DOT-Files/Gentoo/gentooamd/home/user/.tldrc/tldr/pages/common/swaymsg.md

swaymsg

Send messages to a running instance of Sway using IPC. See https://github.com/swaywm/sway/blob/master/sway/sway.5.scd for available commands. More information: https://github.com/swaywm/sway/blob/master/swaymsg/swaymsg.1.scd.

• Run a Sway command:

swaymsg {{command}}

• Display a list of workspaces:

swaymsg {{[-t|--type]}} get_workspaces

• Display a list of input devices:

swaymsg {{[-t|--type]}} get_inputs

• Display a list of output devices:

swaymsg {{[-t|--type]}} get_outputs

• Display a layout tree of all open windows, containers, outputs, and workspaces:

swaymsg {{[-t|--type]}} get_tree