I agree but that risks bloating Sway. There are many options for a start menu (dmenu for example) and a settings panel is not a possibility since the configurat

I agree but that risks bloating Sway. There are many options for a start menu (dmenu for example) and a settings panel is not a possibility since the configuration is too sophisticated to be simplified in an interface. If you do really need a settings menu, you can install the Gnome one and it works for the most part.