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

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

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

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

Window arrangement

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

Window sizing

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

Miscellaneous and launching programs

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