-- Should work fine with XMonad 0.7 and above.
-import XMonad
+-- "hiding" necessary for LayoutCombinators.
+import XMonad hiding ( (|||) )
-- Necessary for reflectVert.
import XMonad.Layout.Reflect
-- Necessary for avoidMaster.
import XMonad.Hooks.SetWMName
-- Necessary for toggleWS.
import XMonad.Actions.CycleWS
+-- Necessary for named.
+import XMonad.Layout.Named
+-- Necessary for JumpToLayout.
+import XMonad.Layout.LayoutCombinators
-- Prevent new windows from spawning in the master pane. Taken from
-- http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/Xmonad/Frequently_asked_questions on
-- 2009-06-30. Thanks. Modified to not steal focus from the master pane when a
-- new window is created, thanks to vav in #xmonad on Freenode (2010-04-15
--- 21:59).
+-- 21:59 CEST).
avoidMaster :: W.StackSet i l a s sd -> W.StackSet i l a s sd
avoidMaster = W.modify' $ \c -> case c of
W.Stack t [] (r:rs) -> W.Stack r [] (t:rs)
-- Create my custom layout.
--
--- Only use horizontal (Mirror tiled) and fullscreen layouts.
+-- Only use horizontal (Mirror tiled) and fullscreen layouts, but allow
+-- switching to other layouts with bindings.
--
-- The master pane is at the top of the screen. To make sure new windows don't
-- spawn in the master pane avoidMaster (see below) is used. Borders are only
-- drawn when the screen has more then one window (smartBorders).
--
--- Thanks to jrick in #xmonad on Freenode (2009-06-29 22:19) for telling me
--- how to remove the vertical tiled layout.
+-- Thanks to jrick in #xmonad on Freenode (2009-06-29 22:19 CEST) for telling
+-- me how to remove the vertical tiled layout.
--
--- toggleLayouts is used to allow switching to vertical tiled layout but not
--- using it with meta-space (see below in key bindings). Thanks to ml| in
--- #xmonad on Freenode (2010-06-14 09:49) how to use toggleLayouts.
-myLayoutHook = toggleLayouts tiled $ smartBorders $ Mirror tiled ||| Full
+-- JumpToLayout (from LayoutCombinators) is used to jump to specific layouts,
+-- thanks to aavogt in #xmonad on Freenode (2011-06-12 22:13 CEST).
+--
+-- named is used to name layouts which allows switching to a specific layout
+-- (see below), thanks to vav in #xmonad on Freenode (2011-06-12 22:28 CEST).
+myLayoutHook = named "Default" (smartBorders $ Mirror tiled) ||| Full ||| named "Vertical" tiled
where
-- Default tiling algorithm partitions the screen into two panes.
tiled = Tall nmaster delta ratio
-- Don't spawn new windows in the master pane (which is at the top of the
-- screen). Thanks to dschoepe, aavogt and especially vav in #xmonad on
--- Freenode (2009-06-30 02:10f).
+-- Freenode (2009-06-30 02:10f CEST).
--
-- Also some applications are spawned on specific workspaces. Thanks to
--- dschoepe and ivanm in #xmonad on Freenode (2009-07-12 14:50).
+-- dschoepe and ivanm in #xmonad on Freenode (2009-07-12 14:50 CEST).
myManageHook = composeOne
-- Browser on "2".
[ className =? "Iceweasel" -?> doF (W.shift "2")
, return True -?> doF avoidMaster
-- Prevent windows which get moved to other workspaces from removing the
-- focus of the currently selected window. Thanks to vav in #xmonad on
- -- Freenode (2010-04-15 21:04).
+ -- Freenode (2010-04-15 21:04 CEST).
, return True -?> doF W.focusDown
]
+-- Switch to next layout with descriptions in desc, other layouts are skipped.
+-- This allows switching to some layouts with mappings but excluding them from
+-- meta-space (which gets mapped to this function). Thanks to aavogt in
+-- #xmonad on Freenode for this function (2010-06-13 12:45 CEST), modified to
+-- take list of layouts to switch to, not layouts to exclude.
+nextLayoutIncluding descs =
+ do broadcastMessage NextLayout
+ d <- gets (description . W.layout . W.workspace . W.current . windowset)
+ if d `elem` descs
+ then refresh
+ else nextLayoutIncluding descs
+
myKeys = [
- -- Switch to additional layout (vertical tiled) defined by
- -- toggleLayouts above.
- ((mod4Mask, xK_v), sendMessage ToggleLayout)
+ -- Switch to next layout, but only use the listed layouts.
+ ((mod4Mask, xK_space), nextLayoutIncluding ["Default", "Full"])
+ -- Switch to vertical tiled layout.
+ , ((mod4Mask, xK_v), sendMessage $ JumpToLayout "Vertical")
+
-- Switch to last active workspace, thanks to moljac024 in #xmonad on
- -- Freenode (2010-12-18 14:45).
+ -- Freenode (2010-12-18 14:45 CET).
, ((mod4Mask, xK_f), toggleWS)
]
++
-- code changes it to just switch to the screen where the workspace is
-- already displayed.
--
- -- Thanks to the Xmonad FAQ, read on 2010-06-16 13:42
+ -- Thanks to the Xmonad FAQ, read on 2010-06-16 13:42 CEST
-- (http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Xmonad/Frequently_asked_questions).
- -- Thanks to MrElendig in #xmonad on Freenode (2010-06-17 17:16) to use
- -- the default XMonad workspaces.
+ -- Thanks to MrElendig in #xmonad on Freenode (2010-06-17 17:16 CEST) to
+ -- use the default XMonad workspaces.
[((m .|. mod4Mask, k), windows $ f i)
| (i, k) <- zip (XMonad.workspaces defaultConfig) [xK_1 .. xK_9]
, (f, m) <- [(W.view, 0), (W.shift, shiftMask)]]