Kwask94 / chunkwm-config

My personal chunkwm and skhd configs and scripts

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chunkwm and skhd configs

My personal chunkwm and skhd configs and scripts

Installing

# Remove previous configs
$ rm -rf "${HOME}/.config/"{chunkwm,skhd}
$ rm -f "${HOME}"/.{chunkwmrc,skhdrc}

# Install configs
$ git clone https://github.com/Julian-Heng/chunkwm-config.git
$ mkdir "${HOME}/.config/"{chunkwm,skhd}
$ cp ./chunkwm-config/chunkwm/* "${HOME}/.config/chunkwm"
$ cp ./chunkwm-config/skhd/skhdrc "${HOME}/.config/skhd"
$ ln -s "${HOME}/.config/chunkwm/chunkwmrc" "${HOME}/.chunkwmrc"
$ ln -s "${HOME}/.config/skhd/skhdrc" "${HOME}/.skhdrc"
$ rm -rf ./chunkwm-config

Keyboard shortcuts

chunkwm

Changing focus

alt + wasd

alt + ijkl

Resize windows

Action	Key Combination
Resize left	lctrl + alt + j
Resize right	lctrl + alt + l
Resize up	lctrl + alt + i
Resize down	lctrl + alt + k
Equalise	lctrl + alt + 0

Move windows

shift + alt + ijkl

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	shift + alt + r
Rotate anticlockwise	alt + r
Flip on x-axis	shift + alt + x
Flip on y-axis	shift + alt + y

Snap windows

Action	Key Combination
Snap left	shift + alt + a/j
Snap right	shift + alt + d/l
Center	shift + alt + s/k
Maximise	shift + alt + w/i
Fullscreen	alt + f
Native Fullscreen	shift + alt + f

Insertion point

Action	Key Combination
Insert left	lctrl + alt + a
Insert right	lctrl + alt + d
Insert down	lctrl + alt + s
Insert up	lctrl + alt + w
Cancel insert	lctrl + alt + x

Misc

Action	Key Combination
Change modes	shift + alt + c
Toggle float	shift + alt + space
Restart chunkwm	lctrl + shift + alt + r

non-chunkwm

Show information

Description

Uses osascript to show information like CPU, memory, battery, etc. The CPU script requires osx-cpu-temp and iStats installed. The song script supports iTunes, Spotify and cmus.

Click here to view the script folder

Key Combination

fn + lctrl + num

Screenshots

fn + lctrl - 1 : /path/to/script
fn + lctrl - 2 : /path/to/script
fn + lctrl - 3 : /path/to/script
...

Opening applications

Description

Opens applications. fn + alt + num opens apps on the dock a-la windows taskbar and fn + alt + alpha is customisable by the user.

Note that the config is setup to MY dock layout. To use yours, you're gonna have to edit the skhdrc file.

Key Combination

fn + alt + num

fn + alt + alpha

fn + alt - e : open /home/folder
fn + alt - d : open /downloads/folder
fn + alt - 1 : open "/Applications/Safari.app"
fn + alt - 2 : open "/Applications/FirefoxNightly.app"
fn + alt - 3 : open "/Applications/Notes.app"
fn + alt - 4 : open "/Applications/Photos.app"
...

Screenshots

Description

Due to the selection screenshot only selecting the border of the active window and not the actual window, we would have to make a bash script to disable borders before taking a screenshot.

Click here to view the script

Key Combination

command + shift + 3

command + shift + 4

command + shift + lctrl + 3

command + shift + lctrl + 4

cmd + shift - 3 : /path/to/screenshot/script --fullscreen
cmd + shift - 4 : /path/to/screenshot/script  --selection
cmd + shift + lctrl - 3 : /path/to/screenshot/script  --fullscreen --clipboard
cmd + shift + lctrl - 4 : /path/to/screenshot/script  --selection --clipboard

Launch iTerm2

Description

Launches iTerm2 using like in i3-wm.

Click here to view the script

Key Combination

alt + return

alt - return : /path/to/launch/terminal

Launch Activity Monitor

Description

Launches Activity Monitor like in Windows

Key Combination

shift + alt + esc

shift + alt - escape : open "/Applications/Utilities/Activity Monitor.app"