"layer" configuration option appears to do nothing.

[ProtoSharkk]

Changing "layer" in my waybar configuration doesn't change what layer waybar displays on. Setting "layer" to "bottom", reloading waybar, and then running hyprctl layers shows waybar on the top layer if "mode" is set to overlay. Setting "mode" to "dock" or anything else will cause waybar to display on the bottom layer, regardless of what "layer" is set to.

[Lolitron-0]

Same problem, have you found a solution?

[ProtoSharkk]

The way i got around it was by editing the presets in bar.cpp and then compiling it myself.

[ZetaArashi]

+1 for also having this issue. Will likely also have to compile it myself, but I'm not a programmer, so that's going to be a day plus at some point soon.
(NixOS Unstable, for me).