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

swaylock

Screen locking utility for Wayland compositors. More information: https://manned.org/swaylock.

• Lock the screen using the config in $HOME/.swaylock/config or $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/swaylock/config:

swaylock

• Lock the screen with a simple color background (rrggbb format):

swaylock {{[-c|--color]}} {{0000ff}}

• Lock the screen with a background image:

swaylock {{[-i|--image]}} {{path/to/image}}

• Lock the screen and disable the unlock indicator (removes feedback on keypress):

swaylock {{[-u|--no-unlock-indicator]}}

• Detach from the controlling terminal after locking (like i3lock):

swaylock {{[-f|--daemonize]}}

• Lock the screen with a background image tiled over all monitors:

swaylock {{[-i|--image]}} {{path/to/image}} {{[-t|--tiling]}}

• Lock the screen and show the number of failed login attempts:

swaylock {{[-F|--show-failed-attempts]}}

• Load the configuration from a specific file:

swaylock {{[-C|--config]}} {{path/to/config}}