Sway: Compositor Effects

[Olie440]

This issue was raised two years ago before Sway came with a compositor: https://github.com/swaywm/sway/issues/453.

Are there any plans to implement any compositor effects similar to what Compton has for X?
The main ones i'd like to see are:

• Fading between work-spaces
• Shadows
• Opacity

[emersion]

before Sway came with a compositor

Sway has always been a Wayland compositor. Things work differently on X11 and on Wayland.

Sway has the roles of a X11 server + X11 WM + X11 compositor.

Are there any plans to implement any compositor effects similar to what Compton has for X?

No, sorry, this isn't planned.

However, you can already set a window's opacity with the opacity command. See contrib/inactive-windows-transparency.py for example usage.

If you want effects, other compositors might suit you better (e.g. https://github.com/WayfireWM/wayfire).

[Olie440]

Does Sway work with other Compositors? (ie. Serving just the roles of X11 server + X11 WM).
I like Sways layout and ability to have config be ported from i3, but I also want to be able to have a fading effect and shadows.
I imagine most users coming from i3 would feel the same.

[emersion]

Does Sway work with other Compositors? (ie. Serving just the roles of X11 server + X11 WM).

No, you can't use sway and another compositor at the same time.

[Olie440]

Ok thank you for the information.