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