Yabai configs

skhdrc

# open terminal
# cmd - return : /Applications/iTerm.app/Contents/MacOS/iTerm2

# focus window
alt - h : yabai -m window --focus west
alt - j : yabai -m window --focus south
alt - k : yabai -m window --focus north
alt - l : yabai -m window --focus east

# swap window
shift + alt - h : yabai -m window --swap west
shift + alt - j : yabai -m window --swap south
shift + alt - k : yabai -m window --swap north
shift + alt - l : yabai -m window --swap east

# move window
shift + cmd - h : yabai -m window --warp west
shift + cmd - j : yabai -m window --warp south
shift + cmd - k : yabai -m window --warp north
shift + cmd - l : yabai -m window --warp east

# balance size of windows
shift + alt - 0 : yabai -m space --balance

# make floating window fill screen
shift + alt - up     : yabai -m window --grid 1:1:0:0:1:1

# make floating window fill left-half of screen
shift + alt - left   : yabai -m window --grid 1:2:0:0:1:1

# make floating window fill right-half of screen
shift + alt - right  : yabai -m window --grid 1:2:1:0:1:1

# create desktop, move window and follow focus - uses jq for parsing json (brew install jq)
shift + cmd - n : yabai -m space --create && \
                  index="$(yabai -m query --spaces --display | jq 'map(select(."native-fullscreen" == 0))[-1].index')" && \
                  yabai -m window --space "${index}" && \
                  yabai -m space --focus "${index}"

# create desktop and follow focus - uses jq for parsing json (brew install jq)
cmd + alt - n : yabai -m space --create && \
                index="$(yabai -m query --spaces --display | jq 'map(select(."native-fullscreen" == 0))[-1].index')" && \
                yabai -m space --focus "${index}"

# destroy desktop
cmd + alt - w : yabai -m space --destroy

# fast focus desktop
cmd + alt - x : yabai -m space --focus recent
cmd + alt - z : yabai -m space --focus prev
cmd + alt - c : yabai -m space --focus next
cmd + alt - 1 : yabai -m space --focus 1
cmd + alt - 2 : yabai -m space --focus 2
cmd + alt - 3 : yabai -m space --focus 3
cmd + alt - 4 : yabai -m space --focus 4
cmd + alt - 5 : yabai -m space --focus 5
cmd + alt - 6 : yabai -m space --focus 6
cmd + alt - 7 : yabai -m space --focus 7
cmd + alt - 8 : yabai -m space --focus 8
cmd + alt - 9 : yabai -m space --focus 9
cmd + alt - 0 : yabai -m space --focus 10

# send window to desktop and follow focus
shift + cmd - x : yabai -m window --space recent; yabai -m space --focus recent
shift + cmd - z : yabai -m window --space prev; yabai -m space --focus prev
shift + cmd - c : yabai -m window --space next; yabai -m space --focus next
shift + cmd - 1 : yabai -m window --space  1; yabai -m space --focus 1
shift + cmd - 2 : yabai -m window --space  2; yabai -m space --focus 2
shift + cmd - 3 : yabai -m window --space  3; yabai -m space --focus 3
shift + cmd - 4 : yabai -m window --space  4; yabai -m space --focus 4
shift + cmd - 5 : yabai -m window --space  5; yabai -m space --focus 5
shift + cmd - 6 : yabai -m window --space  6; yabai -m space --focus 6
shift + cmd - 7 : yabai -m window --space  7; yabai -m space --focus 7
shift + cmd - 8 : yabai -m window --space  8; yabai -m space --focus 8
shift + cmd - 9 : yabai -m window --space  9; yabai -m space --focus 9
shift + cmd - 0 : yabai -m window --space 10; yabai -m space --focus 10

# focus monitor
ctrl + alt - x  : yabai -m display --focus recent
ctrl + alt - z  : yabai -m display --focus prev
ctrl + alt - c  : yabai -m display --focus next
ctrl + alt - 1  : yabai -m display --focus 1
ctrl + alt - 2  : yabai -m display --focus 2
ctrl + alt - 3  : yabai -m display --focus 3

# send window to monitor and follow focus
ctrl + cmd - x  : yabai -m window --display recent; yabai -m display --focus recent
ctrl + cmd - z  : yabai -m window --display prev; yabai -m display --focus prev
ctrl + cmd - c  : yabai -m window --display next; yabai -m display --focus next
ctrl + cmd - 1  : yabai -m window --display 1; yabai -m display --focus 1
ctrl + cmd - 2  : yabai -m window --display 2; yabai -m display --focus 2
ctrl + cmd - 3  : yabai -m window --display 3; yabai -m display --focus 3

# move window
shift + ctrl - a : yabai -m window --move rel:-20:0
shift + ctrl - s : yabai -m window --move rel:0:20
shift + ctrl - w : yabai -m window --move rel:0:-20
shift + ctrl - d : yabai -m window --move rel:20:0

# increase window size
shift + alt - a : yabai -m window --resize left:-20:0
shift + alt - s : yabai -m window --resize bottom:0:20
shift + alt - w : yabai -m window --resize top:0:-20
shift + alt - d : yabai -m window --resize right:20:0

# decrease window size
shift + cmd - a : yabai -m window --resize left:20:0
shift + cmd - s : yabai -m window --resize bottom:0:-20
shift + cmd - w : yabai -m window --resize top:0:20
shift + cmd - d : yabai -m window --resize right:-20:0

# set insertion point in focused container
ctrl + alt - h : yabai -m window --insert west
ctrl + alt - j : yabai -m window --insert south
ctrl + alt - k : yabai -m window --insert north
ctrl + alt - l : yabai -m window --insert east

# rotate tree
alt - r : yabai -m space --rotate 90

# mirror tree y-axis
alt - y : yabai -m space --mirror y-axis

# mirror tree x-axis
alt - x : yabai -m space --mirror x-axis

# toggle desktop offset
alt - a : yabai -m space --toggle padding; yabai -m space --toggle gap

# toggle window parent zoom
alt - d : yabai -m window --toggle zoom-parent

# toggle window fullscreen zoom
alt - f : yabai -m window --toggle zoom-fullscreen

# toggle window native fullscreen
shift + alt - f : yabai -m window --toggle native-fullscreen

# toggle window border
shift + alt - b : yabai -m window --toggle border

# toggle window split type
alt - e : yabai -m window --toggle split

# float / unfloat window and center on screen
alt - t : yabai -m window --toggle float;\
          yabai -m window --grid 4:4:1:1:2:2

# toggle sticky (show on all spaces)
alt - s : yabai -m window --toggle sticky

# toggle topmost (keep above other windows)
alt - o : yabai -m window --toggle topmost

# toggle sticky, topmost and resize to picture-in-picture size
alt - p : yabai -m window --toggle sticky;\
          yabai -m window --toggle topmost;\
          yabai -m window --grid 5:5:4:0:1:1

# change layout of desktop
ctrl + alt - a : yabai -m space --layout bsp
ctrl + alt - d : yabai -m space --layout float

spaces.coffee

command: "/usr/local/bin/yabai -m query --spaces"

refreshFrequency: 3000

removeDuplicates: (ar) ->
  if ar.length == 0
    return []
  res = {}
  res[ar[key]] = ar[key] for key in [0..ar.length-1]
  value for key, value of res

generateIcons: (spaces) ->
  displays = @removeDuplicates((space['display'] for space in spaces))
  iconString = ""
  for display in displays
    for space in spaces when space['display'] == display
      iconString += "<li id=\"desktop#{space['index']}\">#{space['index']}</li>"
    if display < displays.length
      iconString += "<li>—</li>"
  return iconString

render: (output) ->
  spaces = JSON.parse(output)
  htmlString = """
    <div class="spaces-container" data-count="#{spaces.length}">
      <ul>
        #{@generateIcons(spaces)}
      </ul>
    </div>
  """

style: """
  position: relative
  margin-top: 7px
  font: 14px "HelveticaNeue-Light", "Helvetica Neue Light", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, "Lucida Grande", sans-serif
  color: #aaa
  font-weight: 700

  ul
    list-style: none
    margin: 0 0 0 1em
    padding: 0

  li
    display: inline-block
    text-align: center
    width: 1em
    margin: 0 0.5em

  li.visible
    color: #ededed
    border-bottom: 2px solid #ededed
"""

update: (output, domEl) ->
  spaces = JSON.parse(output)
  if ($(domEl).find('.spaces-container').attr('data-count') != spaces.length.toString())
    $(domEl).find('.spaces-container').attr('data-count', "#{spaces.length}")
    $(domEl).find('ul').html(@generateIcons(spaces))
  else
    $(domEl).find('li.visible').removeClass('visible')
  for space in spaces when space['visible'] == 1
    $(domEl).find("li#desktop#{space['index']}").addClass('visible')

Yabai_Configs.md

This is my current (as of 4/30/2020) Yabai and skhdrc config as well as the Ubersicht (http://tracesof.net/uebersicht/) widget I use rather than the Yabai status bar. I went this route rather than the built-in status bar because I didn't like how Yabai as of 2.0.1 handled multiple monitors in the status bar.

Nothing is too far from defaults here, and the spaces.coffee was something I found linked in an issue on Yabai's github page.

yabairc

#!/usr/bin/env sh

# bar settings
yabai -m config status_bar                   off
yabai -m config status_bar_text_font         "Helvetica Neue:Bold:12.0"
yabai -m config status_bar_icon_font         "FontAwesome:Regular:12.0"
yabai -m config status_bar_background_color  0xff202020
yabai -m config status_bar_foreground_color  0xffa8a8a8
yabai -m config status_bar_space_icon_strip  I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X
yabai -m config status_bar_power_icon_strip   
yabai -m config status_bar_space_icon        
yabai -m config status_bar_clock_icon        

# global settings
yabai -m config mouse_follows_focus          on
yabai -m config focus_follows_mouse          off
yabai -m config window_placement             second_child
yabai -m config window_topmost               off
yabai -m config window_opacity               off
yabai -m config window_opacity_duration      0.0
yabai -m config window_shadow                on
yabai -m config window_border                off
yabai -m config window_border_width          4
yabai -m config active_window_border_color   0xff775759
yabai -m config normal_window_border_color   0xff505050
yabai -m config insert_window_border_color   0xffd75f5f
yabai -m config active_window_opacity        1.0
yabai -m config normal_window_opacity        0.90
yabai -m config split_ratio                  0.50
yabai -m config auto_balance                 off
yabai -m config mouse_modifier               fn
yabai -m config mouse_action1                move
yabai -m config mouse_action2                resize

# general space settings
yabai -m config layout                       bsp
yabai -m config top_padding                  32
yabai -m config bottom_padding               10
yabai -m config left_padding                 10
yabai -m config right_padding                10
yabai -m config window_gap                   5

echo "yabai configuration loaded.."

I don't know if Yabai still has a functioning status bar. I haven't used their status bar since I first tried it. As for the status.coffee file, I didn't mention how it was used in the readme. It is a widget for Ubersicht. http://tracesof.net/uebersicht/

I feel your pain in having to use a Mac and preferring Linux.

Thank you for your comment! Oh, there are some fine things with this MacBook Air: battery autonomy e.g. as well as the quality of display. But for the programs etc??? Bah, i understand better now, how strong is arch :) To help me out, i make heavy use of homebrew (unsure if, eventually, macports would be better (?) ).

Yep, i already got the connection with Übersicht and also found out, how to put it on the bottom I changed 2 lines, as follows:
style: """ position: absolute bottom: 0

That worked for me. I still have to find out, how to configure battery status and cpu load and how to put that on the right bottom. Then, the "panel" would be rather similar to those (built-in!) i use with i3. Sure, having something like conky would make things much easier ... ;) But there is something strange with Übersicht: When started automatically on login, it does NOT display the spaces. I have to quit and to restart. I'd presume, there is a timing problem during autostart, but i don't know how to retard the autostart (in linux, normally you have the "sleep x seconds" statement, but in MacOS?).

I also tried to use skhd as a program starter (like either i3 or bspwm via sxkd do) but i discovered that creates many problems: chromium for example, started by a shortcut of skhd crashes any time the webcam or micro is called. I'm not a coder, but that's repeatable.

But oh, it's already something i have ... ;)

Thanks again and cheers!

But there is something strange with Übersicht: When started automatically on login, it does NOT display the spaces. I have to quit and to restart. I'd presume, there is a timing problem during autostart, but i don't know how to retard the autostart (in linux, normally you have the "sleep x seconds" statement, but in MacOS?).

I had the same issue. I am not currently using it at all, as after the OS crashed it no longer talks to yabai at all for some reason. (That crash also broke yabai switching displays, so for now I am hitting control left/right.) I also cut back to a single monitor on the mac and am using a Linux desktop for my other displays, so I don't run as much on the work Mac.

I also tried to use skhd as a program starter (like either i3 or bspwm via sxkd do) but i discovered that creates many problems: chromium for example, started by a shortcut of skhd crashes any time the webcam or micro is called. I'm not a coder, but that's repeatable.

No clue on that one. Unfortunately OS X does a lot of weird things that break the workflow of typical Linux users.