Sway-WM Setup and Theme for EndeavourOS

Sway EndeavourOS Community Edition

To Install Manually

git clone https://github.com/EndeavourOS-Community-Editions/sway.git

cd sway

bash sway-install.sh

Contained In The Script

cp -R .config/* ~/.config/

cp .profile ~/.profile

cp .gtkrc-2.0 ~/.gtkrc-2.0

chmod -R +x ~/.config/sway/scripts

chmod -R +x ~/.config/waybar/scripts

sudo pacman -Syu --needed --noconfirm - < packages-repository.txt

dbus-launch dconf load / < xed.dconf

SDDM is the default display manager

systemctl enable sddm.service

systemctl start sddm.service

Post install

Keyboard layout in: ~/.config/sway/config.d/input
Screen settings in: ~/.config/sway/config.d/output
Keybindings Cheatsheet: press keyboard icon in waybar
If your experiencing issues with your cursor - edit file ~/.profile and comment out export WLR_NO_HARDWARE_CURSORS=1

Get involved at our forum:

https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/sway-edition-general-conversation

Tutorial for sway-wm settings:

Background handled by swaybg
Gtk3 theme handled by lxappearance
Filebrowser = Thunar
Default Terminal-Emulator = XFCE4-Terminal and/or Termite
Text-Editor = xed/nano
Bar = Waybar
Sound = Pulseaudio

Main shortcuts: ~/.config/sway/cheatsheet

MOD key is set to the WINKEY/LINKEY

MOD+Return = open floating terminal (XFCE4-Terminal)
MOD+O = open Browser (firefox)
MOD+N = open File Manager (thunar)
MOD+D= app menu (wofi)
MOD+Q = close focused app [kill]
Shift+PrtSc = screenshot/bring up screenshot menu
MOD+SHIFT+E = power-menu
MOD+R = resize mode
MOD+SHIFT+SPACE = float window
- MOD+HOLD DOWN = drag floating window
MOD+↑ ↓ → ← = switch focus respectively
MOD+SHIFT+MINUS = send to scratchpad
MOD+MINUS = cycle through scratchpad

Tiling:

Is set to default for swaywm and can be changed to:

stacking: Only the focused window in the container is displayed. You get a list of windows at the top of the container.
- MOD+S = Vertical List
- MOD+W = Horizontal List
  - navigate lists with MOD+↑ ↓ → ←
- MOD+E = Back to tiling

Waybar :

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