swaynag(1) General Commands Manual swaynag(1)
NAME
swaynag - Show a warning or error message with buttons
SYNOPSIS
swaynag [options...]
OPTIONS
-b, --button <text> <action>
Create a button with the text text that executes action when
pressed. If the environment variable TERMINAL is set, action will
be run inside the terminal. Otherwise, it will fallback to running
directly. Multiple buttons can be defined by providing the flag
multiple times.
-B, --button-no-terminal <text> <action>
Create a button with the text text that executes action when
pressed. action will be run directly instead of in a terminal. Mul-
tiple buttons can be defined by providing the flag multiple times.
-z, --button-dismiss <text> <action>
Create a button with the text text that executes action when
pressed, and dismisses swaynag. If the environment variable TERMI-
NAL is set, action will be run inside the terminal. Otherwise, it
will fallback to running directly. Multiple buttons can be defined
by providing the flag multiple times.
-Z, --button-dismiss-no-terminal <text> <action>
Create a button with the text text that executes action when
pressed, and dismisses swaynag. action will be run directly instead
of in a terminal. Multiple buttons can be defined by providing the
flag multiple times.
-c, --config <path>
The config file to use. By default, the following paths are
checked: $HOME/.swaynag/config, $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/swaynag/config,
and SYSCONFDIR/swaynag/config. All flags aside from this one and
debug are valid options in the configuration file using the format
long-option=value. All leading dashes should be omitted and the
equals sign is required. See swaynag(5) for more information.
-d, --debug
Enable debugging.
-e, --edge top|bottom
Set the edge to use.
-y, --layer overlay|top|bottom|background
Set the layer to use.
-f, --font <font>
Set the font to use.
-h, --help
Show help message and quit.
-l, --detailed-message
Read a detailed message from stdin. A button to toggle details will
be added. Details are shown in a scrollable multi-line text area.
-L, --detailed-button <text>
Set the text for the button that toggles details. This has no ef-
fect if there is not a detailed message. The default is Toggle de-
tails.
-m, --message <msg>
Set the message text.
-o, --output <output>
Set the output to use. This should be the name of a xdg_output.
-s, --dismiss-button <text>
Sets the text for the dismiss nagbar button. The default is X.
-t, --type <type>
Set the message type. Two types are created by default error and
warning. Custom types can be defined in the config file. See --con-
fig and swaynag(5) for details. Both of the default types can be
overridden in the config file as well.
-v, --version
Show the version number and quit.
APPEARANCE OPTIONS
--background <RRGGBB[AA]>
Set the color of the background.
--border <RRGGBB[AA]>
Set the color of the border.
--border-bottom <RRGGBB[AA]>
Set the color of the bottom border.
--button-background <RRGGBB[AA]>
Set the color for the background for buttons.
--text <RRGGBB[AA]>
Set the text color.
--button-text <RRGGBB[AA]>
Set the button text color.
--border-bottom-size <size>
Set the thickness of the bottom border.
--message-padding <padding>
Set the padding for the message.
--details-background <RRGGBB[AA]>
Set the color for the background for details.
--details-border-size <size>
Set the thickness for the details border.
--button-border-size <size>
Set the thickness for the button border.
--button-gap <gap>
Set the size of the gap between buttons.
--button-dismiss-gap <gap>
Set the size of the gap between the dismiss button and another but-
ton.
--button-margin-right <margin>
Set the margin from the right of the dismiss button to edge.
--button-padding <padding>
Set the padding for the button text.
SEE
swaynag(5)
2022-10-14 swaynag(1)
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