Indicator positions on different-sized outputs

[dr-carlos]

Hello,

I use swaylock with multiple monitors - one 1080p and one 2160p, both displaying the same background image.

However, because the indicator-x-position and indicator-y-position arguments use pixels, this puts the indicator in a different position (at least, relative to the background image) on each monitor.
Is there a way to place the indicator at a different pixel position on each monitor, or use a different unit of measure for the indicator position which isn't dependent on the resolution of the monitors?

[gergelypolonkai]

There’s no way to configure it like that right now. I can imagine the following options:

• indicator-position-x 50% (not the best if you want to use different backgrounds on different outputs)
• indicator-position-x HDMI-1:718 (should be able to specify multiple times)
• indicator-position-x 718 HDMI-1:819 (first option is global, rest is a list of output-specific values; probably the easiest to implement)

[mrnossiom]

See #369.

It's not the same exact issue. I can volunteer a pull, but I would prefer to have some answer to the first one, which has been unnoticed for a year.

[gergelypolonkai]

That works if you want the indicator to be at the corners (or rather a relative distance from that), but won’t work for e.g. the center of the screen, or a specific position that e.g. depends on the background image. But it’s a good start.