Toggling Monitor Configurations in Hyprland

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If you like me experience low resolution in certain apps or games when using a larger scale, you can easily toggle between two monitor configurations. Follow the steps below to set this up:

1. Add two monitor configs at line 5 & 6 in ~/.config/hypr/custom/general.conf like following lines:

# Put general config stuff here
# Here's a list of every variable: https://wiki.hyprland.org/Configuring/Variables/

# MONITOR CONFIG
monitor=eDP-1, 1920x1080@60.00, auto, 1.4
# monitor=eDP-1, [email protected], auto, 1
...

2. Create a new script file named toggleMonitorProfile.sh in the custom folder and add the following code:

#!/bin/bash

# Path to your configuration file
config_file="$HOME/.config/hypr/custom/general.conf"

# Check the state of the 5th line
fifth_line=$(sed -n '5p' "$config_file")

if [[ $fifth_line == \#\ * ]]; then
	# If the 5th line is commented, uncomment it and comment the 6th line
	sed -i '5s/^# //;6s/^[^#]/# &/' "$config_file"
else
	# If the 5th line is uncommented, comment it and uncomment the 6th line
	sed -i '5s/^[^#]/# &/;6s/^# //' "$config_file"
fi

3. Make the script executable:

chmod +x ~/.config/hypr/custom/toggleMonitorProfile.sh

4. Add the following lines at ~/.config/hypr/custom/keybinds.conf to create a shortcut for toggling the monitor configuration:

# Toggle between monitor config
bind = Super+Alt , M, exec, $HOME/.config/hypr/custom/toggleMonitorProfile.sh # [hidden]