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Lars-Ragnar A. Haugen 0356a020c1 layer-shell: handle popup reposition for unconstraining
Layer shell popups were missing a handler for the xdg_popup reposition
event. When a client (e.g. GTK4) creates a popup and then sends a
reposition request, wlroots resets the scheduled geometry back to the
positioner's original value. Without a reposition handler, the
unconstrained geometry computed on the initial commit was lost, causing
popups such as tooltips to render outside the screen viewport.

This was most visible with GTK4 layer shell apps (e.g. taskbars) where
tooltips would appear below the bottom edge of the screen instead of
being flipped/slid into the visible area.

Also switch the destroy listener from wlr_popup->base->events.destroy
to wlr_popup->events.destroy so that cleanup runs before wlroots
asserts that all popup signal listeners have been removed.

Fixes #8518
2026-02-28 22:56:37 +01:00
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.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE github: don't truncate debug logs 2021-10-17 21:28:51 +02:00
assets License wallpapers as CC-0 2019-12-16 14:35:58 -05:00
client Define _POSIX_C_SOURCE globally 2024-02-23 17:43:19 +03:00
common Rename get_current_time_msec to get_current_time_in_msec and move to util.c 2025-06-16 11:26:26 +02:00
completions build: move completions to separate file 2022-11-28 18:51:45 -05:00
include layer-shell: handle popup reposition for unconstraining 2026-02-28 22:56:37 +01:00
protocols protocols: Bump vendored wlr-protocols 2026-02-24 15:34:20 +01:00
sway layer-shell: handle popup reposition for unconstraining 2026-02-28 22:56:37 +01:00
swaybar swaybar: deduplicate mode and workspace rendering code 2025-05-25 14:48:14 +02:00
swaymsg Add features.hdr to output IPC response 2025-07-09 01:25:11 +02:00
swaynag swaynag/main: free config_path 2025-11-20 12:31:30 +01:00
.editorconfig Create .editorconfig 2016-07-04 14:12:32 +02:00
.gitignore gitignore: Ignore clangd-generated directory .cache/ 2023-10-23 11:05:08 +02:00
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config.in config.in: bind XF86Audio* keycodes to playerctl 2025-06-09 15:56:41 +02:00
CONTRIBUTING.md Fix IRC links in READMEs and templates 2021-05-26 08:25:13 +02:00
LICENSE MIT license 2017-01-06 13:45:48 -05:00
meson.build Add support for keypad slide switches 2026-02-13 11:14:13 +01:00
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sway.desktop Add the DesktopNames key to the sway.desktop session file 2025-03-08 12:56:03 +01:00

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sway is an i3-compatible Wayland compositor. Read the FAQ. Join the IRC channel (#sway on irc.libera.chat).

Release Signatures

Releases are signed with E88F5E48 and published on GitHub.

Installation

From Packages

Sway is available in many distributions. Try installing the "sway" package for yours.

Compiling from Source

Check out this wiki page if you want to build the HEAD of sway and wlroots for testing or development.

Install dependencies:

  • meson *
  • wlroots
  • wayland
  • wayland-protocols *
  • pcre2
  • json-c
  • pango
  • cairo
  • gdk-pixbuf2 (optional: additional image formats for system tray)
  • swaybg (optional: wallpaper)
  • scdoc (optional: man pages) *
  • git (optional: version info) *

* Compile-time dep

Run these commands:

meson setup build/
ninja -C build/
sudo ninja -C build/ install

Configuration

If you already use i3, then copy your i3 config to ~/.config/sway/config and it'll work out of the box. Otherwise, copy the sample configuration file to ~/.config/sway/config. It is usually located at /etc/sway/config. Run man 5 sway for information on the configuration.

Running

Run sway from a TTY or from a display manager.