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    Sway…

    I guess it’s boring but it’s never broken on me in the 5ish years I’ve been using it since switching from i3.

    I read all this hype about hyprland but sway does what I want and need as a tiling window manager, and simply see no need to even try hyprland.

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      Hyprland has several practical features that Sway does not have. I have used both extensively and I stayed at Hyprland because of the following:

      • DynamicBSP layout
      • Moving windows without changing layout structure is easy
      • Special workspaces(scratch pads)
        • They can be toggled
        • One can launch apps when opened empty
        • They can automatically close when the last window closes.

      Things Sway has that Hyprland does not:

      • Closing all windows contained in workspace
      • Moving all windows from one workspace to another

      I have thought coming back to Sway because of the performance and because of Hyprland’s the silly default wallpapers and splash screens, but those features hold me back.

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      I saw some cool features I’m kinda missing in river (especially the wide range of compatible tools and stability, performance) and I really want to like it.

      I’d actually bother setting it up if it had dynamic (master slave) layouts. But I can’t for the love of god find out if it exists or if it’s just a manual tiler. Does it?