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Yabai and Skhd Config

This repository contains my standalone Yabai and Skhd configurations.

As tiling windows management, every times window created, it will allocate a space for it to avoid window overlap to each other.

You'll never suffering messy window display for desktop.

Installation

# --- install yabai, skhd, jq
$ brew install koekeishiya/formulae/yabai
$ brew install jq
$ brew install koekeishiya/formulae/skhd


# --- Remove previous links
$ rm -f "${HOME}"/.{yabai,skhd}rc

# --- Install configs
$ git clone https://github.com/z20240/yabai.git "${HOME}"/.config/yabai
$ ln -s "${HOME}/.config/yabai/yabai/yabairc" "${HOME}/.yabairc"
$ ln -s "${HOME}/.config/yabai/skhd/skhdrc" "${HOME}/.skhdrc"

# --- Will automatically start Yabai & Skhd when computer starts
$ brew services start yabai
$ brew services start skhd

# --- (options) Install stackline part. --- #
### stackline can show icons aside by your stacked windows to announce the stack windows.
$ brew install hammerspoon --cask

# Install stackline (https://github.com/AdamWagner/stackline)
# Get the repo
$ git clone https://github.com/AdamWagner/stackline.git ~/.hammerspoon/stackline

# Make stackline run when hammerspoon launches
$ cd ~/.hammerspoon

$ cp ~/.hammerspoon/stackline/conf.lua ~/.hammerspoon/stakeline_config.lua


# **Hint**: If your mac is M1 structure - you have to change the code below
# -- in stackline/conf.lua
# c.paths.yabai = '/opt/homebrew/bin/yabai' -- silicon mac, M1
# c.paths.yabai = '/usr/local/bin/yabai'    -- intel version.
echo 'stackline = require "stackline"' >> init.lua
echo 'local stackline_config = require "stackline_config"' >> init.lua
echo 'stackline:init(stackline_config)' >> init.lua

Keyboard Shortcuts

Reload / restart the yabai launch agent

ctrl + alt + cmd + r

Show / hide items on desktop

cmd + f3

Toggle full screen / up-full screen

alt + cmd + space

Move Windows

Action Key Combination
Move left ctrl + alt + cmd + left
Move right ctrl + alt + cmd + right
Move up ctrl + alt + cmd + up
Move down ctrl + alt + cmd + down

Focus Windows

Action Key Combination
Focus left alt + cmd + left
Focus right alt + cmd + right
Focus up alt + cmd + up
Focus down alt + cmd + down

Resize Windows

Action Key Combination
Resize left ctrl + alt + cmd + home
Resize right ctrl + alt + cmd + end
Resize up ctrl + alt + cmd + pageUp
Resize down ctrl + alt + cmd + pageDown

Stack Windows

Action Key Combination
Stack left shift + alt + cmd + left
Stack right shift + alt + cmd + right

Focus Windows (stack mode)

Action Key Combination
Focus up shift + alt + cmd + up
Focus down shift + alt + cmd + down

Toggle float / Un-float mode window

ctrl + alt + cmd + space

Move Windows (floating mode)

Action Key Combination
Move left alt + cmd + left
Move right alt + cmd + right
full screen alt + cmd + up
place window to screen center alt + cmd + down
Move up left alt + cmd + home
Move down right alt + cmd + end
Move up right alt + cmd + pageUp
Move down left alt + cmd + pageDown

Send Window to Spaces

Action Key Combination
Send to prev space ctrl + cmd + left
Send to next space ctrl + cmd + right
Send to space (1-9) ctrl + cmd + 1 - 9

Send Window to Monitors (Displays)

Action Key Combination
Send to prev monitor ctrl + alt + left
Send to next monitor ctrl + alt + right

Focus Monitors (Displays)

Action Key Combination
Focus monitor 1 ctrl + alt + 1
Focus monitor 2 ctrl + alt + 2
Focus monitor 3 ctrl + alt + 3

Misc

Action Key Combination
Window rotate clockwise alt + cmd + r
Window rotate anticlockwise shift + alt + cmd + r
Window Equalize size alt + cmd + |
Enable / Disable gaps alt + cmd + g