Niri Window manager support

[Spider1x0]

Description

Yeah i'm probably one of the two users that use niri Window manager around here but are there any plans to support this window manager ?

Affected Desktop Environments

Linux, Any other Wayland-based environment, Other (specify below)

Additional Information

Niri window manager

[Schneegans]

Hi there! Thanks for the suggestion. I personally do not have any plans, but if anybody wants to do this, go ahead! If Niri offers the required functionality somehow, writing the backend code will be easy.

You only have to implement a Niri-specific backend. This backend must be able to do the following things:

• Return the current pointer position (even if Kando does not have focus).
• Return the title of the currently focused window.
• Return the name of the currently focused app.
• Warp the mouse pointer to a given coordinate.
• Simulate key presses.
• Bind and unbind global shortcuts.

On Hyprland, there is the hyprctl tool which allows for most of this. If Niri as APIs to do this, writing a custom backend will be very easy.