# Changelog — KoolDots ## v2.3.22 - Fixed: Kitty font issue - Thank you `@JasonNero` for the fix - Enabled `touch on tablet` in `hypr/configs/SystemSettings.conf` - Updated `copy.sh` to support `ghostty` - The ghostty config directory is now backed up - Restore ghostty config added to restore options - [S3cBar0n](https://github.com/S3cBar0n) updated `WallpaperSelect.sh` - It shows filename for the random image, and current wallpaper - Thanks for support Kooldots! - `SWWW` project is archived moving to `AWWW` - It's feature, syntax compatible - Already has some fixes added - Created a startup script to check for `awww-daemon` or fallback to `swww-daemon` - Suggest everyone remove `swww` and replace with `awww` - This has been done in `NixOS-Hyprland` but you have to update to current build in main branch - FIXED: Long delay updating colors after wallpaper change - Added more app icons for `WaybarWorkspaces` - Emacs - Nautilus - Set new default icon to terminal with red X if no icon is available - Fixed delay is `ScreenShot.sh` script - Removed existing `sleep` commands - Moved audio `Sound.sh` to background - This relates to `pipewire` [issue](https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/pipewire/-/issues/5155) - Fixed delay in `Sounds.sh` - Now uses `paplay` for sounds - Rewrote core logic of `DropDownterminal.sh` - Doesn't use `specialworkspace` anymore - Updates to Hyprland seem to break old logic - The Dropdown would flash on hide - Fixed all float toggle - Old command drepreciated - Replaced with a script `Float-All-Windows.sh` in `Keybinds.conf` file - Fixed Package name for `waybar-weather` - Added `monocle` layout - Experimenting with some additional layerrules - Improving wallpaper based theming - More consistent results - Reducing the time to make change effective - Fixed several waybar style files with inconsitent colors - Updated `ChangeLayout` script for scrolling - Requires Hyprland v0.54+ - Added two keybinds for scrolling layout as a start - SUPERSHIFT + comma swap columns - SUPERSHIFT + period move to next column - SUPERALT + H Horizonal Scrolling - SUPERALT + V Vertical Scrolling - Updated `togglesplit` to `layoutmsg,togglesplit` - Has been depreciated, w/0.54 it's not supported - No errors just doesn't work - Fixed many of the WALLUST based waybars color issues - Foreground/background colors were same light color - Kitty now has a "No color/no theme" option - Updated the Headers in the scripts to: - KoolDots - Added Project name and URL - Added License info GPLv3 to each file also - Added new Rofi themes: - dwm Horizontal (old classic dmenu style) - dwm Vertical (dmenu with small dropdown list) - TokyoNight - Changed `fastfetch` dotfiles name to `KoolDots` - ENVvariables file had both QT5CT and QT6CT variables ` #Added style ENV for kvantum env = QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME,qt6ct env = QT_STYLE_OVERRIDE,kvantum` > Note: Not sure how will this will work as I don't normally use kvantum ## v2.3.21 - Added script from `@ivy` and `@sl1ng` to Toggle audio on active Wundow - `$HOME/.config/hypr/scripts/Toggle-Active-Window-Audio.sh` - Keybind is `SUPER + SHIFT + H` (hush) - Added check for `pactl` otherwise keybind fails silently - Added check for ubunutu v26.04 in startup - For as of yet unknown reason waybar won't startup without this ``` exec-once = /usr/libexec/xdg-desktop-portal-hyprland & exec-once = /usr/libexec/xdg-desktop-portal & exec-once = waybar ``` - Updated `waybar-weather` - Created default files in `.config/waybar-weather` - You can manually override settings or providers - The defaults should work for most users - Added question during install to set `metric` or `imperial` Temp units - Added Menu item is Quick Settings to toggle units - Note: After changing units click on the weather widget to update units - Updated look of `fastfetch` compact config file - Fixed no tooltips when `waybar cava` running - Thank you Max Gangel for the fix! - Added check for `rsync` in `copy.sh` - Fixed two more style sheets with hardcoded colors that broke with global theme - Fixed Window Rules for `zapzap` - Added French Translations - Moved docs to proper i18n locations - Thank you @Loris383v - Fixed `waybar-cava` starting many new processes - When you switched waybarconfigs, old processes remained - This is especially bad with mulitple monitors - New code kills the `waybar-cava` processes on refresh - Fixed setting SDDM/Wallpaper/Waybar defaults on update/installs - Added WindowRule for proton-laucher games - Added WindowRule for CachyOS Kernel Manager - Added WindowRule for CachyOS Hello app - Added WindowRule for CachyOS Package Installer app - Added `Hyprshot` screenshot tool set to region capture - `ALT + S` Saves to clipboard and `~/Pictures/Screenshots/` - Not all keyboards have `PrtScr` button - `hyprshot.sh` is fast, simple, no system bell sound - Fixed start CLI apps from rofi like `htop`, `btop` being started with `xterm` - This made the apps run in light mode with tiny fonts - Now they are started with `kitty` - Added alternative `RainbowBorders-low-cpu.sh` - Based on code from `DemiGoD` - I added variables for finer control - Some tweaks to lower CPU further - Added `-h/--help` - Added `--run-once` to set RainbowBorders but no animation - Added 'TOP-ddubs-simple-bar' - Fixed CSS formatting in `ML4W-Glass.css` - Added keybind for "Static Rainbow border" - Run `RainbowBorders-low-cpu --exec-once` to set the rainbow border w/o animation - Updated `Picture-in-Picture` rule - Works properly with `Brave` and other chromium browsers - Thanks to `Goodborn` for the fix ## v2.3.20 - Bugfix release - Fixed issue with express-update - It bypassed the code to remove duplicates in system vs. user - Now checks for dups in version <= 2.3.19 - Improved the checking code for better matching system vs. User - Merged `tak0dan` update to `Tak0-Autodispatch.sh` script - Removed stale `nvim` config. It was never copied but not needed ## v2.3.19 - 2026-01-20 - Fixed CSS to format the `custom/nightlight` module - Fixed padding on some CSS files - 2026-01-19 - Removed "Set wallpaper SDDM prompt" - When changing wallpaper there is no longer a prompt to set it on SDDM - It's now a menu option under Quick Settings menu `SUPER SHIFT + E` - Fixed `Glass` style sheets - 2026-01-16 - Added `Rainbow Borders sub memu` - Code provided by [brunoorsolon](https://github.com/brunoorsolon) - There are now mulitple modes for the Rainbow Borders feature - `Disabled`, `Wallust Color`, `Rainbow`, `Gradient flow` - Thank you for the submission - Disabled `RainbowBorders.sh` by default - Use the quick setings menu `SUPERSHIFT + E` to enable, select mode - 2026-01-15 - Created waybar configs for ML4W Glass style - `TOP & Bottom Summit - glass` - `Default Laptop - Glass` - `Everforest - Glass` - Fixed menu for express-update - Fixed `Toggle Rainbow` checked for wrong file - 2026-01-13 - Added `Toggle Rainbow borders` option to settings menu - `SUPERSHIFT+E` search for `Rainbow` - It will toggle the current state and run `Refresh.sh` to start or stop - Thanks to @Arkboi for suggesting it. - Later if there are more settings like this I will create a new menu - 2026-01-11 - Improved `ML4W Glass` theme - Now has proper 3d gradient look - Theme based nightlight color - `copy.sh` is now more modular - Helper scripts in `scripts` dir per function - Making `copy.sh` smaller (1200 lines to 800 so far) - Easier to maintain going forward - 2026-01-09 - Fixed: Keybind parser latency - Changed the parsing login to python instead of bash - Also fixed duplicates when you unmap, then remap keybinds - Ex. Change keybind for `file manger` - Both the old and new keybind were show in keybind menu - Added: `--express-update` to `copy.sh` - `./copy.sh --express-update` - This will bypass some of the questions - Updating SDDM wallpaper - Downloading wallpaper from repo - Mostly like that was done at install time or previous upgrade - Restoring User configs : - `Weather.sh` and `Weather.sh` - `Rofibeats.sh` - etc. - Automatically trims the backed up directories leaving just latest backup - This dramatically reduces the time/effort to update dotfiles - Most users don't restore these custom files on upgrades - 2026-01-08 - Fixed: MPRIS artwork in Sway notification center only 10 pixels - Adjusted to 96 pixels - Thank you @godlyfas for fixing this - Fixing scripts - `TouchPad.sh` never expands `$TOUCHPAD_ENABLED` (and doesn’t source the file that defines it) - `Volume.sh` has multiple microphone-control bugs (bad `pamixer` arguments, typoed function name, invalid notification payloads) that break mic toggling and volume feedback. - `DarkLight.sh` wipes the Qt theme paths each run because the `qt5ct/qt6ct` palette variables are commented out. - `KooLsDotsUpdate.sh` contains a malformed `notify-send` string that crashes the script when no local version is detected. - `Distro_update.sh` runs `sudo apt upgrade` outside the kitty window, so the Debian/Ubuntu flow never finishes inside the terminal. - `Hypridle.sh` now launches `hypridle` in the background (`& disown`) when enabling the daemon, preventing the toggle command from hanging Waybar. - `RofiSearch.sh` verifies that `jq` is available, captures the user’s query explicitly, URL-encodes it via `jq` `@uri`, - opens the configured search engine with the encoded query instead of dropping the term. - `Sounds.sh` now tries `pw-play`, then `paplay`, then `aplay`, emitting a clear error if none are installed, so the script no longer calls the non-existent pa-play. - `Tak0-Per-Window-Switch.sh` now records the listener PID in `~/.cache/kb_layout_per_window.listener.pid` and reuses it if still running, preventing multiple background listeners, and reports missing Hyprland sockets without exiting the main script. - `WaybarScripts.sh` adds a `launch_files()` helper that checks `$files` before execution; if unset, it shows a notification instead of running an empty command. - `sddm_wallpaper.sh` validates `~/.config/rofi/wallust/colors-rofi.rasi` before use, extracts colors via a helper, and aborts with a notification if any required colors are missing. - `WallustSwww.sh` now reads the focused monitor’s cache file (or parses swww query per-monitor) to pick the correct wallpaper path - Eliminating the previous “last line wins” bug on multi-monitor setups. - Wallpaper and global theme changes are now dramatically faster - `PortalHyprland.sh` suppresses harmless killall errors and launches only the first available portal binary in each category (hyprland + general) - Avoiding duplicate processes when both `/usr/lib` and `/usr/libexec` variants exist. - `KillActiveProcess.sh` checks that Hyprland returned a numeric PID before calling kill - Notifies the user when no active window is available instead of throwing kill usage errors. - 2026-01-06 - Added Global Theme Changer. - There are many themes to choose from - `SUPER + T` - Added "Glass Style" taken from `ML4W` dotfiles - Thank you [TheAhumMaitra](https://github.com/TheAhumMaitra) - Fixed more WindowRules - Fixed rofi themes to work with Theme changer - Added `ghostty` terminal config file integrated with Themes - `ghostty` is not installed by default - The `COPR` is already there for Fedora - `sudo dnf install ghostty` - The `COPR` repo for `wezterm` is also available - `sudo dnf install wezterm` - A config file is already available when you install it - Most other distros have these terminals in their repo - 2026-01-04 - Fullscreen or maximized would exit using `ALT-TAB` (cycle next/bring-to-front) - User `GoodBorn` found this fix ``` misc { on_focus_under_fullscreen = 1 # 0 - Default, no change # 1 - New focused window takes over fullscreen (Windows-like Alt-Tab) # 2 - New focused window stays behind the fullscreen one } ``` > Note: The above change only works on Hyprland v0.53+. > Users with lower will have to comment that line out. > `~/.config/hypr/UserSettings/SystemSettings.conf` - Added: modal rule so popup diaglog, like `Save as` or `Open File` center and float by default - `windowrule = float on, center on, match:modal:1` - 2026-01-01 - Added more blur and enabled xray - Thank you [TheAhumMaitra](https://github.com/TheAhumMaitra) - 2025-12-31 - Fixed rule for `Gnome Calculator` - Thanks Warlord for finding/fixing that - Fixed rule for `yad` - Size was being overridden by `settings` tag - `~/Pictures` now follows `XDG dir` vs. hard coded - Thanks for Jaël Champagne Gareau for the code - Fixed `opache toggle` - `Weather.py` and `Weather.sh` updated and improved - Thank you Lumethra - Added network check to `WeatherWrap` script - Thank you Maximilian Zhu - Added sample workspace rules to start apps on specific workspaces - They are commented out but serve as references - 2025-12-29 - Fixed pathing in Wallust script - Thank you [Lumethra](https://github.com/Lumethra) — 2025-12-22 - Added: - Optional keybinding to increment/decrement audio in 1% steps vs. 5% - Thanks [rgarofono](https://github.com/rgarofano) for the code - Fixed: - Switch Layout was looking in wrong location - SUPER - J/K not working in both `master` and `dwindle` layouts - You also get notification message on layout change - Thanks [@suresh466](https://github.com/suresh466) for fixing it ## v2.3.18 — 2025-12-10 ## FIXES: - Updated: Made the WindowRules file for 0.53+ the default - There are more distros now running 0.53.1 vs. earlier versions - The older file is still there for those users not yet up to date - Fixed: Opacity for `vscode` configured multiple times - Fixed: Quickshell `overview` not working, error "Quickshell or AGS not installed" - If `shell.qml` exists in `~/.config/quickshell` that blocks overview - That file isn't configured for overview - Without that file, it will look in the `overview` directory and load the QML code - Fixed: Waybar Modules, locale not included in clock format - Always showed US-EN - Thanks to albersonmiranda for finding and fixing it - Fixed: Not all waybars had `custom/nightlight` - Fixed: `Weather.py` cache wasn't updating when UNITS changed from C to F - Fixed: Wallpapers with periods in names truncated - https://github.com/LinuxBeginnings/Hyprland-Dots/pull/873 - Thanks to @godlyfast for the fix. - Fixed: Overview Toggle keyind SUPER + A now properly detects QuickShell - If QS `overview` fails, or is not installed, AGS `overview` will be started instead - Fixed: `Super J/K` cycle next/prev weren't working in both master / dwindle - Fixed: `Weather.py` one-off run - Removed: `Hyprsunset` from status group. - Credit: Alberson Miranda - Added: more application icons for waybars - `Weather.py` basically rewritten to improve look and functionality - Credit: Prabin Panta - The Jak team also heavily contributed to the rewrite - Fixed: Waybar - Changing the waybar config `SUPERALT + B` would sometimes need to be done twice - Cause: options were incorrect annotated with "👉 ${name}" - Fixed: `GameMode.sh` to function consistently - Updated: `WalllustSwww.sh` wallpaper path - Corrected: Typo in Show Open Apps - GameMode.sh / Refresh.sh - Enabling / Disabling repeatedly would result in multiple waybars - Added additional `sleep` commands in `GameMode.sh` and `Refresh.sh` - Resolves [Issue 870](https://github.com/LinuxBeginnings/Hyprland-Dots/issues/870) ## CHANGES: - ChangeLayout.sh continues to rebind dynamically when layouts are toggled. - Credits: [Suresh Thagunna](https://github.com/suresh466) - For identifying the mismatch and proposing an auto-alignment approach. - Startup config order: - load System Defaults Startup_Apps and WindowRules first - Then user overlays, restoring baseline autostarts while keeping user additions. - Lock screen: - Clock now horizontal and smaller - Adjust spacing margines of the various fields - Small changes to color variables Trying to balance colors - Fixed both 1080 and 2K+ configurations - `UserConfigs/Startup_App.conf` is now sourced in `hyprland.conf` - It was being sourced twice - Some scripts weren't executable - `scripts/Battery.sh` - `scripts/ComposeHyprConfigs.sh` - `scripts/OverviewToggle.sh` - `scripts/sddm_wallpaper.sh` - Updated: SWWW to v0.11.2 - Fixes numerous issues - Portrait monitors especially - SWWW isn't being maintained In future will switch to AWWWW - Added: A message before installing wallpapers that some are AI generated or enhanced - Changed: `/usr/bin/bash` to `/usr/bin/evn bash` for better portability - Adjusted: Small change to `DropDownterminal.sh` - Increased top margin % to center it more - Widened it. - These options are settable in the script. ## FEATURES: - Hyprsunset retains last state on/off - Credit: Alberson Miranda - Fastfetch now displays the version of the Jak Dotfiles - `ChangeLayout.sh` - Dynamically binds SUPER J/K based on current layout - Previously only worked in Master Layout - Credit: Suresh Thagunna - Along with that `KeybindsLayoutInit` script reads current default layout - Then it adjusts the SUPER J/K keybindings appropriately - RofiBeats dynamic music system added - Binds now include descriptions. - Switched from `bind` to `bindd` - Improves usability of keybind search - Add new laptop gesture for zoom system. Thanks to everyone that contributed, or reported issues. Contributors: Alberson Miranda TheAhumMaitra Prabin Panta Suresh Thagunna @goldlyfast ## October 2025 ### ⌨️ Keybinds - Convert Hyprland keybinds to description form (`bindd`, `bindld`, `binded`, `bindmd`, `bindlnd`) in `config/hypr/...`. - Add concise descriptions for each keybind; keep the name "powermenu". - Update `config/hypr/scripts/KeyBinds.sh` to parse and display descriptions as: MODS+KEY — DESCRIPTION — DISPATCHER [PARAMS]. ### 🐛 Fixes - Updated `/bin/bash` to `/usr/bin/env bash` - Correct `windowrule` syntax error. - Ensure wallpaper selector applies wallpaper to SDDM. - Update theme colors when a new wallpaper is selected. ### 🖥️ Jak dotfiles version now in `fastfetch` output. ### 🌦️ Weather.py Key Changes: - 2nd Weather.py Update by prabinpanta0 - ♻️ Substantial rewrite. - ✨ New unified weather entrypoint (weatherWrap.sh) - With Python-first execution - 🔒 Automatic weather updates before screen lock - 🚀 Weather cache initialization at session startup - 🛡️ Enhanced error handling and fallback mechanisms - 📍 Automatic location detection via IP geolocation - 🎨 Improved weather condition mapping and JSON output ### 🖥️ Support for debian and ubuntu installs - Providing they are using Hyprland 0.51.1 or greater ### 🖥️ Drop-down terminal - 🔧 Start on login via `TerminalDropDown.sh` so first invocation works. - 🐱 Use Kitty explicitly instead of `$TERM` for consistent behavior. ### 🌇 HyprSunset - 🔧 Availble from waybar or`SUPER + N` ### 🖱️ Gestures - 🔧 Updated to accommodate Hyprland 0.5x changes. ### 👥 Contributors - [prabinpanta0](https://github.com/prabinpanta0) - [CharlyMH](https://github.com/CharlyMH) - [ndeekshith](https://github.com/ndeekshith) - [SherLock707](https://github.com/SherLock707) - [SVIGHNESH](https://github.com/SVIGHNESH) If you have any questions, feel free to contact via [GitHub Discussions](https://github.com/LinuxBeginnings/Hyprland-Dots/discussions) or [Through Discord Server](https://discord.gg/kool-tech-world)