Provided by: swaylock_1.8.2-1_amd64 
NAME
swaylock - Screen locker for Wayland
SYNOPSIS
swaylock [options...]
Locks your Wayland session.
OPTIONS
-C, --config <path>
The config file to use. By default, the following paths are checked: $HOME/.swaylock/config,
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/swaylock/config, and SYSCONFDIR/swaylock/config. All flags aside from this one are
valid options in the configuration file using the format long-option=value. For options such as
ignore-empty-password, just supply the long-option. All leading dashes should be omitted and the
equals sign is required for flags that take an argument.
-d, --debug
Enable debugging output.
-e, --ignore-empty-password
When an empty password is provided, do not validate it.
-F, --show-failed-attempts
Show current count of failed authentication attempts.
-f, --daemonize
Detach from the controlling terminal after locking.
Note: this is the default behavior of i3lock.
-R, --ready-fd <fd>
File descriptor to send readiness notifications to.
When the session has been locked, a single newline is written to the FD. At this point, the
compositor guarantees that no security sensitive content is visible on-screen.
-h, --help
Show help message and quit.
-v, --version
Show the version number and quit.
APPEARANCE
-u, --no-unlock-indicator
Disable the unlock indicator.
-i, --image [[<output>]:]<path>
Display the given image, optionally only on the given output. Use -c to set a background color. If
the path potentially contains a ':', prefix it with another ':' to prevent interpreting part of it as
<output>.
-k, --show-keyboard-layout
Display the current xkb layout while typing.
-K, --hide-keyboard-layout
Force hiding the current xkb layout while typing, even if more than one layout is configured or the
show-keyboard-layout option is set.
-L, --disable-caps-lock-text
Disable the Caps Lock text.
-l, --indicator-caps-lock
Show the current Caps Lock state also on the indicator.
-s, --scaling
Image scaling mode: stretch, fill, fit, center, tile, solid_color. Use solid_color to display only
the background color, even if a background image is specified.
-t, --tiling
Same as --scaling=tile.
-c, --color <rrggbb[aa]>
Turn the screen into the given color instead of white. If -i is used, this sets the background of the
image to the given color. Defaults to white (FFFFFF).
--bs-hl-color <rrggbb[aa]>
Sets the color of backspace highlight segments.
--caps-lock-bs-hl-color <rrggbb[aa]>
Sets the color of backspace highlight segments when Caps Lock is active.
--caps-lock-key-hl-color <rrggbb[aa]>
Sets the color of the key press highlight segments when Caps Lock is active.
--font <font>
Sets the font of the text.
--font-size <size>
Sets a fixed font size for the indicator text.
--indicator-idle-visible
Sets the indicator to show even if idle.
--indicator-radius <radius>
Sets the indicator radius. The default value is 50.
--indicator-thickness <thickness>
Sets the indicator thickness. The default value is 10.
--indicator-x-position <x>
Sets the horizontal position of the indicator.
--indicator-y-position <y>
Sets the vertical position of the indicator.
--inside-color <rrggbb[aa]>
Sets the color of the inside of the indicator.
--inside-clear-color <rrggbb[aa]>
Sets the color of the inside of the indicator when cleared.
--inside-caps-lock-color <rrggbb[aa]>
Sets the color of the inside of the indicator when Caps Lock is active.
--inside-ver-color <rrggbb[aa]>
Sets the color of the inside of the indicator when verifying.
--inside-wrong-color <rrggbb[aa]>
Sets the color of the inside of the indicator when invalid.
--key-hl-color <rrggbb[aa]>
Sets the color of the key press highlight segments.
--layout-bg-color <rrggbb[aa]>
Sets the background color of the box containing the layout text.
--layout-border-color <rrggbb[aa]>
Sets the color of the border of the box containing the layout text.
--layout-text-color <rrggbb[aa]>
Sets the color of the layout text.
--line-color <rrggbb[aa]>
Sets the color of the line between the inside and ring.
--line-clear-color <rrggbb[aa]>
Sets the color of the line between the inside and ring when cleared.
--line-caps-lock-color <rrggbb[aa]>
Sets the color of the line between the inside and ring when Caps Lock is active.
--line-ver-color <rrggbb[aa]>
Sets the color of the line between the inside and ring when verifying.
--line-wrong-color <rrggbb[aa]>
Sets the color of the line between the inside and ring when invalid.
-n, --line-uses-inside
Use the inside color for the line between the inside and ring.
-r, --line-uses-ring
Use the ring color for the line between the inside and ring.
--ring-color <rrggbb[aa]>
Sets the color of the ring of the indicator when typing or idle.
--ring-clear-color <rrggbb[aa]>
Sets the color of the ring of the indicator when cleared.
--ring-caps-lock-color <rrggbb[aa]>
Sets the color of the ring of the indicator when Caps Lock is active.
--ring-ver-color <rrggbb[aa]>
Sets the color of the ring of the indicator when verifying.
--ring-wrong-color <rrggbb[aa]>
Sets the color of the ring of the indicator when invalid.
--separator-color <rrggbb[aa]>
Sets the color of the lines that separate highlight segments.
--text-color <rrggbb[aa]>
Sets the color of the text.
--text-clear-color <rrggbb[aa]>
Sets the color of the text when cleared.
--text-caps-lock-color <rrggbb[aa]>
Sets the color of the text when Caps Lock is active.
--text-ver-color <rrggbb[aa]>
Sets the color of the text when verifying.
--text-wrong-color <rrggbb[aa]>
Sets the color of the text when invalid.
SIGNALS
SIGUSR1
Unlock the screen and exit.
AUTHORS
Maintained by Drew DeVault <sir@cmpwn.com>, who is assisted by other open source contributors. For more
information about swaylock development, see https://github.com/swaywm/swaylock.
2025-03-22 swaylock(1)