Hyprland Tricks - Close Window Keybind With Confirmation Window

Published July 28, 2025

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By default, hyprctl dispatch killactive will instantly close your focused window. If you're like me and have ever yanked a terminal or browser window when you weren't ready, this tiny script adds a "Yes/No" confirmation window using Wofi.

Create the Script

For me, I will be adding this to ~/dotfiles/hypr/scripts/hypr-confirm-close.

#!/usr/bin/env bash
# prompt "Close window?" with Yes/No via wofi
choice=$(printf "Yes\nNo" \
  | wofi --dmenu --prompt="Close window?" --lines=5)
[ "$choice" = "Yes" ] && hyprctl dispatch killactive

Remember to make it executable. chmod +x ~/dotfiles/hypr/scripts/hypr-confirm-close

Bind the Key

In your hyprland.conf:

bind = $mod, q, exec, bash, ~/.config/hypr/scripts/hypr-confirm-close

The filepath is different here because it will get copied from our ~/dotfiles dir to the normal ~/.config directory.

Reload:

hyprctl reload

Summary

Now MOD+q pops up a two-line menu and only when you select "Yes" will your window be closed.