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Sway inputs

#sway #input #keyboard

Input device configuration: keyboard layouts, touchpad, wacom tablet.

Keyboard

  • Layout: ch_benou_full (custom Swiss layout with two variants)

  • Variant 1 — fr_code: coding-optimized (symbols on AltGr)

  • Variant 2 — fr_typing: typing-optimized (accents easier)

  • Toggle between variants: Alt+Shift

  • Caps Lock remapped to Ctrl: ctrl:nocaps

  • Key repeat delay: 300ms

  • Key repeat rate: 100 keys/sec

Unicode input (in any app)

  • Insert a unicode character by codepoint: Ctrl+v then u then hex code (e.g. f488) — works in GTK apps
  • For longer codepoints: Ctrl+v then U then 0f0322

Touchpad (libinput)

  • Tap to click: enabled
  • Natural scroll: enabled
  • Disable while typing (dwt): enabled
  • Scroll method: two-finger
  • Pointer acceleration: 0.5

Mouse (pointer)

  • Scroll factor: 3.0 (faster scroll)

Wacom Intuos PT M 2 Pen

  • Device: 1386:830:Wacom_Intuos_PT_M_2_Pen
  • Mapped to: Middle monitor (P24h-10 VTN45266)

Focus behavior

  • focus_follows_mouse no — focus does NOT follow mouse movement