How do I get special workspace to slide in from top?

[matthewsia98]

I have this line in my config animation = specialWorkspace, 1, $animation_fast_speed, myBezier, slidevert which makes the special workspace slide in from the bottom.

How do I get it to slide in from the top?

For regular workspaces, I have this line animation = workspaces, 1, $animation_slow_speed, myBezier, slidevert and I can see that sliding can be from the top going down or bottom going up depending on whether I am switching to the next or previous workspace. So it seems like the mechanism exists, I just don't see how to achieve this from reading the wiki.

[cvanelteren]

The configuration lists that you have to configure it with the keyboard specialWorkspaces (https://wiki.hyprland.org/Configuring/Animations/)

In your case it would be

animation = specialWorkspaces, 1, $animation_fastSpeed, myBezier, slidevert

[cvanelteren]

You are missing an s ;-)!

[matthewsia98]

looks like there is no s here or are we talking about different things

[cvanelteren]

Ah you are right; weird I have this in my config and it works.

[cvanelteren]

My config is as such

[cvanelteren]

@matthewsia98, apologies I completed read your question wrong. The slide from the top is indeed not supported at the moment. I am also looking to get this work, but I guess it requires some tooling. I will see if I can put a PR; a good place to start would be https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/blob/67c73ec10036c5ff9bda392390ecc7af48d4feee/src/managers/AnimationManager.cpp

[AQDuck97]

Hey,
I would love this feature too! It just feels more natural for workspaces with greater number to appear from the top.
Would love to know if anyone knows of a script or if this is possible now in 2024?

[ndb000]

it works if you use slidefadevert instead of slidevert:
animation = specialWorkspace, 1, 6, default, slidefadevert -50% (can be any negative percentage)

[AQDuck97]

Thanks! It looks great for special workspace, but for normal workspaces it removes the "chain" effect of seeing the previous workspace getting pushed away since there's a bigger gap and fading.

I'm not going to be too nitpicky though, it does appear from the top and after playing around with speed and offset I got it feeling pretty good.