SwayFX
SwayFX is Kira's second-choice desktop environment: a tiling Wayland compositor built on Sway, with added visual effects like blur, rounded corners, and shadows.
Installing
sh
flux install kira-desktop-swayfxThis registers SwayFX as an available session at the greeter, alongside anything else you have installed.
Component stack
| Role | Tool |
|---|---|
| Compositor | SwayFX |
| Status bar | eww |
| Launcher | fuzzel |
| Notifications | Mako |
| Lock screen | swaylock-effects |
| Terminal | foot |
| GUI file manager | PCManFM-Qt |
| Audio | pipewire and wireplumber |
| Screenshots | Flameshot |
Configuration
SwayFX reads its configuration from ~/.config/sway/config, plain text and meant to be edited directly. Kira's defaults:
- Modifier key:
Mod4(the Super key). - Gaps: 4px inner, 8px outer.
- Borders: 2px, no titlebar.
- Corner radius: 8px, with blur and shadow effects enabled.
- XWayland: disabled by default. Enable it in the config if you need it for a specific application.
Default keybindings
| Action | Binding |
|---|---|
| Terminal | Ctrl+Alt+T |
| Launcher | $mod+d |
| Run command | $mod+r |
| File manager | $mod+e |
| Kill window | $mod+q |
| Fullscreen | $mod+f |
| Split horizontal | $mod+h |
| Split vertical | $mod+v |
| Toggle floating | $mod+Shift+Space |
| Focus up / left / down / right | $mod+i / $mod+j / $mod+k / $mod+l |
| Move window | $mod+arrows |
| Workspaces 1 through 10 | $mod+1 through $mod+0 |
| Move window to workspace | $mod+Shift+1 through $mod+Shift+0 |
| Next / previous workspace | $mod+Alt+Left / $mod+Alt+Right, or $mod+Scroll |
| Screenshot | Print, or $mod+Shift+S |
| Lock screen | $mod+Shift+L |
| Reload configuration | $mod+Shift+R |
$mod refers to whatever modifier key is set in your config, Mod4 by default.
Where to go next
- Desktop Overview, for how SwayFX fits alongside Sleex.
- Sleex, the primary desktop.