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LittleSandra

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Registered: 2021-01-25

Posts: 86

[Solved] How to disable monitor in Sway/Wayland?

Dear all

If I do this in Sway

bindsym $mod+m exec wlr-randr --output HDMI-A-2 --on && wlr-randr --output eDP-1 --off
bindsym $mod+Shift+m exec  wlr-randr --output eDP-1 --on && wlr-randr --output HDMI-A-2 --off

then it turns the desired monitor off, but doesn't disable/remove it. I can see this as the mouse can continue into nothing when I move it to the right border. Here I would have expected it to meet a hard border, so the pointer also is on the screen.

Does anyone know how to remove/disable a monitor in Sway?

Hugs,
Sandra

Last edited by LittleSandra (2023-03-13 07:38:27)

szlig

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Registered: 2023-03-12

Posts: 1

Re: [Solved] How to disable monitor in Sway/Wayland?

Hi Sandra,

is there a reason why you use wlr-randr?

You can use this:

bindsym $mod+m output "HDMI-A-2" enable ; output "eDP-1" disable

Or you can use toggle instead of enable/disable, so you don't have to use different shortcuts. More information about this in the sway-output manpage.

LittleSandra

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Registered: 2021-01-25

Posts: 86

Re: [Solved] How to disable monitor in Sway/Wayland?

Hi Sandra,

is there a reason why you use wlr-randr?

You can use this:

bindsym $mod+m output "HDMI-A-2" enable ; output "eDP-1" disable

Or you can use toggle instead of enable/disable, so you don't have to use different shortcuts. More information about this in the sway-output manpage.

Dear szlig

What a great solution!

bindsym $mod+m output "HDMI-A-2" toggle ; output "eDP-1" toggle

made the screens flash and then it enabled both. But just using enable/disable worked perfectly

Thanks