Happy 2 years of Hyprland!! Thanks to everyone who has supported Hyprland in any way shape or form, couldn't have done it without yall. <3

A chonker update for y'all for this occasion.

Notes for packagers

• New dependency: hyprcursor

New features:

• config: Add input:scroll_factor configuration (#4980)
• cursormgr: add fallbacks for unknown cursors
• hyprpm: Add support for specifying exact git revisions for plugin repo (#4983)
• input: add general:resize_corner for manual resizing (#5090)
• input: fix window move stutter by introducing additional checks for low-hz monitors (#4553)
• keybinds: Add the 'catchall' keyword that matches all keys (#4930)
• layers: add fully featured animations
• makefile: add make asan
• notify: Add custom fontsize support for notifications (#4981)
• socket2: Add 5 IPC event with support for workspace ID (#5022)
• subsurface/popup: expand on map/unmap to add buffering

Fixes:

• CI/Nix: attempt to fix broken cache (#4963)
• CrashReporter: Fix compilation with musl libc (#4805)
• animations: fix m_Goal not being set after #4911 (#4992)
• build: fix libc++/clang build (#4886)
• configmgr: fix compile on 32-bit archs
• core: add additional headers for Popup.cpp and InputMethodRelay.hpp (#4909)
• core: Fix typo and check grandchild PID in spawn() (#5070)
• core: fix crashes on access of deleted wlr_ surface
• cursormgr: fix invalid access to hyprcursor in xwayland init
• cursormgr: fix memory leak with cursor buffers
• hyprctl: Fix incorrect invalid fontsize kwarg response (#5013)
• input: fix minor default cursor reset conditions
• input: fix window move stutter by introducing additional checks for low-hz monitors (#4553)
• internal: minor fixups for fading out xwayland windows
• keybinds: Fix typo (#5081)
• layers: minor fixes for new animations
• layout: Fix toggling fullscreen special workspace on different monitor (#5000)
• lock: fix red screen issues with multiple monitors (#5100)
• master: Fix animate resize (#4942)
• master: Fix master layout window focus and scroll (#5074)
• master: fix invalid config usage
• opengl: fix compilation on legacy renderer (#4928)
• popup: minor fixes to xdg geometries
• renderer: fix invalid access on non-assigned surfaces
• renderer: minor fixes to transformations
• subsurface: fix visibility check
• surface: fix damage tearing feedback
• windowrules: fix center
• xwayland: fix no_xwayland compiles

Other:

• Nix: remove hyprland-unwrapped leftover
• Nix: use propagatedBuildInputs instead of wrapping
• animations: Refactor AnimatedVariable (#4911)
• ci: pack hyprpm to the release tar
• compositor: ignore grab extend behind special workspaces (#4944)
• compositor: reject focus to noFocus OR xwayland windows
• compositor: update state after moving to workspace
• config: improve config value infrastructure
• config: more safety around monitor keyword
• config: report errors from sourced files
• config: update per device input configs link (#4951)
• constraints: only warp cursor on deactivate if constraint is locked. (#5056)
• cursormgr: use XCURSOR_THEME for x themes
• drag: check min size for reisze drags
• dwindle: preserve fs state on switchWindows
• events: apply monitor state on sessionActive
• events: don't switch to active workspace on workspace rule
• events: ignore setTitle when title didn't change
• events: update render data after workspace window rule (#4931)
• hyprctl: hide unmapped windows without -a
• hyprctl: parse custom types in getoption
• hyprctl: print format and modes
• hyprpm: don't copy .so if file doesn't exist
• input: Rewritten pointer constraints (#4889)
• input: only override dragging corner on floating (#5092)
• input: scale local coords in constraints
• input: send motion to confined cursors
• internal: Support libhyprcursor (#5009)
• internal: Removed Herobrine
• keybinds: Allow fullscreen/maximize in special workspace (#4921)
• keybinds: Better handling of workspace_back_and_forth (#4952)
• keybinds: better follow xkb translation state
• keybinds: track submap at press for keypresses
• keybinds: unconstrain mouse on focusmonitor and cyclenext (#4863)
• layer-shell: allow for popup creation before map
• layout: unfullscreen on toggle into tiled fullscreen
• layout: warp the cursor when focusing windows (#4982)
• master: change active monitor when moving windows around (#5001)
• monitor: remove commas from short description (#4970)
• notifs: Implement notification dimissing (#4790)
• popup: send scale on map
• props: bump ver to 0.37.0
• refactor: move a few things to desktop/
• renderer: Allow headless mode in hyprland (#4794)
• renderer: adjust surface dimensions for oversized not-yet ackd surface sizes
• renderer: force a few render frames on init anim end
• renderer: respect forceNoBlur when rendering small surface windows (#4932)
• sessionlock: refocus after destroy focused surface (#5117)
• splashes: add 2ya splash
• subsurface: Rewrite the subsurface tree (#4877)
• subsurface: don't update transform on unmap
• subsurfaceTree: assign surfaces to a CWLSurface
• surface: unify owners
• surfacetree: Revert "subsurfaceTree: assign surfaces to a CWLSurface"
• window: ignore surface updates in unsafe / on invalid monitors
• window: prevent vector modification segfault while iterating
• window: remove unused list
• windowrules: Make min/maxsize rules dynamic (#4775)
• windowrules: check if floating when resizing from maxsize (#5019)
• windowrules: minor improvements to min/max size
• xdg: check for floating conditions before sending tiled size hint
• xdg: minor improvements to initial size reporting
• xdg: rewrite entire popup implementation
• xkb: handle invalid keymaps in updateXKBTranslationState
• xwayland: Set xwayland's name prop (#4924)
• xwayland: disable initial focus for xwayland dialogs (#4936)
• xwayland: set scaledBy for unmanaged windows in map
• xwaylandmgr: don't read xwayland surface from unmapped xwayland

Special Thanks

Special thanks as always to these people for donating moolah to me:

• alukortti
• Wickedly
• pulsar256
• Philipp Soldunov
• MasterHowToLearn
• Theory_Lukas
• Goggi
• gigo
• BW Drop-Ins!
• UNH Grad Student
• ismd
• abihf
• drweissbrot
• FrothyMarrow
• tootwrangler / brettalcox
• JustasPolis
• dek
• Igor Ramazanov
• CosmixFrost
• matthewp
• Sheepmilk

MRs

• keybinds: unconstrain mouse on focusmonitor and cyclenext by @JManch in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4863
• Rewrite the subsurface tree by @vaxerski in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4877
• fix libc++/clang build by @pg83 in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4886
• add additional headers for Popup.cpp and InputMethodRelay.hpp by @brettalcox in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4909
• animation: Refactor AnimatedVariable by @GartoxFR in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4911
• Add missing nix devshell dependencies for make asan by @vesdev in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4919
• Implement notification dimissing by @ItsDrike in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4790
• Rewritten pointer constraints by @vaxerski in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4889
• events: update render data after workspace window rule by @JManch in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4931
• Add the 'catchall' keyword that matches all keys by @Cu3PO42 in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4930
• renderer: respect forceNoBlur when rendering small surface windows by @JManch in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4932
• disable initial focus for xwayland dialogs by @phonetic112 in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4936
• opengl: fix compilation on legacy renderer by @MrRoy in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4928
• Fix master layout animate resize by @thejch in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4942
• compositor: ignore grab extend behind special workspaces by @JManch in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4944
• Update per device input config link in the default config file by @Isaiah-Hamilton in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4951
• Better handling of workspace_back_and_forth when using focusworkspaceoncurrentmonitor dispatcher by @tomben13 in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4952
• build: attempt to fix broken cache by @musjj in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4963
• Allow fullscreen/maximize in special workspace by @thejch in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4921
• monitor: remove commas from short description by @MikeWalrus in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4970
• layout: warp the cursor when focusing windows by @MikeWalrus in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4982
• Allow for input:scroll_factor configuration by @gammons in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4980
• CrashReporter: Fix compilation with musl libc by @earboxer in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4805
• resize-limiter: add additional check for low-hz monitors by @bvr-yr in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4553
• animations: fix m_Goal not being set after #4911 by @outfoxxed in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4992
• hyprpm(feat): Support specifying exact git revisions for plugin repo by @ItsDrike in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4983
• Add custom fontsize support for notifications by @ItsDrike in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4981
• Master layout: fix issue of active monitor not changing when moving windows around by @thejch in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/5001
• Fix toggling fullscreen special workspace on different monitor by @thejch in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/5000
• Fix incorrect invalid fontsize kwarg response by @ItsDrike in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/5013
• Make min/maxsize rules dynamic by @phonetic112 in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4775
• check if floating when resizing from maxsize by @phonetic112 in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/5019
• change dwl link in README.md to new codeberg link by @Fxzzi in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/5026
• IPCEvent: Add 5 IPC event with support for workspace ID by @A7R7 in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/5022
• Set xwayland's name prop by @vaxerski in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4924
• Support libhyprcursor by @vaxerski in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/5009
• only warp cursor on deactivate if constraint is locked. fix #5055 by @s-viour in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/5056
• flake: bump inputs by @NotAShelf in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/5066
• Fix typo and check grandchild PID in spawn() by @lucasreis1 in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/5070
• chore: Update KeybindManager.cpp by @eltociear in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/5081
• Fix master layout window focus and scroll by @thejch in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/5074
• Resize corner by @djvs in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/5090
• fix by @djvs in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/5092
• Allow headless mode in hyprland by @thejch in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4794
• lock: fix red screen issues with multiple monitors by @PaideiaDilemma in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/5100
• fix: refocus after destroy focused surface by @drendog in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/5117

New Contributors

• @pg83 made their first contribution in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4886
• @GartoxFR made their first contribution in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4911
• @vesdev made their first contribution in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4919
• @MrRoy made their first contribution in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4928
• @Isaiah-Hamilton made their first contribution in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4951
• @musjj made their first contribution in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4963
• @gammons made their first contribution in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4980
• @Fxzzi made their first contribution in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/5026
• @A7R7 made their first contribution in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/5022
• @s-viour made their first contribution in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/5056
• @lucasreis1 made their first contribution in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/5070
• @eltociear made their first contribution in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/5081
• @djvs made their first contribution in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/5090
• @PaideiaDilemma made their first contribution in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/5100
• @drendog made their first contribution in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/5117

Full Changelog: https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/compare/v0.36.0...v0.37.0