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+If your toolkit/library supports this, you can have your apps run natively (without XWayland) by setting some environmental variables (you can add them to your launcher script or a session file (if you're using a dm)).
+
+Beware: clipboard synchronization between X and Wayland is not yet implemented.
+
+## GTK+ (3.0+)
+```
+GDK_BACKEND=wayland
+CLUTTER_BACKEND=wayland
+```
+
+## Qt5
+```
+QT_QPA_PLATFORM=wayland-egl
+```
+
+## Elementary/EFL
+```
+ECORE_EVAS_ENGINE=wayland_egl
+ELM_ENGINE=wayland_egl
+```
+
+You could set them to `wayland_shm` instead, if you want to use software rendering.
+
+## SDL
+```
+SDL_VIDEODRIVER=wayland
+```
+
+## Java
+Some Java awt applications would not display properly unless you set the following.
+```
+_JAVA_AWT_WM_NONREPARENTING=1`
+```