swaylock-fancy

This is an swaylock bash script that takes a screenshot of the desktop, blurs the background and adds a lock icon and text

Dependencies

• i3lock-color-git
• i3lock-color-git - this is a fork of i3lock-color that is kept up to date with i3lock
• imagemagick
• bash
• awk
• jq
• util-linux
• grim

Optional Dependencies

• wmctrl

Installation

To install swaylock-fancy manually, git clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/Big-B/swaylock-fancy.git

Then change to the directory and run make.

cd swaylock-fancy
sudo make install

The following distros have packages you can use to install:

• Arch Linux: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/swaylock-fancy-git/

Usage

swaylock-fancy [options]

Options:
    -h, --help       This help menu.

    -d, --desktop    Attempt to minimize all windows before locking. Requires wmctrl.

    -g, --greyscale  Set background to greyscale instead of color.

    -p, --pixelate   Pixelate the background instead of blur, runs faster.

    -f <fontname>, --font <fontname>  Set a custom font.

    -t <text>, --text <text> Set a custom text prompt.

    -l, --listfonts  Display a list of possible fonts for use with -f/--font.
                     Note: this option will not lock the screen, it displays
                     the list and exits immediately.


The following options are passed directly to swaylock:
    -F, --show-failed-attempts    Show current count of failed authentication attempts.

    -e, --ignore-empty-password   When an empty password is provided, do not validate it.

    -K, --hide-keyboard-layout    Force hiding the current xkb layout while typing,
                                  even if more than one layout is configured or the
                                  show-keyboard-layout option is set.

    -L, --disable-caps-lock-text  Disable the Caps Lock text.

    --daemonize                   Detach from the controlling terminal after locking.

example: swaylock-fancy -gpf Comic-Sans-MS -- scrot -z

Extras

The lock screen in action:

To use this script you can set a hotkey in your window manager to run the lock command. This is what it would look like in your sway config:

    exec swayidle -w \
        timeout 300 'swaylock-fancy' \
        timeout 600 'swaymsg "output * dpms off"' \
            resume 'swaymsg "output * dpms on"' \
        before-sleep 'swaylock-fancy'