waybar-sway-workspaces(5) File Formats Manual waybar-sway-workspaces(5) (NAME) waybar - sway (sway workspaces module) (DESCRIPTION) workspaces Sway . (CONFIGURATION) sway/workspaces all-outputs: : (bool) : false false () . true . format: : (string) : {value} . format-icons: : (array) . icons . disable-scroll: : (bool) : false false . true . reverse-scroll: : (bool) : false false . true . disable-click: : (bool) : false false . true . smooth-scrolling-threshold: : (double) . disable-scroll-wraparound: : (bool) : false false . true . enable-bar-scroll: : (bool) : false false . true . disable-markup: : (bool) : false true pango (escape ). current-only: : (bool) : false true () . persistent-workspaces: : json ( ) : on-update: : (string) . disable-auto-back-and-forth: : (bool) workspace_auto_back_and_forth . true workspace_auto_back_and_forth Sway . alphabetical_sort: : (bool) . "swaymsg workspace prev/next" Waybar . warp-on-scroll: : (bool) : true false (mouse warping) . true . window-rewrite: : (object) (Regex) . . `class<...>` `title<...>` . . Wayland `class` `app_id` X11 `class` . window-rewrite-default: : (string) : "?" . window-rewrite . format-window-separator: : (string) : " " . expand: : (bool) : false . (FORMAT REPLACEMENTS) {value}: sway . {name}: . {icon}: format-icons. {index}: . {output}: . {windows}: window-rewrite (ICONS) format-icons . o default: . o urgent: o focused: o persistent: . o high-priority-named: . (PERSISTENT WORKSPACES) persistent_workspace . . "sway/workspaces": { "persistent-workspaces": { "3": [], // Always show a workspace with name '3', on all outputs if it does not exist "4": ["eDP-1"], // Always show a workspace with name '4', on output 'eDP-1' if it does not exist "5": ["eDP-1", "DP-2"] // Always show a workspace with name '5', on outputs 'eDP-1' and 'DP-2' if it does not exist } } : swaymsg -t get_outputs . (EXAMPLES) "sway/workspaces": { "disable-scroll": true, "all-outputs": true, "format": "{name}: {icon}", "format-icons": { "1": "", "2": "", "3": "", "4": "", "5": "", "high-priority-named": [ "1", "2" ], "urgent": "", "focused": "", "default": "" } } "sway/workspaces": { "format": "{name} {windows}", "format-window-separator": " | ", "window-rewrite-default": "{name}", "window-rewrite": { "class": "", "class": "k", "title<.* - (.*) - VSCodium>": "codium $1" // captures part of the window title and formats it into output } } (Style) o #workspaces button o #workspaces button.visible o #workspaces button.focused o #workspaces button.urgent o #workspaces button.persistent o #workspaces button.empty o #workspaces button.current_output o #workspaces button#sway-workspace-${name} 2026-08-31 waybar-sway-workspaces(5)