Add option to set Desktop Background color with Hex #

[wayfirewm]

Add option to set Desktop Background color with Hex #

[ammen99]

This should be part of wf-background.

[gimpcheesestick]

If the option is native in wayfire.ini for simple hex color background, as it is in wf-panel via wf-shell.ini per background_color = $######, then there is a choice whether or not to run wf-background. There is an option for background color in wayfire.ini but is only for the expo function background colors. This has only came to mind when noticing wf-background using <=35mb ram, where as on some systems this is no issue at all, on some embeded systems with fewer resources a choice maybe appreciated

[gimpcheesestick]

Pardon me, I see here that simple background color function is setable with -
background_mode = simple

for simple background mode

background = 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0

Or at least appears to be, the first time I tried this I wasnt able to get a background color to change and now I was able to without wf-background process running. It was my understanding at first that this setting was for expo only.

[ammen99]

This is just for cube. If it changes the background color truly, then this is a bug in Wayfire :)

[gimpcheesestick]

I'm unable to tell if somehow my wf-background image is still loaded as it was simply black.jpg, but i did a hard-reboot of the entire system to test and my bg color is still black with above settings in wayfire.ini with
background_mode=simple
background=0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0

How ever this was the effect I was searching for, one mans bug is another mans tresure. heh

[ammen99]

You should get black background if you just don't run wf-background

[gimpcheesestick]

It was grey, perhaps at first I was running wf-background with no image set not realizing it and that was causing this effect which i now believe to be the case. I still am however adamant of an option for simple hex bg color in wayfire sans wf-background, so instead of black it could be blue or green or purple or ect, ect. without the need of a wallpaper application process if not desired

edit, am working on my ubuntu-wayfire rice :))

[ammen99]

This is now part of Wayfire.
See https://github.com/WayfireWM/wayfire/blob/master/wayfire.ini.default#L19 (to get that working, you need to disable wf-background from autostart)

[scruffidog]

so how do I disable from autostart ?

these are the only entries in ~/config/wayfire.ini:

[autostart]
autostart_wf_shell = true
idle = swayidle before-sleep swaylock
portal = /usr/libexec/xdg-desktop-portal
redshift = redshift -m wayland

do I delete the [background] section in ~/.config/wf-shell.ini ?

Incidentally, is there a setting for window focus follow input ?

[soreau]

@scruffidog Set autostart_wf_shell = false

[soreau]

you might want to add panel = wf-panel to keep the panel

[scruffidog]

never mind...Figure out the autostart part. will open separate issue for focus

[tombh]

Just want to note that I solve this slightly differently because I don't use wf-shell of wf-panel. I just simply use the swaybg binary and have this is my [auostart] section of wayfire.ini: background = swaybg -c '#000000'