My Current Qtile Config
Nov 29, 2022Arkar Kaung Myat
LinuxWMs
I love using tiling window managers and I am currently loving Qtile.
from libqtile import bar, layout, widget
from libqtile.config import Click, Drag, Group, Key, Match, Screen
from libqtile.lazy import lazy
from libqtile.utils import guess_terminal
from libqtile.dgroups import simple_key_binder
from libqtile import extension
mod = "mod4"
terminal = 'kitty'
keys = [
Key([mod], "h", lazy.layout.left(), desc="Move focus to left"),
Key([mod], "l", lazy.layout.right(), desc="Move focus to right"),
Key([mod], "j", lazy.layout.down(), desc="Move focus down"),
Key([mod], "k", lazy.layout.up(), desc="Move focus up"),
Key([mod], "space", lazy.layout.next(),
desc="Move window focus to other window"),
Key([mod, "shift"], "h", lazy.layout.shuffle_left(),
desc="Move window to the left"),
Key([mod, "shift"], "l", lazy.layout.shuffle_right(),
desc="Move window to the right"),
Key([mod, "shift"], "j", lazy.layout.shuffle_down(), desc="Move window down"),
Key([mod, "shift"], "k", lazy.layout.shuffle_up(), desc="Move window up"),
Key([mod, "control"], "h", lazy.layout.grow_left(),
desc="Grow window to the left"),
Key([mod, "control"], "l", lazy.layout.grow_right(),
desc="Grow window to the right"),
Key([mod, "control"], "j", lazy.layout.grow_down(), desc="Grow window down"),
Key([mod, "control"], "k", lazy.layout.grow_up(), desc="Grow window up"),
Key([mod], "n", lazy.layout.normalize(), desc="Reset all window sizes"),
Key(
[mod, "shift"],
"Return",
lazy.layout.toggle_split(),
desc="Toggle between split and unsplit sides of stack",
),
Key([mod], "space", lazy.widget["keyboardlayout"].next_keyboard(),
desc="Next keyboard layout."),
Key([mod], "Return", lazy.spawn(terminal), desc="Launch terminal"),
# Toggle between different layouts as defined below
Key([mod], "Tab", lazy.next_layout(), desc="Toggle between layouts"),
Key([mod], "w", lazy.window.kill(), desc="Kill focused window"),
Key([mod, "control"], "r", lazy.reload_config(), desc="Reload the config"),
Key([mod, "control"], "q", lazy.shutdown(), desc="Shutdown Qtile"),
Key([mod], "r", lazy.spawncmd(), desc="Spawn a command using a prompt widget"),
Key([mod], "f", lazy.window.toggle_fullscreen(), desc="Toggle fullscreen",),
Key([mod], 'd', lazy.run_extension(extension.DmenuRun(
dmenu_prompt=">",
dmenu_font="Andika-8",
))),
]
groups = [
Group("www"),
Group("code"),
Group("etc"),
Group("media"),
Group("misc"),
]
keys.extend([
Key([mod], '1', lazy.group['www'].toscreen(),
desc="Switch to group {}".format('www'))
])
keys.extend([
Key([mod], '2', lazy.group['code'].toscreen(),
desc="Switch to group {}".format('code'))
])
keys.extend([
Key([mod], '3', lazy.group['etc'].toscreen(),
desc="Switch to group {}".format('etc'))
])
keys.extend([
Key([mod], '4', lazy.group['media'].toscreen(),
desc="Switch to group {}".format('media'))
])
keys.extend([
Key([mod], '5', lazy.group['misc'].toscreen(),
desc="Switch to group {}".format('misc'))
])
layouts = [
layout.Max(),
layout.Columns(border_focus_stack=["#d75f5f", "#8f3d3d"], border_width=4),
# layout.Stack(num_stacks=2),
# layout.Bsp(),
# layout.Matrix(),
# layout.MonadTall(),
# layout.MonadWide(),
# layout.RatioTile(),
# layout.Tile(),
# layout.TreeTab(),
# layout.VerticalTile(),
# layout.Zoomy(),
]
widget_defaults = dict(
font="sans",
fontsize=12,
padding=3,
)
extension_defaults = widget_defaults.copy()
screens = [
Screen(
bottom=bar.Bar(
[
widget.CurrentLayout(),
widget.GroupBox(),
widget.Prompt(),
widget.WindowName(),
widget.Chord(
chords_colors={
"launch": ("#ff0000", "#ffffff"),
},
name_transform=lambda name: name.upper(),
),
# NB Systray is incompatible with Wayland, consider using StatusNotifier instead
# widget.StatusNotifier(),
# widget.Systray(),
widget.Notify(),
widget.CPUGraph(type='line', line_width=1, border_width=0,
fill_color='#000000', graph_color='#ffffff', samples=50),
widget.Net(format='{down} ↓↑ {up}'),
widget.Sep(),
widget.Volume(),
widget.Sep(),
widget.Battery(format="{char} {percent:2.0%}", charge_char="↑", discharge_char="↓",
full_char="f", empty_char="empty", low_percentage=0.2, update_interval=5),
widget.Sep(),
widget.Clock(format="%I:%M %p"),
widget.Sep(),
widget.KeyboardLayout(
configured_keyboards=['us', 'mm']),
widget.QuickExit(),
],
24,
border_width=[2, 0, 2, 0], # Draw top and bottom borders
border_color=['#222'],
background=['#222']
),
),
]
# Drag floating layouts.
mouse = [
Drag([mod], "Button1", lazy.window.set_position_floating(),
start=lazy.window.get_position()),
Drag([mod], "Button3", lazy.window.set_size_floating(),
start=lazy.window.get_size()),
Click([mod], "Button2", lazy.window.bring_to_front()),
]
dgroups_key_binder = None
dgroups_app_rules = [] # type: list
follow_mouse_focus = True
bring_front_click = False
cursor_warp = False
floating_layout = layout.Floating(
float_rules=[
# Run the utility of `xprop` to see the wm class and name of an X client.
*layout.Floating.default_float_rules,
Match(wm_class="confirmreset"), # gitk
Match(wm_class="makebranch"), # gitk
Match(wm_class="maketag"), # gitk
Match(wm_class="ssh-askpass"), # ssh-askpass
Match(title="branchdialog"), # gitk
Match(title="pinentry"), # GPG key password entry
]
)
auto_fullscreen = True
focus_on_window_activation = "smart"
reconfigure_screens = True
auto_minimize = True
wl_input_rules = None
wmname = "LG3D"