From 2a0e94948827ec0b8594dcc7b76428cf749a624f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: david <david@pinewoods.xyz>
Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2025 16:55:39 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Adjust keybindings for macos wm, update readme
---
README.md | 3 +-
src_files/.config/skhd/skhdrc | 69 ++++++++++++++++++---------------
src_files/.config/yabai/yabairc | 2 +-
3 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 82fa67c..bc3ae0e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@
- all `drag windows to corner/edge/place` types of options: disabled
- `rearrange spaces based on recent use`: disabled
- `when switch to app... switch to space with open windows of app`: disabled
- - `displays have separate spaces`: disabled
+ - `displays have separate spaces`: enabled
+ - `show files on desktop`: enabled
### script run
diff --git a/src_files/.config/skhd/skhdrc b/src_files/.config/skhd/skhdrc
index 532aacf..a4f1d86 100755
--- a/src_files/.config/skhd/skhdrc
+++ b/src_files/.config/skhd/skhdrc
@@ -4,42 +4,49 @@
##########################################################################################
# yabai
+# general idea: alt navigates (move my view); shift+alt modifies (move/change windows)
+
+# switch to space (to leave SIP in place, configure these in macos system settings)
+# alt - 1 // switch to space 1 (and similar for other numbers)
+
# in managed mode: swap current window
-shift + cmd - k : yabai -m window --swap north
-shift + cmd - j : yabai -m window --swap south
-shift + cmd - h : yabai -m window --swap west
-shift + cmd - l : yabai -m window --swap east
+shift + alt - k : yabai -m window --swap north
+shift + alt - j : yabai -m window --swap south
+shift + alt - h : yabai -m window --swap west # TODO: remove, only have j/k (just stack)
+shift + alt - l : yabai -m window --swap east # TODO: remove, only have j/k (just stack)
# move focused window to the given space
-shift + cmd - 1 : yabai -m window --space 1
-shift + cmd - 2 : yabai -m window --space 2
-shift + cmd - 3 : yabai -m window --space 3
-shift + cmd - 4 : yabai -m window --space 4
-shift + cmd - 5 : yabai -m window --space 5
-shift + cmd - 6 : yabai -m window --space 6
-shift + cmd - 7 : yabai -m window --space 7
-shift + cmd - 8 : yabai -m window --space 8
-shift + cmd - 9 : yabai -m window --space 9
+shift + alt - 1 : yabai -m window --space 1
+shift + alt - 2 : yabai -m window --space 2
+shift + alt - 3 : yabai -m window --space 3
+shift + alt - 4 : yabai -m window --space 4
+shift + alt - 5 : yabai -m window --space 5
+shift + alt - 6 : yabai -m window --space 6
+shift + alt - 7 : yabai -m window --space 7
+shift + alt - 8 : yabai -m window --space 8
+shift + alt - 9 : yabai -m window --space 9
-# balance window sizes
-shift + cmd - 0 : yabai -m space --balance
+# all windows in a space to float and each fill screen (idea: stack mode)
+shift + alt - s : yabai -m space --layout float \
+ | yabai -m query --windows --space | jq '.[].id' \
+ | xargs -I % yabai -m window % --grid 1:1:0:0:1:1
+# toggle float on/off for the focused window
+shift + alt - f : yabai -m window --toggle float
# all windows in a space back to the grid (managed)
-shift + cmd - g : yabai -m space --layout bsp
-# all windows in a space to float and each fill screen
-shift + cmd - f : yabai -m space --layout float \
- | yabai -m query --windows --space | jq '.[].id' \
- | xargs -I % yabai -m window % --grid 1:1:0:0:1:1
+shift + alt - g : yabai -m space --layout bsp
+# balance window sizes
+shift + alt - 0 : yabai -m space --balance # TODO: figure out better key option
# managed layout, focus on next/previous window
-shift + cmd - x : yabai -m window --focus next # TODO: figure out better key option
-shift + cmd - z : yabai -m window --focus prev # TODO: figure out better key option
-# float layout, focus on next/previous window; hacky, but it seems to work for now
-shift + cmd - n : yabai -m query --windows --space | jq '.[].id' | sort | tr "\r\n" " " \
- | sed "s/\(.*\)/ \1 \n/" \
- | sed "s/.* $(yabai -m query --windows --window | jq '.id') \([0-9]*\) .*/\1/" \
- | xargs -I % yabai -m window --focus %
-shift + cmd - p : yabai -m query --windows --space | jq '.[].id' | sort | tr "\r\n" " " \
- | sed "s/\(.*\)/ \1 \n/" \
- | sed "s/.* \([0-9]*\) $(yabai -m query --windows --window | jq '.id') .*/\1/" \
- | xargs -I % yabai -m window --focus %
+#alt - x : yabai -m window --focus next # TODO: delete or figure out better key option
+#alt - z : yabai -m window --focus prev # TODO: delete or figure out better key option
+# focus on next/previous window; hacky, but it seems to work for now
+alt - k : yabai -m query --windows --space | jq '.[].id' | sort | tr "\r\n" " " \
+ | sed "s/\(.*\)/ \1 \n/" \
+ | sed "s/.* $(yabai -m query --windows --window | jq '.id') \([0-9]*\) .*/\1/" \
+ | xargs -I % yabai -m window --focus %
+alt - j : yabai -m query --windows --space | jq '.[].id' | sort | tr "\r\n" " " \
+ | sed "s/\(.*\)/ \1 \n/" \
+ | sed "s/.* \([0-9]*\) $(yabai -m query --windows --window | jq '.id') .*/\1/" \
+ | xargs -I % yabai -m window --focus %
diff --git a/src_files/.config/yabai/yabairc b/src_files/.config/yabai/yabairc
index 7060454..c8445ba 100755
--- a/src_files/.config/yabai/yabairc
+++ b/src_files/.config/yabai/yabairc
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ yabai -m config \
focus_follows_mouse off \
display_arrangement_order default \
window_origin_display default \
- window_placement second_child \
+ window_placement first_child \
window_insertion_point focused \
window_zoom_persist on \
window_shadow on \