miscellaneous

System & Hardware

Setting	Default	Description
xwayland_persistence	1	Keep XWayland running even when no X11 apps are open (reduces startup lag).
xwayland_ignore_scale	0	DIsable global scale for xwayland.
sync_obj_enable	1	Enable drm_syncobj timeline support (helps with gaming stutter/lag). Requires restart.
allow_lock_transparent	0	Allow the lock screen to be transparent.
allow_shortcuts_inhibit	1	Allow shortcuts to be inhibited by clients.
auto_reload_config	1	Watch the main config file and every source/source_optional file, then reload immediately after any of them changes.

Focus & Input

Setting	Default	Description
focus_on_activate	1	Automatically focus windows when they request activation.
sloppy_focus	1	Focus follows the mouse cursor.
map_focus_monitor	0	Map tablets to the focused monitor automatically. When disabled, a tablet is only mapped to a monitor if a device rule pins it via monitor.
warp_cursor	1	Warp the cursor to the center of the window when focus changes via keyboard.
cursor_hide_timeout	0	Hide the cursor after N seconds of inactivity (0 to disable).
cursor_hide_on_keypress	0	Hide the cursor on keypress.
drag_tile_to_tile	0	Allow dragging a tiled window onto another to swap their positions.
drag_tile_small	1	Allow dragging a tiled window temporarily to small size.
drag_corner	3	Corner for drag-to-tile detection (0: none, 1–3: corners, 4: auto-detect).
drag_warp_cursor	1	Warp cursor when dragging windows to tile.
axis_bind_apply_timeout	100	Timeout (ms) for detecting consecutive scroll events for axis bindings.
disable_middle_paste	0	Disable middle-click paste by turning off the whole primary selection. Only affects Wayland apps; X11 apps are unaffected. Restart apps after re-enabling.

Multi-Monitor & Tags

Setting	Default	Description
focus_cross_monitor	0	Allow directional focus to cross monitor boundaries.
focus_direction_only_zone_overlap	1	When enabled, directional focus only selects windows that overlap the current window on the perpendicular axis (y for left/right, x for up/down); returns nothing if none qualify.
exchange_cross_monitor	0	Allow the exchange_client and move_client dispatchers to reach across monitor boundaries. With exchange_client the two windows swap monitors; with move_client the window moves onto the monitor holding the neighbor (or lying in the move direction when there is none) and is inserted in front of or behind that neighbor instead of swapping with it. While disabled, both dispatchers keep the windows on the current monitor.
focus_cross_tag	0	Allow directional focus to cross into other tags.
view_current_to_back	0	Toggling the current tag switches back to the previously viewed tag.
scratchpad_cross_monitor	0	Share the scratchpad pool across all monitors.
single_scratchpad	1	Only allow one scratchpad (named or standard) to be visible at a time.
tag_num	9	Number of tags/workspaces (1–31). On config reload, clients on tags beyond this count are moved to the last tag.
tag_gather	0	When 1, occupied tags are compacted to consecutive tags starting at 1, eliminating gaps. For example, with windows on tags 1, 3 and 9, they move to 1, 2 and 3, and the current view follows.

Window Behavior

Setting	Default	Description
enable_floating_snap	0	Snap floating windows to edges or other windows.
snap_distance	30	Max distance (pixels) to trigger floating snap.
float_full_to_top	0	Let fullscreen, floating and layer-shell top windows share one layer so they can cover each other; which one ends up on top depends on which was opened or raised last. When 0, they are split into separate layers instead: floating windows below, fullscreen windows above layer-shell top windows.
no_border_when_single	0	Remove window borders when only one window is visible on the tag.
smart_gaps	0	Disable gaps when only one window is present.
idle_inhibit_ignore_visible	0	Allow invisible clients (e.g., background audio players) to inhibit idle.
idle_inhibit_when_fullscreen	0	Keep idle inhibited while a fullscreen window is focused.
tag_carousel	0	Enable tag carousel (cycling through tags).
enable_border_resize	1	Change the cursor when hovering a window border and start an interactive resize with a plain left click, like sway. Floating windows expose every edge; tiled windows only expose edges shared with a neighbor.
border_resize_size	10	Thickness in pixels of the resize grab strip measured inward from a window's edge (0 uses the window border width). Set it larger for an easier-to-hit grip, which also works for borderless windows.

Config errors

When the config file contains errors, mango shows a mangonag bar at the top of the focused output.

• Close dismisses the bar.
• Edit opens the first reported error in your editor at the reported line.

The editor is taken from $EDITOR, then $VISUAL, then vi; terminal editors open in $TERMINAL.