waybar-hyprland-workspaces(5) File Formats Manual waybar-hyprland-workspaces(5)

waybar - hyprland workspaces module

The workspaces module displays the currently used workspaces in hyprland compositor.

Addressed by hyprland/workspaces

format:
typeof: string
default: {id}
The format, how information should be displayed.

format-icons:
typeof: array
Based on the workspace ID and state, the corresponding icon gets selected. See icons.

window-rewrite:
typeof: object
Regex rules to map window class to an icon or preferred method of representation for a workspace's window.

Keys are the rules, while the values are the methods of representation. Values may use the placeholders {class} and {title} to use the window's original class and/or title respectively. Rules may specify `class<...>`, `title<...>`, or both in order to fine-tune the matching. You may assign an empty value to a rule to have it ignored from generating any representation in workspaces.

window-rewrite-default:

typeof: string
default: "?"
The default method of representation for a workspace's window. This will be used for windows whose classes do not match any of the rules in window-rewrite.

format-window-separator:
typeof: string
default: " "
The separator to be used between windows in a workspace.

show-special:
typeof: bool
default: false
If set to true, special workspaces will be shown.

special-visible-only:
typeof: bool
default: false
If this and show-special are to true, special workspaces will be shown only if visible.

all-outputs:
typeof: bool
default: false
If set to false workspaces group will be shown only in assigned output. Otherwise, all workspace groups are shown.

active-only:
typeof: bool
default: false
If set to true, only the active workspace will be shown.

move-to-monitor:
typeof: bool
default: false
If set to true, open the workspace on the current monitor when clicking on a workspace button.

Otherwise, the workspace will open on the monitor where it was previously assigned. Analog to using `focusworkspaceoncurrentmonitor` dispatcher instead of `workspace` in Hyprland.

ignore-workspaces:
typeof: array
default: []
Regexes to match against workspaces names. If there's a match, the workspace will not be shown. This takes precedence over show-special, all-outputs, and active-only.

sort-by:
typeof: string
default: "default"
If set to number, workspaces will sort by number.

If set to name, workspaces will sort by name. If set to id, workspaces will sort by id. If none of those, workspaces will sort with default behavior.

{id}: id of workspace assigned by compositor

{name}: workspace name assigned by compositor

{icon}: Icon, as defined in format-icons.

Additional to workspace name matching, the following format-icons can be set.

"hyprland/workspaces": {
	"format": "{name}: {icon}",
	"format-icons": {
		"1": "",
		"2": "",
		"3": "",
		"4": "",
		"5": "",
		"active": "",
		"default": ""
	},
	"persistent-workspaces": {
		"*": 5, // 5 workspaces by default on every monitor
		"HDMI-A-1": 3 // but only three on HDMI-A-1
	}
}

"hyprland/workspaces": {
	"format": "{name}: {icon}",
	"format-icons": {
		"1": "",
		"2": "",
		"3": "",
		"4": "",
		"5": "",
		"active": "",
		"default": ""
	},
	"persistent-workspaces": {
		"*": [ 2,3,4,5 ], // 2-5 on every monitor
		"HDMI-A-1": [ 1 ] // but only workspace 1 on HDMI-A-1
	}
}

"hyprland/workspaces": {
	"format": "{name}n{windows}",
	"format-window-separator": "n",
	"window-rewrite-default": "",
	"window-rewrite": {
		"title<.*youtube.*>": "", // Windows whose titles contain "youtube"
		"class<firefox>": "", // Windows whose classes are "firefox"
		"class<firefox> title<.*github.*>": "", // Windows whose class is "firefox" and title contains "github". Note that "class" always comes first.
		"foot": "", // Windows that contain "foot" in either class or title. For optimization reasons, it will only match against a title if at least one other window explicitly matches against a title.
		"code": "󰨞",
		"title<.* - (.*) - VSCodium>": "codium $1"  // captures part of the window title and formats it into output
	}
}

"hyprland/workspaces": {
	// Formatting omitted for brevity
	"ignore-workspaces": [
		"(special:)?chrome-sharing-indicator"
	]
}

2025-01-10