What dock do you use in Wayland?
from plasticcheese@lemmy.one to linux@lemmy.ml on 29 Nov 2023 18:00
https://lemmy.one/post/7395685

I moved over to Wayland full time a couple of weeks ago (using KDE on Arch). I have finally rid myself of any X11 hangups apart from one. Latte will NOT respect my primary screen when changing monitor arrangement (ie. turning my projector on and off) and seems to randomly pick a screen to call the primary.

Soooo, as I’m considering a change…what dock in Wayland works for you? Is there anything as good as Latte in X11?

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callyral@pawb.social on 29 Nov 2023 18:44 next collapse

Not a Plasma user (I use Sway), my preferred bar is Waybar since it’s very customizable with CSS

CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml on 29 Nov 2023 19:05 next collapse

I haven’t found anything I like as much as Latte Dock yet, but it refuses to work on my system these days and it doesn’t seem like anyone wants to fork it and fix it up so I’m just back to the built-in KDE docks & panels these days TBH.

Max_P@lemmy.max-p.me on 29 Nov 2023 21:04 next collapse

Maybe you can set up a KWin window rule to force Latte to be where you want it to be?

Not that Plasma panels work that much better than Latte in that regard, they still sometimes shift monitors just because something is plugged in (not even enabled, just plugged in!)

I really wish we could pin things to the exact monitor via its physical port location or serial number or something from EDID.

plasticcheese@lemmy.one on 29 Nov 2023 23:40 collapse

Thanks for the suggestion. This does work. You can force the dock to a specific screen, but then it doesn’t autohide (dodge) as it still thinks the other random screen is the primary and only triggers off that. Still, this may be the answer if nobody can suggest an alternative.

Pantherina@feddit.de on 30 Nov 2023 00:07 next collapse

the KDE native Dock is the only good working one I think. Will get way more dock-ey in Plasma 6

WeLoveCastingSpellz@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 30 Nov 2023 04:40 next collapse

I use a kde pannel with auto hide

possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip on 30 Nov 2023 05:04 next collapse

What’s your desktop?

plasticcheese@lemmy.one on 30 Nov 2023 12:36 collapse

KDE Plasma

possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip on 30 Nov 2023 19:21 collapse

I’m not a plasma user but I’m pretty sure plasma has a built in dock****

theshatterstone54@feddit.uk on 30 Nov 2023 08:22 next collapse

I’m on Hyprland and I use Waybar because it’s the best

b9chomps@beehaw.org on 30 Nov 2023 09:28 next collapse

I use scripts that change my display setup (xrandr), the active latte profile and my audio output.

The command to switch the latte profile

qdbus org.kde.lattedock /Latte org.kde.LatteDock.switchToLayout Monitors

You can just create a profile for every scenario once and switch between them.

plasticcheese@lemmy.one on 30 Nov 2023 12:39 next collapse

Not seen this before, I’ll give it a go. Thanks for the suggestion.

jlow@beehaw.org on 30 Nov 2023 21:31 collapse

Does xrandr work on Wayland? I thought it was an X11 tool. That would be so cool, I use it to change the brightness on my laptop’s monitor when KDE’s gui thing stops working (after sleep, I think). I think I looked for a replacement for Wayland but did not find anything a while back

b9chomps@beehaw.org on 01 Dec 2023 05:40 collapse

Only the KDE/latte part of my script was relevant to the topic. Xrandr is X11

jlow@beehaw.org on 01 Dec 2023 06:22 collapse

Ah, ok. Thanks for the clarification ^__^

PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca on 30 Nov 2023 14:52 next collapse

Use an auto-hiding panel instead and add a taskbar so that your running programs are there. I use that with KDE Wayland and it works well and is highly customizable.

hellvolution@lemmygrad.ml on 30 Nov 2023 20:02 collapse

No Wayland please, k, thx, bye!