Niri Layout Indicator

Keyboard layout indicator and switcher for Noctalia Shell on niri.

Built for niri + Noctalia Shell on Wayland.

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✨ Features

• Displays current keyboard layout (en, ru, etc. or flags)
• Switch layout with mouse:
  • Left click - next layout
  • Middle click - previous layout (or toggle display mode)
  • Right click - context menu
• Context menu:
  • Select layout directly
  • Toggle display mode (text / flag)
  • Change middle-click behavior
  • Open plugin settings
• Native Noctalia look and feel

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🌍 Translations

• English (default)
• Russian

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⚙️ Requirements

• niri
• Noctalia Shell

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Installation

Option 1: Noctalia Plugin Store

Once available in the Noctalia Plugin Store:

1. Open Noctalia Settings.
2. Go to Plugins.
3. Search for Niri Layout Indicator.
4. Press Install.
5. Add the widget to your bar.

Option 2: Manual install

git clone https://github.com/alnrog/niri-layout-indicator.git
cd niri-layout-indicator
./install.sh

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🖱 Controls

Action	Result
Left click	Next layout
Middle click	Previous layout / toggle
Right click	Open context menu

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🧠 Notes

• Layout names are parsed from:

niri msg keyboard-layouts

• Language codes and flags are mapped manually
• Unknown layouts fall back to a generic 2-letter code

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🚧 Future improvements

• Reactive updates (no polling)
• Custom layout mapping
• SVG flags
• Translations

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📄 License

MIT

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