Hyprland

Hyprland is the most popular compositor out there and it really shows why, it has 4 built-in layouts, animations, special workspaces and more.

Tips

The following do not come as default although we believe these are generally beneficial.

• Disable window focus fallback when reaching the end of a monitor:

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  general {
      no_focus_fallback = true
  }

• Allow for clicks to passthrough the special workspace into normal workspaces:

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  input {
      special_fallthrough = true
  }

• Hide special workspaces when focusing a normal workspace:

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  binds {
      hide_special_on_workspace_change = true
  }

• Remove default wallpaper and nags:

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  misc {
      force_default_wallpaper = 0
      disable_hyprland_logo = true
      disable_splash_rendering = true
  }
  
  ecosystem {
      no_donation_nag = true
      no_update_news = true
  }

• Focus windows that request activation:

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  misc {
      focus_on_activate = true
  }

• Color code the state of windows:

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  windowrule = border_color $yellow $yellow_dim, match:pin true
  windowrule = border_color $cyan $cyan_dim, match:fullscreen_state_internal 1
  windowrule = border_color $blue $blue_dim, match:workspace s[true]

  In this case we give pinned windows a yellow color, maximized windows cyan, and blue for windows in special workspaces as well as their respetive dimmed color for when they are unfocused.

• Cycle through fullscreen windows with the same keybinds to focus winows directionally.

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  binds {
      movefocus_cycles_fullscreen = true
  }