# Sway 1.11-rc1

- Product: Sway (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/sway)
- Vendor: Sway
- Date: 2025-04-20
- Version: 1.11-rc1
- Original notes: https://github.com/swaywm/sway/releases/tag/1.11-rc1
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/sway/releases/1.11-rc1
- Labels: Pre-release; Platforms: Linux

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- **added** — Add support for linux-drm-syncobj-v1 for explicit synchronization
- **added** — Add support for alpha-modifier-v1 for setting an alpha multiplier for a surface
- **added** — Add support for ext-image-copy-capture-v1 and ext-image-capture-source-v1 for improved screen capture
- **added** — Add support for ext-data-control-v1 as an alternative protocol for clipboard managers
- **added** — Pointer keys are now supported and can be bound in keymaps to trigger pointer events
- **added** — security-context-v1 metadata is exposed in IPC, and can be used in criteria and title format
- **changed** — Improved output configuration logic for better and faster fallbacks
- **changed** — The default configuration file now ships key bindings for a few utilities: pactl, brightnessctl, grim
- **changed** — The default menu now uses wmenu-run and no longer depends on dmenu_path
- **changed** — The default tap-and-drag lock mode has been switched to sticky
- **changed** — The sway.desktop file now sets DesktopNames

Sway 1.11-rc1 contains 163 changes from 48 contributors.

This release depends on wlroots 0.19.0-rc1. See the [wlroots release notes](https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wlroots/wlroots/-/releases/0.19.0-rc1).

###### New features

- All of the enhancements from [wlroots 0.19.0-rc1](https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wlroots/wlroots/-/releases/0.19.0-rc1).
- Add support for linux-drm-syncobj-v1 for explicit synchronization
- Add support for alpha-modifier-v1 for setting an alpha multiplier for a surface
- Add support for ext-image-copy-capture-v1 and ext-image-capture-source-v1 for improved screen capture
- Add support for ext-data-control-v1 as an alternative protocol for clipboard managers
- Improved output configuration logic for better and faster fallbacks
- Pointer keys are now supported and can be bound in keymaps to trigger pointer events
- security-context-v1 metadata is exposed in IPC, and can be used in criteria and title format

###### Changes

- The default configuration file now ships key bindings for a few utilities: pactl, brightnessctl, grim
- The default menu now uses wmenu-run and no longer depends on dmenu_path.
- The default tap-and-drag lock mode has been switched to sticky [as recommended by upstream](https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2024-November/043860.html)
- The `sway.desktop` file now sets `DesktopNames` (`XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP` will be set by login managers)

<details>

<summary>Full changelog</summary>

```
Adam Chovanec (1):
      readme: update Czech translation

Alexander Orzechowski (19):
      transaction: Reparent all container children when disabling for scratchpad
      xwayland: Let scene restack
      output: Use wlr_scene_output_needs_frame
      output: Use wlr_scene_set_gamma_control_manager_v1
      output: Chase wlroots!4803
      container: Skip % char if it doesn't match a view property
      text_input: Check for allocation failure
      text_input: Move popup placement to own function
      transaction: Allow no popup descriptor in popup list
      text_input: Properly handle map/unmap events
      text_input: Inline input_popup_update into input_popup_set_focus
      Fix alpha-modifier-v1
      layer_shell: Arrange exclusive zone clients first
      layer_shell: Restore sway 1.9 ordering
      container: Properly constrain title bar padding
      swaybar: Handle opaque region properly
      output: Expose output_configure_scene to header
      output: Allow configuring scene without an output
      commands/opacity: Call output_configure_scene on updated container

Anna (navi) Figueiredo Gomes (1):
      sway/commands/move.c: arrange new workspace

AsciiWolf (1):
      Remove language bars from remaining non-English README files

Attila Fidan (1):
      input/cursor: remove tool_proximity listener in destroy

Baltazár Radics (1):
      input/libinput: fix parsing input drag_lock command

Bill Li (4):
      build: Bump wlroots version
      Chase wlroots!2434
      ci: use package x11-servers/xwayland instead of x11-servers/xwayland-devel
      Drop wlr_matrix.h include from sway/desktop/output.c

Chris Perl (1):
      Remove constraint that con->view != NULL to use __focused__ criteria

Claudia (1):
      Fix tabbed/stacking container height regression

Dan Baterisna (1):
      man: Document bar mode toggle command

Daniel De Graaf (1):
      Use wl_event_loop_add_signal for exit signals

Dennis Baurichter (1):
      man: clarify criteria (incl. PCRE2 usage)

Emil Engberg (1):
      Add toggle for output adaptive_sync

Felix Pehla (1):
      commands/output/color_profile: allows use of relative path for ICC profile

Ferdinand Bachmann (7):
      sway/ipc-json: add ext-foreign-toplevel-handle identifier to get_tree ipc output
      server: remove event listeners on fini
      input/input-manager: remove event listeners on fini
      desktop/idle_inhibit: remove event listeners o

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