GlazeWM is a tiling window manager for Windows inspired by i3 and Polybar.
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general.center_new_floating_windows config option (thanks @Video-Nomad in #476).Come join the Discord server⚡ for news on GlazeWM or if you're interested in desktop customization in general.
focus_borders in the config to configure the border surrounding active/inactive windows.Come join the Discord server⚡ for news on GlazeWM or if you're interested in desktop customization in general.
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It's been a long time coming, but a v2 release is finally ready and it's packed with new features and improvements 🎈
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general.focus_follows_cursor (thanks @HolbyFPV in #245).general.cursor_follows_focus (thanks @HolbyFPV in #247).# Get workspaces (alternatively send 'workspaces' to IPC server).
./GlazeWM.exe workspaces
# Run a WM command (alternatively send 'command "focus workspace 1"' to IPC server).
./GlazeWM.exe command "focus workspace 1"
glazewm. Example usage:import { GwmClient } from "glazewm";
const client = new GwmClient();
const windows = await client.getWindows();
await client.runCommand("move left", windows[0]);
bar.disabled option (thanks @ZInvoke in #260).bar.always_on_top option (thanks @jayrfs in #341).<attr> tag:bar:
components_left:
- type: "cpu"
# Change font family (ie. ff) to Comic Sans for part of the label:
label: "<attr ff='Comic Sans'>CPU:</attr> {percent_usage}%"
- type: "battery"
# Show an icon by using an icon font:
label_draining: "<attr ff='Material Icons'></attr> {battery_level}%"
# Multiple attributes can be changed at once:
label_charging: "{battery_level}% <attr ff='Arial' fg='#228B22' fw='400' fs='13px'>(charging)</attr>"
workspace_auto_back_and_forth from i3wm. The new option general.toggle_workspace_on_refocus allows switching back and forth between the previously focused workspace when focusing the current workspace (thanks @s-v-o in #274).set height 30% or set width 200px (thanks @maxle5 in #268).gaps.outer_gap: 10px 5px 10px 5px (thanks @maxle5 in #282).general.floating_window_move_amount (thanks @Pamesta in #238).general.window_animations.Ctrl can be used instead of Control when defining keybindings (thanks @JK-Flip-Flop96 in #338).The bar has been part of the WM since initial launch and it was mainly tacked on as a way to show what workspaces are active. But now it's a big part of the project and there's a lot of things that could've been done better. There's work in progress now to completely overhaul the bar and move it to its own repository. If you're a contributor, please hold off on large feature PRs for the bar in the meantime.
And also, the repo has been moved from my personal account (@lars-berger) to a GitHub org. @HolbyFPV (formerly @notblam) and I are teaming up on the MVP of the bar rework, and it made sense to house everything under one org. The bar overhaul will be open sourced in the coming months, and we've also got a future, unannounced project that's in the works (which will make the name "glazerdesktop" a bit clearer 👀).
A massive thanks to @HolbyFPV, @sewer56, @maxle5, @s-v-o, @ZInvoke, @Pamesta, @AreamanM, @jayrfs, @jovark, @groovyghoul, and @JK-Flip-Flop96. It wouldn't have been possible without your fantastic support 🎉🙌
Quick heads up for contributors: there's been some changes to the repo's branching structure. Check #contributing on Discord for how to update your forks.
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bars:
- &default_bar
bind_to_monitor: 1 # The monitor's number as shown in the Windows display settings (eg. 1, 2, 3...).
height: "30px"
background: "red"
- <<: *default_bar # Copy the properties above.
bind_to_monitor: 2
background: "green" # Override `background: "red"` with green.
<<: *default_bar is YAML syntax for copying all the properties from the block above labelled &default_bar. This means that height: "30px" is copied over to the 2nd bar, reducing the amount of repeated config.
component_separator).offset_x and offset_y (thanks to @notblam).type: "battery") for showing the battery status (thanks to @AreamanM). Documentation on usage.type: "window title") for showing the title of the focused window (thanks to @notblam).time_formatting option in the clock component (thanks to @s-v-o). Documentation on usage.label_horizontal and label_vertical options (thanks to @jovark).general section of the config:general:
# Whether to show floating windows as always on top.
show_floating_on_top: false
tiling direction toggle) for toggling between a horizontal/vertical tiling direction (thanks to @notblam). This is bound to Alt+V in the default config (replacing the separate keybindings for tiling direction <horizontal|vertical>).There's been a lot of help from the community for this release. For the last 2 weeks, there's been a new PR almost every day, so thank you for the unreal amount of support lately ❤️
** There's been a number of changes to the default config file. The latest version of the default config can be viewed here. If you want to simply reset your config file with the default, you can delete your config file located at C:\Users\<YOUR_USER>\.glaze-wm\config.yaml and it'll be created on startup.
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binding mode <NAME> to activate a binding mode that has been defined in the new binding_modes section of the config. Use binding mode none to exit the binding mode and return to the default keybindings.
Alt+R in the default config.layout <horizontal | vertical> command to tiling direction <horizontal | vertical>. The old command naming will still work, but will eventually be removed.background: #ffffff33 for white at 20% opacity).type: "binding mode") for showing whether a binding mode is currently active.type: "tiling direction") for showing the current tiling direction.set tiling for making a window tile (similar to set floating, set minimized, etc.). Can be useful for forcing a window to tile if it floats by default.focus workspace recent command (thanks to @gtsherman). It will now switch back and forth between the last focused workspace, and should hopefully be more intuitive than before. It is also now mapped to Alt+Y by default instead of Alt+R.winget install lars-berger.GlazeWM, GlazeWM can then launched by running glazewm in a terminal (it gets added to $PATH by Winget).move workspace <DIRECTION> for moving the focused workspace to a monitor in the given direction (thanks to @kuznetsovvj). These are bound by default to Alt+<ASDF> (depending on the direction).** There's been a number of changes to the default config file. The latest version of the default config can be viewed here. If you want to simply reset your config file with the default, you can delete your config file located at C:\Users\<YOUR_USER>\.glaze-wm\config.yaml and it'll be created on startup.
The server might be pretty dead to start out with, but at least it'll be a good way to get announcements when new releases come out.
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"focus workspace <prev | next>" for focusing the next or previous workspaces defined in the workspaces config (thanks to @kuznetsovvj). This is bound to Alt+T / Alt+Shift+T in the new default config."focus workspace recent" for focusing the last focused workspace (thanks to @kuznetsovvj). This is bound to Alt+R in the new default config.