# Brackets around active workspace in waybar

**URL:** <http://forum.hypr.land/t/brackets-around-active-workspace-in-waybar/981>\
**Category:** Ricing\
**Tags:** help\
**Created:** [October 12, 2025, 12:38am UTC](http://forum.hypr.land/t/brackets-around-active-workspace-in-waybar/981 "2025-10-12T00:38:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![tradekit](http://forum.hypr.land/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@tradekit](http://forum.hypr.land/u/tradekit)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2025, 12:38am UTC](http://forum.hypr.land/t/brackets-around-active-workspace-in-waybar/981/1 "2025-10-12T00:38:37Z")

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i want it to look like this

![08-28-58-10-11-2025](http://forum.hypr.land/uploads/default/original/1X/62b365c6243a29ebbaa1095faf8c197e67e6970d.png)

this is what ive tried to make it happen

```json
"format": "{icon}",
"format-icons": {
    "active": "[{name}]"
}

```

but it just looks like this

1 [{name}] 3 4 5

(im limited to only one pic lol)

is this just not possible or can i work around it and still get the result im seeking?

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**Author:** ![hyprm3](http://forum.hypr.land/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/919ad9/32.png) [@hyprm3](http://forum.hypr.land/u/hyprm3)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2025, 5:42am UTC](http://forum.hypr.land/t/brackets-around-active-workspace-in-waybar/981/2 "2025-10-12T05:42:40Z")

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You do not define the border in config.jsonc of waybar.

The file to set it is style.css

There are numerous guides and examples over the web. In your shoes, I would start reading from [here](https://man.archlinux.org/man/extra/waybar/waybar-hyprland-workspaces.5.en). Styling is at the end of the page.

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**Author:** ![tradekit](http://forum.hypr.land/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@tradekit](http://forum.hypr.land/u/tradekit)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2025, 9:52pm UTC](http://forum.hypr.land/t/brackets-around-active-workspace-in-waybar/981/3 "2025-10-12T21:52:54Z")

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i may be wrong but i think u are misinterpreting my question, unless i can put brackets in with css. i want around my active workspace, the actual bracket characters. im not messing with borders

idk why the brackets make a box i cant cant unbox it