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River WM switching Tags (isaacfreund.com)
submitted 5 days ago by Samsy@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

After switching from hyprland to sway and niri I found my now favorite: river wm. Because simple and fast as hell. But what grinds my gears is the missing opportunity to switch through workspaces (river calls them tags). Mod4+Tab for endless rushing through all spaces is something I really like. Did someone managed to bring this feature up and running? Are here other fans of river wm?

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[-] jaxxed@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Does river have a niri-like scrolling layout handler yet? (One where windows don't resize when new windows are generated)

[-] communism@lemmy.ml 6 points 5 days ago
[-] Samsy@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 days ago

Looked promising. But its outdated.

[-] communism@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 days ago

Outdated how? I use it for my daily driver and it works fine for me. It's a fairly simple program and the 0.3.x river protocol is fairly stable so I would doubt it's become outdated, but if it is, you should be able to patch it yourself given the simplicity of the program.

[-] 0rch1dD0LL@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 5 days ago

I love river!!!! Lowkey one of the most underrated compositors.

I don’t have a great answer, but I imagine some kind of while loop would work in this case.

this post was submitted on 23 Nov 2025
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