Layout loader with hooks for i3wm
- i3wm - A better tiling and dynamic window manager
Clone this repository: git clone https://github.com/hastinbe/i3-layout-loader.git ~/i3-layout-loader
Edit the following example and append it to your ~/.config/i3/config:
# Layout loader
exec --no-startup-id ~/i3-layout-loader/loader
Reload i3 configuration by pressing mod+Shift+r
Layouts are generated with the i3-save-tree command and its output can be redirected to a file.
The file should be named according to its workspace name, so workspace "1" would be either "1.json" or just "1". For example:
i3-save-tree --workspace=1 > 1.json
i3-save-tree --workspace=name > name.json
If no layout path is specified with the -d option, i3-layout-loader will look in the following locations, in order:
./layouts
~/.config/i3/layouts
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/i3/layouts
$XDG_CONFIG_DIRS/i3/layouts
For more information on saving layouts, refer to the documentation.
Hooks are stored in the hooks subdirectory of this script. To enable a hook, put a file in the hooks subdirectory that is
named according to the hooks below, and make it executable. The following hooks are available:
| Filename | Description |
|---|---|
| pre-layout-load | Called before loading layouts |
| post-layout-load | Called after loading layouts |
| pre-layout-{workspace}-load | Called before loading an individual workspace layout |
| post-layout-{workspace}-load | Called after loading an individual workspace layout |
Where {workspace} is substituted with name of the workspace you wish to create workspace specific hooks for.
i3-layout-loader is released under GNU General Public License v2
Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.