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hyprctl — Control parts of the Hyprland Wayland compositor. More information: <https://wiki.hypr.land/Configur

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Problem

How to use the hyprctl command: Control parts of the Hyprland Wayland compositor. More information: <https://wiki.hypr.land/Configuring/Using-hyprctl/>.

Solution

hyprctl — Control parts of the Hyprland Wayland compositor. More information: <https://wiki.hypr.land/Configuring/Using-hyprctl/>.

Reload Hyprland configuration:

hyprctl reload

Return the active window name:

hyprctl activewindow

List all connected input devices:

hyprctl devices

List all outputs with respective properties:

hyprctl workspaces

Call a dispatcher:

hyprctl dispatch {{dispatcher}}

Set a configuration keyword dynamically:

hyprctl keyword {{keyword}} {{value}}

Display version:

hyprctl version

Code Snippets

Reload Hyprland configuration

hyprctl reload

Return the active window name

hyprctl activewindow

List all connected input devices

hyprctl devices

List all outputs with respective properties

hyprctl workspaces

Call a dispatcher

hyprctl dispatch {{dispatcher}}

Context

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