Re: [xmonad] Layout switching (rather than cycling)

Brent, Works like magic, thanks! I love xmonad! anze phone: +1 (510) 495 2488, mobile: +1 (510) 289 9395, fax: +1 (510) 486 7149 -- "Of course any comparisons between the two men are absurd. One's a bearded, long-winded Communist dictator who tolerates no dissent; the other one speaks Spanish." [/. on difference between RMS and Castro] On Fri, 28 Mar 2008, Brent Yorgey wrote:

On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 2:45 PM, Anze Slosar wrote:

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Hi,

How can I bind certain layouts to key combinations? So rather than cycle thorugh layouts with Mod Space, I'd like Mod F1 to give me layout 1, Mod F2 to give me layout 2, etc... I've been googling for a bit, but can't find an answer.

Thanks.

anze

Hi Anze,

You can do this using the JumpToLayout message from the XMonad.Layout.LayoutCombinators extension module. For example:

import XMonad hiding ( (|||) ) -- don't use the normal ||| operator import XMonad.Layout.LayoutCombinators -- use the one from LayoutCombinators instead import XMonad.Util.EZConfig -- add keybindings easily

main = xmonad myConfig

myConfig = defaultConfig { ... layoutHook = tall ||| Mirror tall ||| Full ... } `additionalKeysP` [ ("M-<F1>", sendMessage $ JumpToLayout "Tall") , ("M-<F2>", sendMessage $ JumpToLayout "Mirror Tall") , ("M-<F3>", sendMessage $ JumpToLayout "Full") ]

tall = Tall 1 (3/100) (1/2)

Untested, but that's the basic idea, hopefully that will get you going on the right track. Let us know if you've got more questions.

-Brent