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Compatibility with various platforms Compatibility with various platforms
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
.. tab:: Wayland .. only:: man
Below is a list of the status of various Wayland compositors. The panel kitten See the HTML documentation for the compatibility matrix.
relies of the `wlr layer shell protocol
<https://wayland.app/protocols/wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1#compositor-support>`__,
which is technically supported by almost all Wayland compositors, but the
implementation in some of them is quite buggy.
🟢 **Hyprland** .. only:: not man
Fully working, no known issues
🟢 **KDE** (kwin) .. tab:: Wayland
Fully working, no known issues
🟠 **Sway** Below is a list of the status of various Wayland compositors. The panel kitten
Partially working. Issues include: relies of the `wlr layer shell protocol
* Renders its configured background over the background window instead of <https://wayland.app/protocols/wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1#compositor-support>`__,
under it. This is likely because it uses the wlr protocol for which is technically supported by almost all Wayland compositors, but the
backgrounds itself. implementation in some of them is quite buggy.
* Hiding a dock panel (unmapping the window) does not release the space
used by the dock.
🟠 **niri** 🟢 **Hyprland**
Breaks when hiding (unmapping) layer shell windows. This means the quick Fully working, no known issues
access terminal is non-functional, but background and dock panels work.
More technically, keyboard focus gets stuck in the hidden window and when trying
to remap the hidden window niri never sends configure events for the remapped surface.
🟠 **labwc** 🟢 **KDE** (kwin)
Breaks when hiding (unmapping) layer shell windows. This means the quick Fully working, no known issues
access terminal is non-functional, but background and dock panels work.
More technically, when unmapping the surface (attaching a NULL buffer to
it) labwc continues to send configure events to the unmapped surface,
leading to Wayland protocol errors and a crash of labwc.
🔴 **GNOME** (mutter) 🟠 **Sway**
Does not implement the wlr protocol at all, nothing works. Partially working. Issues include:
* Renders its configured background over the background window instead of
under it. This is likely because it uses the wlr protocol for
backgrounds itself.
* Hiding a dock panel (unmapping the window) does not release the space
used by the dock.
.. tab:: macOS 🟠 **niri**
Breaks when hiding (unmapping) layer shell windows. This means the quick
access terminal is non-functional, but background and dock panels work.
More technically, keyboard focus gets stuck in the hidden window and when trying
to remap the hidden window niri never sends configure events for the remapped surface.
Mostly everything works, with the notable exception that dock panels do not 🟠 **labwc**
prevent other windows form covering them. This is because Apple does not Breaks when hiding (unmapping) layer shell windows. This means the quick
provide and way to do this in their APIs. access terminal is non-functional, but background and dock panels work.
More technically, when unmapping the surface (attaching a NULL buffer to
it) labwc continues to send configure events to the unmapped surface,
leading to Wayland protocol errors and a crash of labwc.
🔴 **GNOME** (mutter)
Does not implement the wlr protocol at all, nothing works.
.. tab:: macOS
Mostly everything works, with the notable exception that dock panels do not
prevent other windows form covering them. This is because Apple does not
provide and way to do this in their APIs.