also use swaybar's JSON status line protocol. See swaybar- protocol(7) for more information on the protocol If running this command via IPC, you can disable a running status com- mand by setting the command to a single dash: swaybar bar bar-0 sta- tus_command - status_edge_padding <padding> Sets the padding that is used when the status line is at the right edge of the bar. This value will be multiplied by the output scale. The de- fault is 3. status_padding <padding> Sets the vertical padding that is used for the status line. The default is 1. If padding is 0, blocks will be able to take up the full height of the bar. This value will be multiplied by the output scale. strip_workspace_name yes|no If set to yes, then workspace names will be omitted from the workspace button and only the custom number will be shown. Default is no. strip_workspace_numbers yes|no If set to yes, then workspace numbers will be omitted from the work- space button and only the custom name will be shown. Default is no. unbindcode [--release] <event-code> Removes the binding with the given <event-code>. unbindsym [--release] button[1-9]|<event-name> Removes the binding with the given <button> or <event-name>. wrap_scroll yes|no Enables or disables wrapping when scrolling through workspaces with the scroll wheel. Default is no. workspace_buttons yes|no Enables or disables workspace buttons on the bar. Default is yes. workspace_min_width <px> [px] Specifies the minimum width for the workspace buttons on the bar. De- fault is 0. This setting also applies to the current binding mode indicator. The following commands may only be used at runtime. mode toggle [<bar_id>] Toggles the current mode between hide and dock. Any other mode is treated as hide. TRAY Swaybar provides a system tray where third-party applications may place icons. The following commands configure the tray. tray_bindcode <event-code> ContextMenu|Activate|SecondaryActivate|Scroll- Down|ScrollLeft|ScrollRight|ScrollUp|nop Executes the action when the mouse button has been pressed. The buttons can be given as an event code, which can be obtained from libinput de- bug-events. To disable the default behavior for a button, use the com- mand nop. tray_bindsym button[1-9]|<event-name> ContextMenu|Activate|SecondaryActi- vate|ScrollDown|ScrollLeft|ScrollRight|ScrollUp|nop Executes the action when the mouse button has been pressed. The buttons can be given as a x11 button number or an event name, which can be ob- tained from libinput debug-events. Use the command nop to disable the default action (Activate for button1, ContextMenu for button2 and Sec- ondaryActivate for button3). tray_padding <px> [px] Sets the pixel padding of the system tray. This padding will surround the tray on all sides and between each item. The default value for px is 2. tray_output none|<output>|* Restrict the tray to a certain output, can be specified multiple times. If omitted, the tray will be displayed on all outputs. Unlike i3bar, swaybar can show icons on any number of bars and outputs without races. * can be given at any point to reset it to display on all outputs. icon_theme <name> Sets the icon theme that sway will look for item icons in. This option has no default value, because sway will always default to the fallback theme, hicolor. COLORS Colors are defined within a colors { } block inside a bar { } block. Colors must be defined in hex: #RRGGBB or #RRGGBBAA. background <color> Background color of the bar. statusline <color> Text color to be used for the statusline. separator <color> Text color to be used for the separator. focused_background <color> Background color of the bar on the currently focused monitor output. If not used, the color will be taken from background. focused_statusline <color> Text color to be used for the statusline on the currently focused moni- tor output. If not used, the color will be taken from statusline. focused_separator <color> Text color to be used for the separator on the currently focused moni- tor output. If not used, the color will be taken from separator. focused_workspace <border> <background> <text> Border, background and text color for a workspace button when the work- space has focus. active_workspace <border> <background> <text> Border, background and text color for a workspace button when the work- space is active (visible) on some output, but the focus is on another one. You can only tell this apart from the focused workspace when you are using multiple monitors. inactive_workspace <border> <background> <text> Border, background and text color for a workspace button when the work- space does not have focus and is not active (visible) on any output. This will be the case for most workspaces. urgent_workspace <border> <background> <text> Border, background and text color for a workspace button when the work- space contains a window with the urgency hint set. binding_mode <border> <background> <text> Border, background and text color for the binding mode indicator. If not used, the colors will be taken from urgent_workspace. SEE ALSO sway(5) swaybar-protocol(7) 2026-06-13 sway-bar(5)
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