XFCE4 and Wayfire

k3dAR · 2024-12-30 17:14:38

my commissioning of Wayfire (Xubuntu 24.04 with XubuntuDev Experimental PPA) be simple as:
- cp -a /usr/share/doc/wayfire/examples/wayfire.ini ~/.config/ and put "session = xfce4-session" to [autostart] section
- duplicate of /usr/share/wayland-sessions/xfce-wayland.desktop file with "Exec = startxfce4 --wayland wayfire"

and many hours of tunning wayfire.ini and finding x11=>wayland/wayfire alternatives :-) what would i poke out for random passersby:
- for day/night colors, if wlsunset not work for you (as for me smile try gammastep, which is Redshift fork for Wayland

- if use QOwnNotes and crash, remove GlobalShortcuts section from ~/.config/PBE/QOwnNotes.conf

- as alternative for Xfce4-Clipman (don't have focus, so not usable with keyboard shortcut) you can try clipman or cliphist with combination of fuzzel, wofi or rofi(wayland fork) for menu

- to disable decoration for specific window and/or for maximized window - to wayfire.ini section [decoration] add:
ignore_views = (title contains "QOwnNotes" | maximized is true)

- for VNC server - wayvnc

- for Signal (maybe for others Electron apps?) run as Wayland not X11 app, run with parameters: --ozone-platform=wayland --enable-features-WaylandWindowDecorations

- to enable filtering in Wayfire Scale switcher put scale-title-filter to plugin variable in wayfire.ini [core] section, because in wayfire wiki is this not documented, for options to [scale-title-filter] section look at /usr/share/wayfire/metadata/scale-title-filter.xml

But i have still some unresolved problem:
1. running xfce4-popup-* via hotkey show, but don't get focus (and don't switchtable using alt+tab) so is not usable for keyboard, only using "mouse"
- is any workaround? or must wait if devs fixing it? :-) EDIT: Working fine with wayfire >=0.9.0

2. Flameshot don't work, although i found&try many tips for fixing it on Wayland with set different env vars
- have anyone working it on Xfce@Wayland (Wayfire, Labwc or anything, but with Xfce) ?

Last edited by k3dAR (2024-12-31 05:43:24)

ToZ · 2024-12-30 20:53:12

k3dAR wrote:

1. running xfce4-popup-* via hotkey show, but don't get focus (and don't switchtable using alt+tab) so is not usable for keyboard, only using "mouse"
- is any workaround? or must wait if devs fixing it? :-)

Which popup are you running. With xfce4-popup-applicationsmenu it works for me on wayfire. I can use the keyboard keys to go through the menus.

2. Flameshot don't work, although i found&try many tips for fixing it on Wayland with set different env vars
- have anyone working it on Xfce@Wayland (Wayfire, Labwc or anything, but with Xfce) ?

I'm not sure about flameshot, but xfce4-screenshooter works. flameshot has a page dedicated to wayland that might be helpful.

I'm running Xfce on wayfire.

k3dAR · 2024-12-30 22:50:57

1) i have problem with all xfce4-popup-* but primary i want my "custom" for open launcher icon-group on panel :-) which is duplicate of xfce4-popup-applicationsmenu but run "/usr/bin/xfce4-panel --plugin-event=launcher:popup:bool:$ATPOINTER"...
anyway as write me Tamaranch already, problem be in my wayfire 0.8 in Xubuntu 24.04, right now i finish instalation of Arch in virtual for check :-)

2) yes info on this link i already check&try (although be primary for Gnome and KDE), also i try from this dedicated docs for wlroots, and many other tips from different flameshot&wayland issues, but i still hope someone have working it on Xfce :-) xfce4-screenshoter i (on X11) use, for Screen/Windows/Selection to file or Open in GIMP and love it, but Flameshot when need simple anotation, now xfce4-screnshoter on Wayland work for me but only for Screen (Windows and Selection is grayed out)

Added later 6 h 49 min 23 s:
1) confirmed, in Arch with wayfire 0.9 all xfce4-popup-* have focus and working :-)

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XFCE4 and Wayfire

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Re: XFCE4 and Wayfire

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