SwayNotificationCenter
======================
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A simple notification daemon with a GTK gui for notifications and the control center
*Note: SwayNotificationCenter only supports Desktops / Window Managers that
support `wlr_layer_shell_unstable_v1` like Sway or anything wlroots based*
*Note 2: SwayNotificationCenter does not support third-party GTK3 themes and is
only tested with the default GTK **Adwaita** theme. Usage of any third-party
theme might require extra tweaks to the default CSS style file*
## Demo
https://github.com/ErikReider/SwayNotificationCenter/assets/35975961/93ff072f-e653-4064-8200-1c90590b83ef
Table of Contents
=================
* [Want to show off your sick config?](#want-to-show-off-your-sick-config)
* [Features](#features)
* [Available Widgets](#available-widgets)
* [Planned Features](#planned-features)
* [Install](#install)
* [Arch](#arch)
* [Fedora](#fedora)
* [Fedora Silverblue (and other rpm-ostree variants)](#fedora-silverblue-and-other-rpm-ostree-variants)
* [Gentoo](#gentoo)
* [OpenSUSE Tumbleweed](#opensuse-tumbleweed)
* [Ubuntu](#ubuntu)
* [Debian](#debian)
* [Guix](#guix)
* [rde](#rde)
* [Other](#other)
* [Sway Usage](#sway-usage)
* [Run](#run)
* [Control Center Shortcuts](#control-center-shortcuts)
* [Configuring](#configuring)
* [Toggle Buttons](#toggle-buttons)
* [Notification Inhibition](#notification-inhibition)
* [Scripting](#scripting)
* [Disable scripting](#disable-scripting)
* [i3status-rs Example](#i3status-rs-example)
* [Waybar Example](#waybar-example)
## Want to show off your sick config?
Post your setup here: [Config flex 💪](https://github.com/ErikReider/SwayNotificationCenter/discussions/183)
## Features
- Grouped notifications
- Keyboard shortcuts
- Notification body markup with image support
- Inline replies
- A panel to view previous notifications
- Show album art for notifications like Spotify
- Do not disturb
- Inhibiting notifications through DBUS or client
- Restores previous Do not disturb value after restart
- Click notification to execute default action
- Show alternative notification actions
- Copy detected 2FA codes to clipboard
- Customization through a CSS file
- Trackpad/mouse gesture to close notification
- The same features as any other basic notification daemon
- Basic configuration through a JSON config file
- Hot-reload config through `swaync-client`
- Customizable widgets
## Available Widgets
These widgets can be customized, added, removed and even reordered
- Title
- Do Not Disturb
- Notifications (Will always be visible)
- Label
- Mpris (Media player controls for Spotify, Firefox, Chrome, etc...)
- Menubar with dropdown and buttons
- Button grid
- Volume slider using PulseAudio
- Backlight slider
## Planned Features
- Slick animations 😎
- Other build scripts than a PKGBUILD (debian and/or RHEL systems)
## Install
### Arch
The package is available on the AUR:
- [swaync](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/swaync/)
- [swaync-git](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/swaync-git/)
### Fedora
The package is available on COPR:
```zsh
dnf copr enable erikreider/SwayNotificationCenter
dnf install SwayNotificationCenter
```
### Fedora Silverblue (and other rpm-ostree variants)
The package can be layered over the base image after adding the Copr repo as an ostree repo:
```zsh
sudo curl -sL -o /etc/yum.repos.d/_copr:copr.fedorainfracloud.org:erikreider:SwayNotificationCenter.repo https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/erikreider/SwayNotificationCenter/repo/fedora-$(rpm -E %fedora)/erikreider-SwayNotificationCenter-fedora-$(rpm -E %fedora).repo
rpm-ostree install SwayNotificationCenter
```
### Gentoo
An **unofficial** ebuild is available in [GURU](https://github.com/gentoo/guru)
```zsh
eselect repository enable guru
emaint sync -r guru
emerge --ask gui-apps/swaync
```
### OpenSUSE Tumbleweed
```zsh
sudo zypper install SwayNotificationCenter
```
### Ubuntu
Lunar and later:
```
sudo apt install sway-notification-center
```
### Debian
Bookworm and later:
```
sudo apt install sway-notification-center
```
### Guix
The simplest way is to install it to user's profile:
```
guix install swaynotificationcenter
```
But we recommend to use [Guix Home](https://guix.gnu.org/manual/devel/en/html_node/Home-Configuration.html) to manage packages and their configurations declaratively.
### rde
```
(use-modules (rde features wm))
;; Include the following code into the list of your rde features:
(feature-swaynotificationcenter)
```
### Other
#### Dependencies
- `vala >= 0.56`
- `meson`
- `git`
- `scdoc`
- `sassc`
- `gtk3`
- `gtk-layer-shell`
- `dbus`
- `glib2`
- `gobject-introspection`
- `libgee`
- `json-glib`
- `libhandy`
- `gvfs`
- `granite`
##### Optional Dependencies
- `libpulse` (requires meson build options change)
- `libnotify`
```zsh
meson build --prefix=/usr
ninja -C build
meson install -C build
```
## Sway Usage
```ini
# Notification Daemon
exec swaync
# Toggle control center
bindsym $mod+Shift+n exec swaync-client -t -sw
```
## Run
To start the daemon (remember to kill any other notification daemon before running)
```zsh
./build/src/swaync
```
To toggle the panel
```zsh
./build/src/swaync-client -t
```
To reload the config
```zsh
./build/src/swaync-client -R
```
To reload css after changes
```zsh
./build/src/swaync-client -rs
```
## Control Center Shortcuts
- Up/Down: Navigate notifications
- Home: Navigate to the latest notification
- End: Navigate to the oldest notification
- Escape/Caps_Lock: Close notification panel
- Return: Execute default action or close notification if none
- Delete/BackSpace: Close notification
- Shift+C: Close all notifications
- Shift+D: Toggle Do Not Disturb
- Buttons 1-9: Execute alternative actions
- Left click button / actions: Activate notification action
- Right click notification: Close notification
## Configuring
The main config file is located in `/etc/xdg/swaync/config.json`. Copy it over
to your `.config/swaync/` folder to customize without needing root access.
See `swaync(5)` man page for more information
To reload the config, you'll need to run `swaync-client --reload-config`
The main CSS style file is located in `/etc/xdg/swaync/style.css`. Copy it over
to your `~/.config/swaync/` folder to customize without needing root access. For
more advanced/larger themes, I recommend that you use the SCSS files from source
and customize them instead. To use the SCSS files, compile with `sassc`.
**Tip**: running swaync with `GTK_DEBUG=interactive swaync` will open a inspector
window that'll allow you to see all of the CSS classes + other information.
## Toggle Buttons
To add toggle buttons to your control center you can set the "type" in any acton to "toggle".
The toggle button supports different commands depending on the state of the button and
an "update-command" to update the state in case of changes from outside swaync. The update-command
is called every time the control center is opened.
The active toggle button also gains the css-class ".toggle:checked"
`config.json` example:
```json
{
"buttons-grid": { // also works with actions in menubar widget
"actions": [
{
"label": "WiFi",
"type": "toggle",
"active": true,
"command": "sh -c '[[ $SWAYNC_TOGGLE_STATE == true ]] && nmcli radio wifi on || nmcli radio wifi off'",
"update-command": "sh -c '[[ $(nmcli radio wifi) == \"enabled\" ]] && echo true || echo false'"
}
]
}
}
```
## Notification Inhibition
Notifications can be inhibited through the provided `swaync-client` executable
or through the DBus interface `org.erikreider.swaync.cc`.
Here's an example of notification inhibition while screen sharing through
`xdg-desktop-portal-wlr`
```conf
# xdg-desktop-portal-wlr config
[screencast]
exec_before=swaync-client --inhibitor-add "xdg-desktop-portal-wlr"
exec_after=swaync-client --inhibitor-remove "xdg-desktop-portal-wlr"
```
## Scripting
Scripting rules and logic:
. Only one script can be fired per notification
. Each script requires `exec` and at least one of the other properties
. All listed properties must match the notification for the script to be ran
. If any of the properties doesn't match, the script will be skipped
. If a notification doesn't include one of the properties, that property will
be skipped
· If a script has `run-on` set to `action`, the script will only run when an
action is taken on the notification
More information can be found in the `swaync(5)` man page
Notification information can be printed into a terminal by running
`G_MESSAGES_DEBUG=all swaync` (when a notification appears).
Config properties:
```json
{
"scripts": {
"example-script": {
"exec": "Your shell command or script here...",
"app-name": "Notification app-name Regex",
"summary": "Notification summary Regex",
"body": "Notification body Regex",
"urgency": "Low or Normal or Critical",
"category": "Notification category Regex"
}
}
other non scripting properties...
}
```
`config.json` example:
```json
{
"scripts": {
// This script will only run when Spotify sends a notification containing
// that exact summary and body
"example-script": {
"exec": "/path/to/myRickRollScript.sh",
"app-name": "Spotify"
"summary": "Never Gonna Give You Up",
"body": "Rick Astley - Whenever You Need Somebody"
}
}
other non scripting properties...
}
```
### Disable scripting
To completely disable scripting, the project needs to be built like so:
```zsh
meson build -Dscripting=false
ninja -C build
meson install -C build
```
## i3status-rs Example
> **Note** Ths requires i3status-rs version 0.31.0+
i3status-rs config
```toml
[[block]]
block = "notify"
format = " $icon {($notification_count.eng(w:1)) |}"
driver = "swaync"
[[block.click]]
button = "left"
action = "show"
[[block.click]]
button = "right"
action = "toggle_paused"
```
## Waybar Example
This example requires `NotoSansMono Nerd Font` to get the icons looking right
Waybar config
```json
"custom/notification": {
"tooltip": false,
"format": "{icon}",
"format-icons": {
"notification": "",
"none": "ï‚¢",
"dnd-notification": "",
"dnd-none": "",
"inhibited-notification": "",
"inhibited-none": "ï‚¢",
"dnd-inhibited-notification": "",
"dnd-inhibited-none": ""
},
"return-type": "json",
"exec-if": "which swaync-client",
"exec": "swaync-client -swb",
"on-click": "swaync-client -t -sw",
"on-click-right": "swaync-client -d -sw",
"escape": true
},
```
Waybar css file
```css
#custom-notification {
font-family: "NotoSansMono Nerd Font";
}
```
Alternatively, the number of notifications can be shown by adding `{}` anywhere in the `format` field in the Waybar config
```json
"custom/notification": {
"format": "{} {icon}",
...
},
```