I'm setting up my first Sway desktop on Arch Linux. Sway itself works, and other changes in my copied configuration file take effect, but the window gaps I added don't seem to work. I tried:
#gaps
gaps inner 8px
gaps outer 4px
I expected to see space between tiled windows and around the screen edges, with the desktop wallpaper visible through the gaps. What could be wrong?
1 Answer
The configuration is probably being read, since your other changes work, but try removing the `px` suffix. Sway’s gaps syntax normally uses plain numbers:
`gaps inner 8`
`gaps outer 4`
Make sure these lines are in the active `~/.config/sway/config`, then reload Sway with `$mod+Shift+c` or restart it. Also, gaps only reveal whatever is behind the windows, so you’ll need a working wallpaper process such as `swaybg` if you want to see your wallpaper there.
I copied the default config and other changes are taking effect, so I’ll try the values without `px` and check that my wallpaper is being started by the config.