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# nwg-drawer
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This application is a part of the [nwg-shell](https://github.com/nwg-piotr/nwg-shell) project.
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Nwg-drawer is a golang replacement to the `nwggrid` command
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(a part of [nwg-launchers](https://github.com/nwg-piotr/nwg-launchers)). It's being developed with
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[sway](https://github.com/swaywm/sway) in mind, but should also work with other wlroots-based Wayland compositors.
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X Window System is not officially supported, but you should be able to use the drawer on some floating
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window managers (tested on Openbox).
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The `nwg-drawer` command displays the application grid. The search entry allows to look for installed applications,
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and for files in XDG user directories. The grid view may also be filtered by categories.
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You may pin applications by right-clicking them. Pinned items will appear above the application grid. Right-click
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a pinned item to unpin it. The pinned items cache is shared with [nwg-menu](https://github.com/nwg-piotr/nwg-menu)
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and `nwggrid`.
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[more screenshots](https://scrot.cloud/album/nwg-drawer.Bogd) | [see on YouTube](https://youtu.be/iIgxJQhCQf0)
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[](https://repology.org/project/nwg-drawer/versions)
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To close the window w/o running a program, you may use `Esc` key, or right-click the window next to the icons.
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## v0.2.x note
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1. Placing config files in the nwg-panel config directory was a mistake, sorry. The 0.2.0 version migrates them to `~/.config/nwg-drawer`.
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2. From now on you may run the program residently, which should speed it up (but also occupy some resources!). See "Running" below.
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## Installation
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### Dependencies
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- go >=1.16 (just to build)
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- gtk3
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- gtk-layer-shell
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- xdg-utils
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Optional (recommended):
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- thunar
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- foot
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You may use another file manager and terminal emulator (see command line arguments), but mentioned above have been
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confirmed to work well with the program. Also see **Files** below.
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### Steps
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1. Clone the repository, cd into it.
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2. Install necessary golang libraries with `make get`.
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3. `make build`
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4. `sudo make install`
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## Command line arguments
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```text
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$ nwg-drawer -h
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Usage of nwg-drawer:
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-c uint
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number of Columns (default 6)
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-d Turn on Debug messages
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-fm string
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File Manager (default "thunar")
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-fscol uint
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File Search result COLumns (default 2)
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-fslen int
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File Search name LENgth Limit (default 80)
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-is int
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Icon Size (default 64)
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-lang string
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force lang, e.g. "en", "pl"
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-nocats
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Disable filtering by category
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-nofs
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Disable file search
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-o string
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name of the Output to display the drawer on (sway only)
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-ovl
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use OVerLay layer
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-r Leave the program resident in memory
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-s string
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Styling: css file name (default "drawer.css")
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-spacing uint
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icon spacing (default 20)
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-term string
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Terminal emulator (default "alacritty")
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-v display Version information
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```
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*NOTE: the `$TERM` environment variable overrides the `-term` argument if defined.*
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## Running
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Since v0.2.x you may use the drawer in two ways:
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1. Simply run the `nwg-drawer` command, by adding a key binding to your sway config file, e.g.:
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```text
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bindsym Mod1+F1 exec nwg-drawer
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```
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2. Run a resident instance on startup, and use the `nwg-drawer` command to show the window, e.g.:
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```text
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exec_always nwg-drawer -r
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bindsym Mod1+F1 exec nwg-drawer
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```
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The second line does nothing but `pkill -USR1 nwg-drawer`, so you may just use this command instead. Actually
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this should be a little bit faster.
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Running a resident instance should speed up use of the drawer significantly. Pay attention to the fact, that you
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need to `pkill -f nwg-drawer` and reload sway to apply any new arguments!
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## Logging
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In case you encounter an issue, you may need debug messages. If you use the resident instance, you'll see nothing
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in the terminal. Please edit your sway config file:
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```text
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exec nwg-drawer -r -d 2> ~/drawer.log
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```
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exit sway, launch it again and include the `drawer.log` content in the GitHub issue. Do not use `exec_always` here: it'll destroy the log file content on sway reload.
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## Styling
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Edit `~/.config/nwg-drawer/drawer.css` to your taste.
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## Files
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When the search phrase is at least 3 characters long, your XDG user directories are being searched.
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Use the **left mouse button** to open a file with the `xdg-open` command. As configuring file associations for it is
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PITA, you may override them, by creating the `~/.config/nwg-panel/preferred-apps.json` file with your own definitions.
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### Sample `preferred-apps.json` file content
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```json
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{
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"\\.pdf$": "atril",
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"\\.svg$": "inkscape",
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"\\.(jpg|png|tiff|gif)$": "feh",
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"\\.(mp3|ogg|flac|wav|wma)$": "audacious",
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"\\.(avi|mp4|mkv|mov|wav)$": "mpv",
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"\\.(doc|docx|xls|xlsx)$": "libreoffice"
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}
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```
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Use the **right mouse button** to open the file with your file manager (see `-fm` argument). The result depends
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on the file manager you use.
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- thunar will open the file location
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- pcmanfm will open the file with its associated program
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- caja won't open anything, except for directories
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I've noy yet tried other file managers.
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### File search exclusions
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You may want to exclude some paths inside your XDG user directories from searching. If so, define exclusions in the
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`~/.config/nwg-panel/excluded-dirs` file, e.g. like this:
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```text
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# exclude all paths containing 'node_modules'
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node_modules
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```
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## Credits
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This program uses some great libraries:
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- [gotk3](https://github.com/gotk3/gotk3) Copyright (c) 2013-2014 Conformal Systems LLC,
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Copyright (c) 2015-2018 gotk3 contributors
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- [gotk3-layershell](https://github.com/dlasky/gotk3-layershell) by [@dlasky](https://github.com/dlasky/gotk3-layershell/commits?author=dlasky) - many thanks for writing this software, and for patience with my requests!
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- [go-sway](https://github.com/joshuarubin/go-sway) Copyright (c) 2019 Joshua Rubin
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- [go-singleinstance](github.com/allan-simon/go-singleinstance) Copyright (c) 2015 Allan Simon
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- [logrus](https://github.com/sirupsen/logrus) Copyright (c) 2014 Simon Eskildsen
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- [fsnotify](https://github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify) Copyright (c) 2012-2019 fsnotify Authors |