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Yabai and Skhd Config

This repository contains my standalone Yabai and Skhd configurations.

See my dotfiles repository for my other configurations.

To see the old Chunkwm configurations, click here.

NOTE: Yabai requires System Integrity Protection to be disabled to work properly. See here for more information. NOTE: For macOS Big Sur and above, scripting additions needs elevated privileges to work properly. See here for more information.

Installation

# Remove previous links
$ rm -f "${HOME}"/.{yabai,skhd}rc

# Install configs
$ git clone https://github.com/Julian-Heng/yabai-config.git "${HOME}"/.config/yabai
$ ln -s "${HOME}/.config/yabai/yabairc" "${HOME}/.yabairc"
$ ln -s "${HOME}/.config/yabai/skhdrc" "${HOME}/.skhdrc"

Keyboard Shortcuts

Changing Focus

alt + hjkl

Resize Windows

Action Key Combination
Resize left lctrl + alt + h
Resize down lctrl + alt + j
Resize up lctrl + alt + k
Resize right lctrl + alt + l
Equalise lctrl + alt + e

Move Windows

shift + alt + hjkl

Move Windows to Workspace

Action Key Combination
Send to last active desktop shift + alt + m
Send to previous workplace shift + alt + p
Send to next workplace shift + alt + n
Send to workplace shift + alt + num

Rotate Windows

Action Key Combination
Rotate clockwise alt + r
Rotate anticlockwise shift + alt + r
Flip on x-axis shift + alt + x
Flip on y-axis shift + alt + y

Window Actions

Action Key Combination
Fullscreen alt + f
Native fullscreen shift + alt + f

Window Insertion Point

Action Key Combination
Insert left shift + lctrl + alt + h
Insert down shift + lctrl + alt + j
Insert up shift + lctrl + alt + k
Insert right shift + lctrl + alt + l

NOTE: To cancel insertion point, press the last inerstion key combination.

Misc

Action Key Combination
Toggle float shift + alt + space
Toggle gaps lctrl + alt + g
Restart yabai lctrl + shift + alt + r

Showing System Information

Description

Uses osascript to show information like CPU, memory, battery, etc. The CPU script requires osx-cpu-temp installed. The song script supports Spotify, Music and cmus.

Click here to view the script folder.

NOTE: May have to change the location of the scripts in skhdrc.

Key Combination

fn + lalt + num

Screenshots

fn + lalt - 1 : /path/to/script
fn + lalt - 2 : /path/to/script
fn + lalt - 3 : /path/to/script
...

Launch iTerm2

Description

Launches iTerm2.

Click here to view the script.

Key Combination

alt + return

alt - return : /path/to/launch/terminal