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System & Hardware

Setting Default Description
xwayland_persistence 1 Keep XWayland running even when no X11 apps are open (reduces startup lag).
xwayland_ignore_scale 0 DIsable global scale for xwayland.
syncobj_enable 1 Enable drm_syncobj timeline support (helps with gaming stutter/lag). Requires restart.
allow_lock_transparent 0 Allow the lock screen to be transparent.
allow_shortcuts_inhibit 1 Allow shortcuts to be inhibited by clients.

Focus & Input

Setting Default Description
focus_on_activate 1 Automatically focus windows when they request activation.
sloppyfocus 1 Focus follows the mouse cursor.
warpcursor 1 Warp the cursor to the center of the window when focus changes via keyboard.
cursor_hide_timeout 0 Hide the cursor after N seconds of inactivity (0 to disable).
cursor_hide_on_keypress 0 Hide the cursor on keypress.
drag_tile_to_tile 0 Allow dragging a tiled window onto another to swap their positions.
drag_tile_small 1 Allow dragging a tiled window temporarily to small size.
drag_corner 3 Corner for drag-to-tile detection (0: none, 1–3: corners, 4: auto-detect).
drag_warp_cursor 1 Warp cursor when dragging windows to tile.
axis_bind_apply_timeout 100 Timeout (ms) for detecting consecutive scroll events for axis bindings.

Multi-Monitor & Tags

Setting Default Description
focus_cross_monitor 0 Allow directional focus to cross monitor boundaries.
exchange_cross_monitor 0 Allow exchanging clients across monitor boundaries.
focus_cross_tag 0 Allow directional focus to cross into other tags.
view_current_to_back 0 Toggling the current tag switches back to the previously viewed tag.
scratchpad_cross_monitor 0 Share the scratchpad pool across all monitors.
single_scratchpad 1 Only allow one scratchpad (named or standard) to be visible at a time.

Window Behavior

Setting Default Description
enable_floating_snap 0 Snap floating windows to edges or other windows.
snap_distance 30 Max distance (pixels) to trigger floating snap.
no_border_when_single 0 Remove window borders when only one window is visible on the tag.
idleinhibit_ignore_visible 0 Allow invisible clients (e.g., background audio players) to inhibit idle.
tag_carousel 0 Enable tag carousel (cycling through tags).
drag_tile_refresh_interval 8.0 Interval (1.0–16.0) to refresh tiled window resize during drag. Too small may cause application lag.
drag_floating_refresh_interval 8.0 Interval (1.0–16.0) to refresh floating window resize during drag. Too small may cause application lag.