Sway Display Switch

A GUI for toggling Sway outputs.

Controls

Left: Left arrow, A or H
Right: Right arrow, D orL
Toggle: Enter or Space
Exit: Escape or Q

Build

cmake --preset release

cmake --build build-release

Best used when bound to a key in your Sway config:

bindsym exec $mod+<key> sway_display_switch

Dependencies

All dependencies will be automatically installed via vcpkg.

• SDL3
• nlohmann_json
• Fontconfig

Two SVG icons from Google Fonts are already embedded in src/ui/Icons.h as strings.

• Monitor icon
• Laptop icon

References

• https://man.archlinux.org/man/sway-ipc.7.en