Woof OS Qtile Edition - Qtile Config

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Keybinds

Woof OS uses a tiling window manager, qtile, mainly controlled using the keyboard.
The keybinds listed here are declared in ~/.config/qtile/config.py.

By default, <kbd>[mod]</kbd> is the <kbd>Super/mod4</kbd> key, which is the <kbd>⊞ Win</kbd> key on most keyboards, and the <kbd>⌘ Command</kbd> key on Macs.

Focus navigation

<kbd>[mod]</kbd> <kbd>H</kbd> moves focus to the left
<kbd>[mod]</kbd> <kbd>L</kbd> moves focus to the right
<kbd>[mod]</kbd> <kbd>J</kbd> moves focus down
<kbd>[mod]</kbd> <kbd>K</kbd> moves focus up
<kbd>[mod]</kbd> <kbd>Space</kbd> moves focus to the next window
<kbd>[mod]</kbd> <kbd>.</kbd> moves focus to the next screen

The mouse can also be used to switch focus between windows by simply hovering over them.

<kbd>[mod]</kbd> <kbd>1</kbd>/<kbd>2</kbd>/<kbd>3</kbd>/<kbd>4</kbd>/<kbd>5</kbd>/<kbd>6</kbd>/<kbd>7</kbd>/<kbd>8</kbd>/<kbd>9</kbd> moves focus to the workspace assigned to the ID

Window arrangement

<kbd>[mod]</kbd> <kbd>Shift</kbd> <kbd>H</kbd> moves focused window to the left
<kbd>[mod]</kbd> <kbd>Shift</kbd> <kbd>L</kbd> moves focused window to the right
<kbd>[mod]</kbd> <kbd>Shift</kbd> <kbd>J</kbd> moves focused window down
<kbd>[mod]</kbd> <kbd>Shift</kbd> <kbd>K</kbd> moves focused window up
<kbd>[mod]</kbd> <kbd>Shift</kbd> <kbd>R</kbd>eturn toggles between split and unsplit sides of stack
<kbd>[mod]</kbd> <kbd>Tab</kbd> toggles between layouts
<kbd>[mod]</kbd> <kbd>Shift</kbd> <kbd>1</kbd>/<kbd>2</kbd>/<kbd>3</kbd>/<kbd>4</kbd>/<kbd>5</kbd>/<kbd>6</kbd>/<kbd>7</kbd>/<kbd>8</kbd>/<kbd>9</kbd> shifts focused window to the workspace assigned to the ID

Window sizing

<kbd>[mod]</kbd> <kbd>CTRL</kbd> <kbd>H</kbd> grows window to the left
<kbd>[mod]</kbd> <kbd>CTRL</kbd> <kbd>L</kbd> grows window to the right
<kbd>[mod]</kbd> <kbd>CTRL</kbd> <kbd>J</kbd> grows window down
<kbd>[mod]</kbd> <kbd>CTRL</kbd> <kbd>K</kbd> grows window up
<kbd>[mod]</kbd> <kbd>N</kbd> resets all window sizes

Miscellaneous and launching programs

<kbd>[mod]</kbd> <kbd>Return</kbd> launches the terminal (alacritty)
<kbd>[mod]</kbd> <kbd>R</kbd> opens the Rofi run launcher
<kbd>[mod]</kbd> <kbd>B</kbd> launches the web browser (brave)
<kbd>[mod]</kbd> <kbd>C</kbd> launches the file manager (vifm)
<kbd>[mod]</kbd> <kbd>Z</kbd> opens copied PDF URL in Zathura
<kbd>[mod]</kbd> <kbd>Y</kbd> opens copied YouTube URL in MPV (using yt-dlp)
<kbd>[mod]</kbd> <kbd>F</kbd> opens the Flameshot GUI
<kbd>[mod]</kbd> <kbd>T</kbd> spawns a command using a prompt
<kbd>[mod]</kbd> <kbd>V</kbd> shows the active windows through Rofi
<kbd>[mod]</kbd> <kbd>D</kbd> sends a notification including the current date and time
<kbd>[mod]</kbd> <kbd>Q</kbd> kills focused window
<kbd>[mod]</kbd> <kbd>CTRL</kbd> <kbd>S</kbd> takes a full screenshot using Scrot to clipboard
<kbd>[mod]</kbd> <kbd>CTRL</kbd> <kbd>F</kbd> takes a screenshot of the focused window using Scrot to clipboard
<kbd>[mod]</kbd> <kbd>CTRL</kbd> <kbd>P</kbd> opens the Rofi power menu
<kbd>[mod]</kbd> <kbd>CTRL</kbd> <kbd>R</kbd> restarts Qtile
<kbd>[mod]</kbd> <kbd>CTRL</kbd> <kbd>Q</kbd> shuts down Qtile