{"id":899,"date":"2024-07-02T13:02:59","date_gmt":"2024-07-02T13:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serverhost.com\/blog\/miracle-wm-0-3-released-enhanced-visuals-bug-fixes-and-improved-i3-ipc-support\/"},"modified":"2025-05-07T08:54:41","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T08:54:41","slug":"miracle-wm-0-3-released-enhanced-visuals-bug-fixes-and-improved-i3-ipc-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serverhost.com\/blog\/miracle-wm-0-3-released-enhanced-visuals-bug-fixes-and-improved-i3-ipc-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Miracle-WM 0.3 Released: Enhanced Visuals, Bug Fixes, and Improved i3 IPC Support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>If you\u2019re yet to try <em>Miracle-WM<\/em>, a tiling window manager made for the <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/canonical\/mir\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mir Wayland compositor<\/a>, the latest version would be a stellar place to start.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Created by Canonical engineer Matthew Kosarek (in his free time; it\u2019s not an official Canonical project), miracle-wm aims to pair the efficiency tiling window managers such as <em>i3<\/em> and <em>Sway<\/em> provide with <em>\u201cflashier graphics [\u2026] full of smooth transitions and colors\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omgubuntu.co.uk\/2024\/02\/miracle-wm-tiling-wayland-compositor-mir\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">previous releases of miracle-wm<\/a> tackled the fundamentals the former of those aforementioned aims requires, and the new <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/mattkae\/miracle-wm\/releases\/tag\/v0.3.0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">miracle-wm 0.3.0<\/a> release begins to add the bling needed to help realise the latter aspect.<\/p>\n<p>Slick animations have been added when opening applications, moving windows, and resizing windows when tiling. Switching workspaces also uses an animation. All of the animations included are configurable (and turn-off-able) too.<\/p>\n<p>You can see the new features in action in the following video made by Matthew Kosarek (who says it\u2019s \u2018hastily made\u2019 and better videos will follow in future):<\/p>\n<p>An overview of changes in miracle-wm 0.3.0:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Animated window opening, moving, and resizing<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Animated workspace switching<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Borders can be shown around windows<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Focused window border can use a different colour<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Improved support for <a href=\"https:\/\/i3wm.org\/docs\/ipc.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">i3 IPC<\/a><\/strong>, <strong>including<\/strong> <code>focus<\/code>, <code>split<\/code> &amp; <code>sticky<\/code><\/li>\n<li><strong>Workspaces can set default layout rule (\u201ctiled\u201d or \u201cfloating\u201d)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Snap upgraded to use Core24<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Misc bug fixes for XWayland, fullscreen behaviour + more<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>While this release is said to be in a better \u2018daily-driver\u2019 state than the previous version, the whole endeavour remains a WIP and, until the first 1.0 release lands, is classed as pre-release software. Anyone trying it out should keep that firmly in mind.<\/p>\n<h2>Install Miracle-WM on Ubuntu<\/h2>\n<p>You can install miracle-wm on Ubuntu from the Snap Store by opening a <em>Terminal<\/em> window and running the following command: \u2013<\/p>\n<pre>sudo snap install miracle-wm --classic<\/pre>\n<p>Once it has fully downloaded, uncompressed, and installed you need to log out of your current session, choose <em>Miracle<\/em> from the session menu (lower right-hand corner cog menu), and log in again.<\/p>\n<p>Nothing much will show on screen after you log in to miracle-wm, bar a minimal <code>waybar<\/code> panel. This is because miracle-wm is a window manager and not a fully-featured desktop environment.<\/p>\n<p>Edit the miracle-wm config file (<code>~\/.config\/miracle-wm.yaml<\/code>) to customize miracle-wm\u2019s settings (e.g., set keyboard shortcuts, adjust gap size, etc.) and load up the apps\/utilities you want to use for a richer end-user experience.<\/p>\n<p>Alternatively, you can also run miracle-wm in a window on the standard Ubuntu desktop. This way you can edit the configuration file and see changes without needing to log out, in, out, in, etc.<\/p>\n<pre>WAYLAND_DISPLAY=wayland-98 miracle-wm<\/pre>\n<p>The official project wiki covers this detail, so check that out.<\/p>\n<p><em>Do drop the names of any apps\/tools you like to use in similar minimal wm setups down in the comments. Is <code>rofi<\/code> still the best app launchers? Is <code>feh<\/code> still in fashion for desktop backgrounds? 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