Config file

Configuration Overview

When you open the Stryde configuration file for the first time
~/.config/stryde/config.toml you will see something like this

theme = "Stryde-Dark"
antialiasing = false

[window]
width = 774
height = 500

[text]
font_name = " "
list_text_size = 16
input_text_size = 18
placeholder = "Type commands, search..."

[layout]
icon_size = 37
padding_vertical = 0.0
spacing = 5
divider = true

[behavior]
show_apps = true
close_on_launch = true
highlight_style_text = false
default_terminal = "kitty"

[keybinds]
close = "escape"
open = "enter"
navigation = ["arrowup", "arrowdown"]

theme

Specifies which theme file Stryde should load Stryde-Dark is the default dark theme

To use your own custom theme, create a toml file in the themes folder and replace the value with your filename:

theme = "your_theme_name.toml"

antialiasing

Enables smoothing for text and UI elements
Turning it on may improve visual quality but can reduce performance

`[window]`

width

The width of the Stryde window in pixels

height

The height of the Stryde window in pixels

`[text]`

font_name

Change default font to a font installed on your system (example: “JetBrains Mono”)

list_text_size

Defines the font size for the list of applications

input_text_size

Defines the font size used in search bar

placeholder

Sets the placeholder text in search bar

`[layout]`

icon_size

The size of icons in the application list

padding_vertical

Sets the padding at the top and bottom of the application list

spacing

Defines space between apps in the list

divider

If set to true, shows a divider line between the input field and the app list

`[behavior]`

show_apps

Show application when you start the app (if set to false it will show apps only when you search)

close_on_launch

Close the Stryde after opening an application

highlight_style_text

If set to true, the selected app will be highlighted using text color instead of background

default_terminal

Specifies which terminal to use when opening terminal apps (like btop)

`[keybinds]`

close

The key used to close the app

open

The key used to open the selected app

Keys used to navigate the app list: the first key moves up, the second moves down (default: [“arrowup”, “arrowdown”])

Keyboard shortcuts