Ability to select transition settings when using 'swww' as a backend

[Gylvaris]

I do not know if there is such a possibility, but I do not see it anywhere. I think since swww is accepted as a backend, a great option would be to be able to customize how transitions work!

[anufrievroman]

Hi, thank you for the suggestion. Basically, swww has many transition options, but since the app is only to change the wallpaper here and now, the user will in practice only see this animation once, when user clicks on the wallpaper of choice. I mean, the main function of transitions in swww, is when wallpapers are changing automatically, and you can enjoy this animation every once in a while, but in case of waypaper, you'd see this animation only once. Not sure if it is worth implementing this option (or several options that will take lots of space) just for this purpose, as I'd like to keep the interface minimal.

[anufrievroman]

One compromise may be that I can add this option accessible through config file. That is, if you really like a certain transition, you'd be able to set it (or several parameters) in the config of waypaper but not in gui.

[Gylvaris]

I understand as much as possible, and it makes sense, I gave such a suggestion because I personally have a problem to make animations work at my place. Only when I change the wallpaper with a command, when I try with a script something doesn't want to work

[anufrievroman]

@Gylvaris but you know, if you are really interested in swww there is another project from @0bCdian called Waypaper Engine, there you can get all the options of swww via gui.

[anufrievroman]

Hi, I implemented the ability to select the transition, but only in the config (I am still thinking how to expand GUI interface without cluttering it much. You can add swww_transition = wave or any other supported transition to your config. It will be available in 2.0.3. Happy new year!

[anufrievroman]

I'll assume that's okay then. Feel free to reopen the issue is something is not right.