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### Loading
Niri will load configuration from `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/.config/niri/config.kdl` or `~/.config/niri/config.kdl`.
If that file is missing, niri will create it with the contents of [the default configuration file](../resources/default-config.kdl).
Please use the default configuration file as the starting point for your custom configuration.
The configuration is live-reloaded.
Simply edit and save the config file, and your changes will be applied.
This includes key bindings, output settings like mode, window rules, and everything else.
You can run `niri validate` to parse the config and see any errors.
To use a different config file path, pass it in the `--config` or `-c` argument to `niri`.
### Syntax
The config is written in [KDL].
#### Comments
Lines starting with `//` are comments; they are ignored.
Also, you can put `/-` in front of a section to comment out the entire section:
```
/-output "eDP-1" {
everything inside here
is ignored
}
```
#### Flags
Toggle options in niri are commonly represented as flags.
Writing out the flag enables it, and omitting it or commenting it out disables it.
For example:
```
// "Focus follows mouse" is enabled.
input {
focus-follows-mouse
// Other settings...
}
```
```
// "Focus follows mouse" is disabled.
input {
// focus-follows-mouse
// Other settings...
}
```
#### Sections
Most sections cannot be repeated. For example:
```
// This is valid: every section appears once.
input {
keyboard {
// ...
}
touchpad {
// ...
}
}
```
```
// This is NOT valid: input section appears twice.
input {
keyboard {
// ...
}
}
input {
touchpad {
// ...
}
}
```
Exceptions are, for example, sections that configure different devices by name:
```
output "eDP-1" {
// ...
}
// This is valid: this section configures a different output.
output "HDMI-A-1" {
// ...
}
// This is NOT valid: "eDP-1" already appeared above.
// It will either throw a config parsing error, or otherwise not work.
output "eDP-1" {
// ...
}
```
### Defaults
Omitting most of the sections of the config file will leave you with the default values for that section.
A notable exception is `binds {}`: they do not get filled with defaults, so make sure you do not erase this section.
[KDL]: https://kdl.dev/
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