# Made a tool to fix the "Broken Waybar Layout" struggle when switching wallpapers

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**Created:** [February 21, 2026, 7:21pm UTC](http://forum.hypr.land/t/made-a-tool-to-fix-the-broken-waybar-layout-struggle-when-switching-wallpapers/1424 "2026-02-21T19:21:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![jarh4x](http://forum.hypr.land/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/6de8d8/32.png) [@jarh4x](http://forum.hypr.land/u/jarh4x)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2026, 7:21pm UTC](http://forum.hypr.land/t/made-a-tool-to-fix-the-broken-waybar-layout-struggle-when-switching-wallpapers/1424/1 "2026-02-21T19:21:05Z")

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Hey everyone,

I’ve been running CachyOS for a while now and I really like the performance. The only thing that always annoyed me on Hyprland was this: every time I switched wallpapers and let a script pull the colors (using wallust or similar), the Waybar layout would break or I’d have to reload everything manually to get it looking right again.

So I put together a tool called \*\*WaybarDynamicTheme\*\*. It’s basically an all-in-one script that still uses Wallust for the colors, but adds something I call \*\*Zero-Loss Layout Switching\*\*. It simply remembers your current layout, reloads GTK, Kitty/Ghostty, SwayNC and everything else, keeping all your custom modules intact without any resets.

I uploaded it to GitHub if anyone wants to try it or help improve it:

> **[GitHub - JADRT22/WaybarDynamicTheme: Dynamic theme automation for Waybar based on...](https://github.com/JADRT22/WaybarDynamicTheme)**
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> Dynamic theme automation for Waybar based on current wallpaper, with intelligent preservation of custom layouts and styles in Hyprland.

It’s made my daily setup on Cachy much smoother. Let me know what you think or if you have ideas for extra features!