Monitors

The general config of a monitor looks like this

monitor=name,resolution,position,scale

A common example:

monitor=DP-1,1920x1080@144,0x0,1

will tell Hyprland to make the monitor on DP-1 a 1920x1080 display, at 144Hz, 0x0 off from the top left corner, with a scale of 1 (unscaled).

To list all available monitors (active and inactive):

hyprctl monitors all

Monitors are positioned on a virtual “layout”. The position is the position of said display in the layout. (calculated from the top-left corner)

For example:

monitor=DP-1, 1920x1080, 0x0, 1
monitor=DP-2, 1920x1080, 1920x0, 1

will tell hyprland to make DP-1 on the left of DP-2, while

monitor=DP-1, 1920x1080, 1920x0, 1
monitor=DP-2, 1920x1080, 0x0, 1

will tell hyprland to make DP-1 on the right.

The position may contain negative values, so the above example could also be written as

monitor=DP-1, 1920x1080, 0x0, 1
monitor=DP-2, 1920x1080, -1920x0, 1

The position is calculated with the scaled (and transformed) resolution, meaning if you want your 4K monitor with scale 2 to the left of your 1080p one, you’d use the position 1920x0 for the second screen. (3840 / 2) If the monitor is also rotated 90 degrees (vertical), you’d use 1080x0.

Leaving the name empty will define a fallback rule to use when no other rules match.

You can use preferred as a resolution to use the display’s preferred size and auto as a position to let Hyprland decide on a position for you.

You can also use auto as a scale to let Hyprland decide on a scale for you. These depend on the PPI of the monitor.

Recommended rule for quickly plugging in random monitors:

monitor=,preferred,auto,1

Will make any monitor that was not specified with an explicit rule automatically placed on the right of the other(s) with its preferred resolution.

Alternatively, you can use the highres or highrr rules in order to get the best possible resolution or refreshrate mix.

for a focus on refreshrate use this:

monitor=,highrr,auto,1

for a focus on resolution this:

monitor=,highres,auto,1

For more specific rules, you can also use the output’s description (see hyprctl monitors for more details). If the output of hyprctl monitors looks like the following:

Monitor eDP-1 (ID 0):
        [email protected] at 0x0
        description: Chimei Innolux Corporation 0x150C (eDP-1)
        make: Chimei Innolux Corporation
        model: 0x150C
        [...]

then the description value up to the portname (eDP-1) can be used to specify the monitor:

monitor=desc:Chimei Innolux Corporation 0x150C,preferred,auto,1.5

Remember to remove the (portname)!

You can set up a custom modeline by changing the resolution field to a modeline, for example:

monitor = DP-1, modeline 1071.101 3840 3848 3880 3920 2160 2263 2271 2277 +hsync -vsync, 0x0, 1

To disable a monitor, use

monitor=name,disable

Disabling a monitor will literally remove it from the layout, moving all windows and workspaces to any remaining ones. If you want to disable your monitor in a screensaver style (just turn off the monitor) use the dpms dispatcher.

If your workflow requires custom reserved area, you can add it with

monitor=name,addreserved,TOP,BOTTOM,LEFT,RIGHT

Where TOP BOTTOM LEFT RIGHT are integers in pixels of the reserved area to add. This does stack on top of the calculated one, (e.g. bars) but you may only use one of these rules per monitor in the config.

You can combine extra arguments at the end of the monitor rule, examples:

monitor=eDP-1,2880x1800@90,0x0,1,transform,1,mirror,DP-2,bitdepth,10

See bellow for more detail about each argument.

If you want to mirror a display, add a ,mirror,[NAME] at the end of the monitor rule, examples:

monitor=DP-3,1920x1080@60,0x0,1,mirror,DP-2
monitor=,preferred,auto,1,mirror,DP-1

Please remember that mirroring displays will not “re-render” everything for your second monitor, so if mirroring a 1080p screen onto a 4K one, the resolution will still be 1080p on the 4K display. This also means squishing and stretching will occur on non-matching resolutions.

If you want to enable 10 bit support for your display, add a ,bitdepth,10 at the end of the monitor rule, e.g.:

monitor=eDP-1,2880x1800@90,0x0,1,bitdepth,10

NOTE Colors registered in Hyprland (e.g. the border color) do _not_support 10 bit.

NOTE Some applications do _not_support screen capture with 10 bit enabled.

Per-display VRR can be done by adding ,vrr,X where X is the mode from the variables page.

If you want to rotate a monitor, add a ,transform,X at the end of the monitor rule, where X corresponds to a transform number, e.g.:

monitor=eDP-1,2880x1800@90,0x0,1,transform,1

Transform list:

normal (no transforms) -> 0
90 degrees -> 1
180 degrees -> 2
270 degrees -> 3
flipped -> 4
flipped + 90 degrees -> 5
flipped + 180 degrees -> 6
flipped + 270 degrees -> 7

If you’re using a touchscreen, you’ll also have to rotate its digitizer to match:

input {
    touchdevice {
        transform = 1
    }
}

This will be done automatically when #3544 lands.

See Workspace Rules.

See Workspace Rules.