waybar-hyprland-workspaces(5) File Formats Manual waybar-hyprland-workspaces(5)

waybar - hyprland workspaces module

The workspaces module displays the currently used workspaces in hyprland compositor.

Addressed by hyprland/workspaces

format:
typeof: string
default: {id}
The format, how information should be displayed.

format-icons:
typeof: array
Based on the workspace ID and state, the corresponding icon gets selected. See icons.

window-rewrite:
typeof: object
Regex rules to map window class to an icon or preferred method of representation for a workspace's window.

Keys are the rules, while the values are the methods of representation. Values may use the placeholders {class} and {title} to use the window's original class and/or title respectively. Rules may specify `class<...>`, `title<...>`, or both in order to fine-tune the matching. You may assign an empty value to a rule to have it ignored from generating any representation in workspaces.

window-rewrite-default:

typeof: string
default: "?"
The default method of representation for a workspace's window. This will be used for windows whose classes do not match any of the rules in window-rewrite.

format-window-separator:
typeof: string
default: " "
The separator to be used between windows in a workspace.

show-special:
typeof: bool
default: false
If set to true, special workspaces will be shown.

special-visible-only:
typeof: bool
default: false
If this and show-special are to true, special workspaces will be shown only if visible.

persistent-only:
typeof: bool
default: false
If set to true, only persistent workspaces will be shown on bar.

all-outputs:
typeof: bool
default: false
If set to false workspaces group will be shown only in assigned output. Otherwise, all workspace groups are shown.

active-only:
typeof: bool
default: false
If set to true, only the active workspace will be shown.

move-to-monitor:
typeof: bool
default: false
If set to true, open the workspace on the current monitor when clicking on a workspace button.

Otherwise, the workspace will open on the monitor where it was previously assigned. Analog to using `focusworkspaceoncurrentmonitor` dispatcher instead of `workspace` in Hyprland.

ignore-workspaces:
typeof: array
default: []
Regexes to match against workspaces names. If there's a match, the workspace will not be shown. This takes precedence over show-special, all-outputs, and active-only.

sort-by:
typeof: string
default: "default"
If set to number, workspaces will sort by number.

If set to name, workspaces will sort by name. If set to id, workspaces will sort by id. If set to special-centered, workspaces will sort by default with special workspaces in the center. If none of those, workspaces will sort with default behavior.

expand:
typeof: bool
default: false
Enables this module to consume all left over space dynamically.

{id}: id of workspace assigned by compositor

{name}: workspace name assigned by compositor

{icon}: Icon, as defined in format-icons.

Additional to workspace name matching, the following format-icons can be set.

  • default: Will be shown, when no string match is found and none of the below conditions have defined icons.
  • active: Will be shown, when workspace is active
  • special: Will be shown on non-active special workspaces
  • empty: Will be shown on non-active, non-special empty persistent workspaces
  • visible: Will be shown on workspaces that are visible but not active. For example: this is useful if you want your visible workspaces on other monitors to have the same look as active.
  • persistent: Will be shown on non-empty persistent workspaces

"hyprland/workspaces": {
	"format": "{name}: {icon}",
	"format-icons": {
		"1": "",
		"2": "",
		"3": "",
		"4": "",
		"5": "",
		"active": "",
		"default": ""
	},
	"persistent-workspaces": {
		"*": 5, // 5 workspaces by default on every monitor
		"HDMI-A-1": 3 // but only three on HDMI-A-1
	}
}
"hyprland/workspaces": {
	"format": "{name}: {icon}",
	"format-icons": {
		"1": "",
		"2": "",
		"3": "",
		"4": "",
		"5": "",
		"active": "",
		"default": ""
	},
	"persistent-workspaces": {
		"*": [ 2,3,4,5 ], // 2-5 on every monitor
		"HDMI-A-1": [ 1 ] // but only workspace 1 on HDMI-A-1
	}
}
"hyprland/workspaces": {
	"format": "{name}n{windows}",
	"format-window-separator": "n",
	"window-rewrite-default": "",
	"window-rewrite": {
		"title<.*youtube.*>": "", // Windows whose titles contain "youtube"
		"class<firefox>": "", // Windows whose classes are "firefox"
		"class<firefox> title<.*github.*>": "", // Windows whose class is "firefox" and title contains "github". Note that "class" always comes first.
		"foot": "", // Windows that contain "foot" in either class or title. For optimization reasons, it will only match against a title if at least one other window explicitly matches against a title.
		"code": "󰨞",
		"title<.* - (.*) - VSCodium>": "codium $1"  // captures part of the window title and formats it into output
	}
}
"hyprland/workspaces": {
	// Formatting omitted for brevity
	"ignore-workspaces": [
		"(special:)?chrome-sharing-indicator"
	]
}

  • #workspaces
  • #workspaces button
  • #workspaces button.active
  • #workspaces button.empty
  • #workspaces button.visible
  • #workspaces button.persistent
  • #workspaces button.special
  • #workspaces button.urgent
  • #workspaces button.hosting-monitor (gets applied if workspace-monitor == waybar-monitor)
2025-06-29