sway-output(5) File Formats Manual sway-output(5) (NAME) sway-output - sway (DESCRIPTION) : output HDMI-A-1 mode 1920x1080 pos 1920 0 bg ~/wallpaper.png stretch swaymsg -t get_outputs . "*" . "-" "--" . . swaymsg -t get_outputs . . : output "Some Company ABC123 0x00000000" pos 1920 0 (COMMANDS) output mode|resolution|res [--custom] x[@Hz] . ( ) . swaymsg -t get_outputs . --custom . . : output HDMI-A-1 mode 1920x1080 output HDMI-A-1 mode 1920x1080@60Hz output modeline (modeline) . cvt(1) gtf(1) . xorg.conf(5) . DRM . : output HDMI-A-1 modeline 173.00 1920 2048 2248 2576 1080 1083 1088 1120 -hsync +vsync output position|pos . . (scaling) . . . : output HDMI1 scale 2 output HDMI1 pos 0 1020 res 3200x1800 output eDP1 pos 1600 0 res 1920x1080 (x-pos) eDP1 1600 = 3200/2 (y-pos) 1020 + (1800 / 2) = 1920 = 0 + 1920 output scale factor . . . HiDPI Xwayland ( ). . output scale_filter linear|nearest|smart (lo-dpi) (hi-dpi). (linear) (nearest ) . "smart" nearest linear . "smart" . output subpixel rgb|bgr|vrgb|vbgr|none (subpixel hinting) . . . . swaymsg . output background|bg [] ( "stretch" "fill" "fit" "center" "tile") . (fallback color) . fallback_color #RRGGBB . . output background|bg solid_color . color #RRGGBB . . output transform [clockwise|anticlockwise] . "90" "180" "270" "flipped" "flipped-90" "flipped-180" "flipped-270" (flip) "normal" . . (clockwise anticlockwise) ( ). output disable|enable ( ). power . output toggle ( ). output power on|off|toggle . enable disable . output dpms on|off|toggle . power. output max_render_time off| sway . sway . off sway . max_render_time sway(5) . : 1. (full- screen) glxgears . 2. max_render_time 1 . 1 . Wayland DRM . output adaptive_sync on|off|toggle ( Variable Refresh Rate FreeSync/G-Sync ) . . . output render_bit_depth 6|8|10 . . . . : / . . output color_profile [--device-primaries] gamma22|srgb . gamma22 . --device-primaries ( EDID ). Vulkan . HDR . output color_profile icc . ICC . Vulkan . . . HDR . output allow_tearing yes|no (screen tearing) (immediate page flips) . . (VSync) . max_render_time off . . . allow_tearing sway(5) . . . output hdr on|off|toggle HDR ( High Dynamic Range) . HDR . HDR BT2020 PQ . HDR render_bit_depth . (color banding artifacts) . HDR . (SEE ALSO) sway(5) sway-input(5) 2026-06-23 sway-output(5)