The Hyprland overlord (also known as Santa in December) is proudly bringing you 0.46.0.
Merry Hypr Christmas!
Breaking changes
window/layer rule regexes now require a full match (not any match) to...
A dynamic tiling Wayland compositor
Breaking changes
window/layer rule regexes now require a full match (not any match) to trigger.
cursor:dumb_copy is gone in favor of cursor:use_cpu_buffer. This should allow no-downsides Nvidia hardware cursors. Please note it's experimental.
Notes for packagers
New deps: hyprgraphics, re2
New features:
binds: add option to allow fullscreening a pinned window (#8526)
config: add 'force' option for 'cursor:warp_on_change_workspace' (#8681)
core: Add support for hyprqtutils' update screen (#8651)
core: add a few festive splashes
core: move colorspace handling to oklab (#8635)
dispatchers: Add an option to prioritize focus change within groups with movefocus (#8601)
hooks: add pre connected/disconnected monitor events (#8503)
hyprctl: add an inhibitingIdle field to windows
hyprctl: add directScanout to hyprctl monitors
hyprctl: add json output on hyprctl -j plugins list (#8480)
input: add warp_back_after_non_mouse_input
logging: Add some context to config error logs (#8326)
makefile: add stub to discourage direct make
pointer: add drm dumb buffers for cursors (#8399)
renderer: add lockdead_screen_delay (#8467)
renderer: add option to blur IME popups (#8521)
version: add link versions for other utils (#8619)
windowrules: add rules for mouse and touchpad scroll factors (#8655)
I'm amazed by the amount of work being done by Hyprland devs. I remember how they were just starting not that long ago, and now it's (probably) the most popular Wayland window manager.
...now it's (probably) the most popular Wayland window manager.
KWin and Mutter probably hold that title and likely will for many years to come. There would have to be a mass exodus or software switch in Plasma and Gnome before Hyprland could match their market share.
Of course, I was comparing it to other "standalone" window managers, not the ones used by GNOME/KDE, since the userbase will be obviously much higher for the desktop environments.
Sway, from what I understand, hasn't really made a ton of improvements that would entice the X11 holdouts to switch. Not that it's bad, but if it's virtually the same as X11—and that's what someone knows best—why would they bother switching (I would, but I also try to use Wayland whenever possible).