New hyprland release? No way. I think we got some new stuff and fixes.

This release was brought to you by the Hyprland Corp.

Notes for packagers

• wallpaper paths have changed. See assets/ or the Makefile.

New features:

• config: Add border gradients to windowrulev2 (#4335)
• hyprctl: add systeminfo
• hyprpm: add --force for update
• input: add special_fallthrough
• keybinds: Add dispatcher for xmonad/qtile-style workspace switching (#4439)
• master: Add more null checks for rollnext (#4343)
• renderer: Add new background infrastructure

Fixes:

• Meson: fix wallpaper installation
• cmakelists: fix wlroots patch sed
• dwindle: fix windows being created at incorrect position when cursor is over reserved area (#4520)
• hyprctl: screen_shader config fixes (#4102)
• hyprpm: fix crash on add plugin
• hyprpm: fix invalid pkg-config path env in build
• keybinds: fix ignoremods with release
• keybinds: fix keys getting stuck + minor refactor & optimizations to keybind handling (#4304)
• keybinds: fix tracking of sent key states
• layershell: Fix greedy mouse grab from keyboard_interactive layer (#4401)
• main: Fix typo in std::cerr (#4359)
• meson: fix wlroots patch (#4324)
• nix: fix overlay composition
• pluginapi: fix hooks with negative rip offsets
• renderer: fixup misaligned fsv1 surfaces with uv
• subsurfaceTree: Fix nullptr crash when disconnecting a monitor (#4577)

Other:

• HookSystem: rename PAGESIZE_VAR from PAGESIZE to avoid conflict (#4321)
• Makefile: force ln command to overwrite symlink (#4347)
• Makefile: pass PREFIX to CMake
• Makefile: remove hyprland symlink on uninstall
• Nix: disable fortify for devshell (#4463)
• build: protocols: require wayland-protocols >= 1.32
• cmake: Propagate NO_XWAYLAND to wlroots building setup (#4385)
• compositor: clarify common errors at launch
• compositor: don't close special on focus on pinned (#4533)
• config: variables update their value when set again (#4263)
• core: improve cleanup logic
• crashreporter: skip first possibly cut off line in log tail
• damage: use buffer_damage instead of effective_damage
• dwindle: avoid sending negative sizes to wlr
• events: ignore sending mouse enter to focused if a constraint is active
• examples: remove example plugin
• fractional: Set preferred scale on monitor config reload (#4406)
• groupbar: Drag single window instead of destroying group (#4327)
• groupbar: improve gradient handling (#4390)
• groupbar: separate gradients from title (#4444)
• hyprctl: move to a class and unify commands
• hyprpm: don't update headers if they are up-to-date, only recompile
• hyprpm: handle failed compilations gracefully
• hyprpm: install headers locally (#4585)
• hyprpm: log verbose return of cmake and meson in update
• hyprpm: update global state on plugin recompile not header update
• hyprpm: verify headersHashCompiled as well in headersValid()
• input: Allow disabling touchscreen input (#4517)
• input: allow focusSurface when locked if surfase is sessionLock
• input: focus window on mouse down on decoration (#4514)
• input: leave special on focus (#4358)
• input: partially revert #4401
• input: remove animate checks on resize limiter (#4480)
• input: track exclusive LSes
• internal: minor header cleanup
• internal: removed Herobrine
• issue templates: make versions spoiler'd
• keybinds: Refocus only if the silently moved window had the focus (#4328)
• keybinds: avoid duplicated held keys, only use last, remove all
• layout: Round window pos and size on togglefloating (#4407)
• layout: save float props before setting fs state (#4537)
• layout: update rules before applying fullscreen nodes in layouts
• make: unbreak with non-GNU ln(1) after 78f9ba9fdd7e
• master: guard PNODE in roll*
• monitor: clear output state after usage
• monitor: don't call output_state_finish on buffer-less state clears
• monitor: wrap usage of wlr_output_state
• opengl: apply box rot to projections
• opengl: rassert false on lost context
• opengl: use texBox for rendering background texture
• pluginapi: allow registering hyprctl commands
• renderer: Only force nearest neighbor when the sizes are off by one or two (#4325)
• renderer: allow rendering multiple fullscreen windows in third fs pass
• renderer: avoid unnecessary gpu resource deletions
• renderer: ignore box offsets for fullscreen windows
• renderer: overhaul renderModifData
• renderer: reset fb pointers after render pass
• screenshader: rename output uniform to wl_output (#4606)
• subprojects: remove wlroots.wrap
• subsurfaceTree: update surface tree protocol feedback on map
• surface: avoid spam of window surfaces with scale and transform events
• swipe: Prevent hiding current workspace when swiping (#4417)
• tearing-control: handle unmapped surfaces for hints
• wlroots: update version patches
• xwayland: remove delta from pos sets in configureX11
• xwayland: remove reportedsize set in unmanagedSetGeometry (#4539)

Special thanks

Special thanks as always to these gigachads for throwing some money at me:

• Brodie Robertson
• maxhbr
• pulsar256
• alukortti
• Wickedly
• Philipp Soldunov
• blepabyte
• Adam Szegedi
• garypippi
• ewb
• Motschen
• orbitaldrop
• Seb
• frank
• MasterHowToLearn
• MR_POOR
• Dustee

MRs

• fix keys getting stuck + minor refactor & optimizations to keybind handling by @rszyma in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4304
• Update wlroots-meson-build.patch by @bvr-yr in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4324
• Only force nearest neighbor when the sizes are off by one or two by @q234rty in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4325
• HookSystem: rename PAGESIZE_VAR from PAGESIZE to avoid conflict by @earboxer in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4321
• Drag single window instead of destroying group by @dranull in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4327
• Refocus only if the silently moved window had the focus by @dranull in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4328
• variables update their value when set again by @flick0 in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4263
• Makefile: force ln command to overwrite symlink by @rszyma in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4347
• Add more null checks for rollnext by @thejch in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4343
• Fixed a typo by @naksudev in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4359
• Unbreak install with CMake on FreeBSD by @jbeich in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4361
• leave special on focus by @phonetic112 in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4358
• Propagate NO_XWAYLAND on cmake to meson building wlroots by @Piroro-hs in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4385
• groupbar: improve gradient handling by @MightyPlaza in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4390
• Round window pos and size on togglefloating by @Clyybber in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4407
• Prevent hiding current workspace when swiping by @scorpion-26 in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4417
• Fix greedy mouse grab from keyboard_interactive layer by @earboxer in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4401
• Set preferred scale on monitor config reload by @1over137 in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4406
• screen_shader config fixes by @dranull in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4102
• Add border gradients to windowrulev2 by @IdmFoundInHim in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4335
• groupbar: separate gradients from title by @MightyPlaza in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4444
• Implement a dispatcher for xmonad/qtile-style workspace switching by @virchau13 in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4439
• Disable fortify for devshell by @huynguyen in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4463
• remove PANIMATE checks on tick thing by @phonetic112 in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4480
• build: protocols: require wayland-protocols >= 1.32 by @SeanMcG in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4488
• Allow disabling touchscreen input by @earboxer in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4517
• Check if pinned window is focused on special by @phonetic112 in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4533
• layout: save float props before setting fs state by @bvr-yr in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4537
• dwindle: fix windows being created at incorrect position when cursor is over reserved area by @rszyma in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4520
• remove m_vReportedSize set for xwayland by @phonetic112 in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4539
• nix: fix overlay composition by @GrizzlT in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4555
• subprojects: remove wlroots.wrap by @fufexan in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4572
• Makefile: remove hyprland symlink on uninstall by @Roger-Roger-debug in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4574
• Fix nullptr crash when disconnecting a monitor by @abmantis in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4577
• hyprpm: install headers locally by @vaxerski in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4585
• screenshader: rename output uniform to monitor by @JManch in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4606
• focus window on mouse down on decoration by @MightyPlaza in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4514

New Contributors

• @rszyma made their first contribution in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4304
• @bvr-yr made their first contribution in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4324
• @earboxer made their first contribution in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4321
• @flick0 made their first contribution in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4263
• @naksudev made their first contribution in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4359
• @phonetic112 made their first contribution in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4358
• @Piroro-hs made their first contribution in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4385
• @Clyybber made their first contribution in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4407
• @1over137 made their first contribution in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4406
• @IdmFoundInHim made their first contribution in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4335
• @virchau13 made their first contribution in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4439
• @huynguyen made their first contribution in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4463
• @SeanMcG made their first contribution in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4488
• @GrizzlT made their first contribution in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4555
• @abmantis made their first contribution in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4577

Full Changelog: https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/compare/v0.34.0...v0.35.0