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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"