winshadows

Window Shadows Plugin for Wayfire

This is a plugin for wayfire that adds window shadows. The code was initially a fork of https://gitlab.com/wayfireplugins/windecor but only a small part of that remains in the code.

Screenshots

By default, the plugin will add fast and nice shadows around windows that use server side decorations. Additionally there is an option to make the focused window glow.

Config used in screenshot

[decoration]
active_color = \#7A98BA76
border_size = 4
inactive_color = \#20201838
title_height = 0

[winshadows]
glow_enabled = true
shadow_radius = 50
vertical_offset = 10
horizontal_offset = 5
# remaining values are default

Install

1. Get the sources

   git clone https://github.com/timgott/wayfire-shadows.git
   cd wayfire-shadows

2. ⚠️ Switch to the backport0.7 branch if you use wayfire version 0.7 (last stable release)

   git checkout backport0.7 # (if necessary)

3. Configure with meson and build & install with ninja.

   meson build --buildtype=release
   cd build
   # meson configure --prefix=... # if wayfire is not installed in /usr/local
   ninja
   sudo ninja install

Install with wfplug

As above, you have to change the branch on wayfire 0.7.

# enable wfplug
source ~/wfplug/activate  # edit path if necessary

# get plugin
wfplug-goto-plugins
git clone https://github.com/timgott/wayfire-shadows.git winshadows

# build and install to wfplug
wfplug-build winshadows

Try a testconfig with

wfplug-test winshadows bluelight