---
name: "swaykbdd"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "swaykbdd"
version: "1.1-1+b1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/swaykbdd"
---

# swaykbdd(1)

keyboard layout switcher for Sway

## NAME

swaykbdd - keyboard layout switcher for Sway

## SYNOPSIS

swaykbdd \[*OPTIONS*...\]

## DESCRIPTION

The **swaykbdd** utility can be used to automatically change the keyboard layout on a per-window basis.

For automatic start add to the Sway config file the following command: \`exec swaykbdd\`.

## OPTIONS

- **-h**, **--help**

  Display help message.

- **-v**, **--version**

  Display version information.

- **-d**, **--default=***ID*

  Set the default keyboard layout for new windows. *ID* is an index of layout, default is 0, special value -1 can be used to disable set the layout for new windows (currently active layout will be used instead).

- **-t**, **--timeout=***MS*

  Ignored time between layout change and focus lost events, in milliseconds. The default value is 50.

## ENVIRONMENT

- *SWAYSOCK*

  Path to the socket file used for Sway IPC.

## BUGS

For suggestions, comments, bug reports etc. visit the project homepage ⟨https://github.com/artemsen/swaykbdd⟩.