nwg-wrapper VS Sway-PreviewKeys

Compare nwg-wrapper vs Sway-PreviewKeys and see what are their differences.

nwg-wrapper

Wrapper to display a script output or a text file content on the desktop in sway or other wlroots-based compositors (by nwg-piotr)

Sway-PreviewKeys

Program for showing Sway window manager's key bindings associated with a mode (by CIAvash)
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nwg-wrapper Sway-PreviewKeys
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2.6 0.0
about 1 month ago over 1 year ago
Python Raku
MIT License GNU General Public License v3.0 only
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nwg-wrapper

Posts with mentions or reviews of nwg-wrapper. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-04.
  • Using nwg-wrapper for a HUD of help for sway modes
    4 projects | /r/swaywm | 4 Jul 2023
    Usage: sway-mode [-c,--config config-file] [-C,--css css-file] mode Puts sway into mode 'mode' and displays some help by extracting a section from the config file. Options: -c,--config config_file location of your config file (/home/bhepple/.config/sway/config) -C,--css css_file location of your css file (/home/bhepple/.config/nwg-wrapper/mode-help.css) Requires nwg-wrapper https://github.com/nwg-piotr/nwg-wrapper Assumes modes are defined in the config file like this: mode "foobar" { ... } To use this, reassign the bindkey command for the mode like this: bindsym $mod+s exec sway-mode "swap" and in the mode definition, change the mode ending keys to # back to default mode bindsym q exec pkill nwg-wrapper; mode "default" bindsym Return exec pkill nwg-wrapper; mode "default" bindsym Escape exec pkill nwg-wrapper; mode "default" Here's a sample CSS file: window { font-family: "Monospace"; color: rgba (255, 255, 255, 1.0); background-color: rgba (255, 255, 255, 0.1); } #box-inner { background-color: rgba (23, 53, 63, 0.7); border-radius: 5px; border-style: dotted; border-width: 1px; border-color: rgba (156, 142, 122, 0.7); padding: 10px; }
  • Digital overlay clock?
    7 projects | /r/swaywm | 5 May 2023
    Here's a script that uses nwg-wrapper to display a countdown - it would be easy to modify it to display a digital clock.
    7 projects | /r/swaywm | 5 May 2023
    Take a look at https://github.com/nwg-piotr/nwg-wrapper
  • Counting down before gtklock or suspend
    4 projects | /r/swaywm | 10 Mar 2023
    The countdown into gtklock is created by my script sway-count which uses nwg-wrapper.
  • is a good practice to put ANY idea on github?
    2 projects | /r/github | 17 Sep 2022
    Nope. https://github.com/nwg-piotr/nwg-wrapper/commit/f4c4dc6e9a568ade8b3bce02d73f528a50b02928
  • Any tip on optimizing this?
    2 projects | /r/bash | 1 Sep 2022
    Here's my script. It forks off a playerctl --follow with a custom format to work around read skipping empty items (like a song without an artist). You don't have to do that, I just prefer that so I can add nwg-wrapper to view album art and song title on my desktop without spinning up another playerctl read loop.
  • Is there some app that lets you launch a simple text overlay?
    7 projects | /r/swaywm | 10 Aug 2022
  • Show local IP permanent on desktop
    3 projects | /r/linuxmasterrace | 11 Jul 2022
    If your compositor supports layer-shell (i.e., not Gnome) then maybe nwg-wrapper would work.
  • gtklock and nwg-wrapper - let's rice the lock!
    3 projects | /r/swaywm | 20 May 2022
    I had a play with gtklock today and wondered if it would work with nwg-wrapper to enhance the lock screen. It turns out that they work together very well - see screenshot. I've also modified my script for various styles of locking so that it supports gtklock: mylock
  • How/Is it possible to embed an application into the background?
    2 projects | /r/swaywm | 14 May 2022
    Also https://github.com/nwg-piotr/nwg-wrapper

Sway-PreviewKeys

Posts with mentions or reviews of Sway-PreviewKeys. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-08-10.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing nwg-wrapper and Sway-PreviewKeys you can also consider the following projects:

nwg-shell - Installer & meta-package for the nwg-shell project: a GTK3-based shell for sway and Hyprland Wayland compositors

nwg-dock - GTK3-based dock for sway

azote - Wallpaper manager for wlroots-based compositors and some other WMs

Sway-Config - A Raku library and script for parsing Sway window manager's config

nwg-shell-config - nwg-shell configuration utility

nwg-panel - GTK3-based panel for sway and Hyprland Wayland compositors

i3wm-Cheatsheet - i3wm Cheatsheet

You-Dont-Need-GUI - Stop relying on GUI; CLI **ROCKS**

swayblur - Basic i3ipc based script to blur an output's wallpaper when a client is present in it

vim-which-key - :tulip: Vim plugin that shows keybindings in popup

SwayNotificationCenter - A simple GTK based notification daemon for SwayWM

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