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”])

List of keys

“enter”
“escape”
“tab”
“arrowup”
“arrowdown”
“arrowleft”
“arrowright”
“capslock”
“f1”
“f2”
“f3”
“f4”
“f5”
“f6”
“f7”
“f8”
“f9”
“f10”
“f11”
“f12”
“print”
“delete”
“alt”
“numlock”
“fn”
“control”
“shift”
“super”
“backspace”
“space”
“home”
“end”
“pageup”
“pagedown”
“insert”

Theme

Creating a Custom Theme

To create a custom theme, you need to place it in the ~/.config/stryde/themes folder and create a file named:

your_theme_name.toml

Theme File Structure

background = ""
text = ""
primary = ""
secondary = ""
selected = ""

All colors must be hex values (e.g #000000)
Using # is optional

Parameters

background – background color of the app
text – text color (used for list items and search bar)
primary – primary color (used for selected text)
secondary – secondary color (used for placeholders in search bar and divider line)
selected – color of the currently selected app when navigating with arrows

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