From e732866368a9e0b0bfa088d10ccc6a84d0cc1e24 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: scbj <scbj@zhaw.ch>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 12:17:33 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] (scripts/i3) keyboard layout layout switcher for i3 mostly
 working

---
 bashrc/.bashrc                   |  1 -
 i3/.config/i3/config             |  3 ++
 scripts/i3-kb-layout-switcher.sh | 68 +++++++++++++++++---------------
 3 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-)
 mode change 100644 => 100755 scripts/i3-kb-layout-switcher.sh

diff --git a/bashrc/.bashrc b/bashrc/.bashrc
index 6760a61..2ffadc8 100644
--- a/bashrc/.bashrc
+++ b/bashrc/.bashrc
@@ -106,7 +106,6 @@ source_list+=("${personal_scripts}/navigate_bash_setup.sh")
 source_list+=("${personal_scripts}/fzf-bash-history.sh")
 source_list+=("${personal_scripts}/colors.sh")
 source_list+=("${personal_scripts}/dunst.sh")
-source_list+=("${personal_scripts}/i3-kb-layout-switcher.sh")
 source_list+=("$HOME/.cargo/env")
 
 for script in ${source_list[@]}; do
diff --git a/i3/.config/i3/config b/i3/.config/i3/config
index 478cef0..aabe98b 100644
--- a/i3/.config/i3/config
+++ b/i3/.config/i3/config
@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@ bindsym $mod+Shift+v exec pkill picom
 bindsym $mod+d       exec --no-startup-id rofi -show combi
 bindsym $mod+Shift+d exec --no-startup-id rofi -show run
 
+# start keyboard layout selector
+bindsym $mod+m  exec --no-startup-id i3-kb-layout-switcher.sh
+
 # start a terminal
 bindsym $mod+Return exec ghostty
 bindsym $mod+t      exec ghostty -e tmux attach
diff --git a/scripts/i3-kb-layout-switcher.sh b/scripts/i3-kb-layout-switcher.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 9e00a36..3d90f3b
--- a/scripts/i3-kb-layout-switcher.sh
+++ b/scripts/i3-kb-layout-switcher.sh
@@ -1,49 +1,55 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 function switch_kb_layout {
-    layouts=("us", "us")
-    variants=("default, intl")
-    languages="$(echo "${devices}" | grep -ioP '(?<="layout": ").*(?=")' -m 1)"
-    variants="$(echo "${devices}" | grep -ioP '(?<="variant": ").*(?=")' -m 1)"
+    layouts=("us" "us" "ch")
+    variants=("" "intl" "")
+    lines=${#layouts[@]}
+    number=0
+    selection=-1
 
-    ## TODO: use `setxkbmap -print` to get status
-    current="$(echo "${devices}" | grep -ioP '(?<="active_layout_index": ).*(?=,)' -m 1)"
+    if [[ ${#layouts[@]} -ne ${#variants[@]} ]]; then
+        notify-send "layout-switcher" "#layouts != #variants"
+        return 1
+    fi
 
-    languages=(${languages})
-    variants=(${variants})
-
-    number=$((${#languages[@]} - 1))
-    for n in $(seq 0 $number); do
-        layouts+=("${languages[$n]//,/} - ${variants[$n]//,/}")
+    unset names
+    for n in ${!layouts[@]}; do
+        if [[ -n "${variants[$n]}" ]]; then
+            names+=("${layouts[$n]}:${variants[$n]}")
+        else
+            names+=("${layouts[$n]}")
+        fi
     done
 
+    # ## TODO: use `setxkbmap -print` to get status
+    # current="$(echo "${devices}" | grep -ioP '(?<="active_layout_index": ).*(?=,)' -m 1)"
+
     if $(which rofi &>/dev/null); then
-        # selection="$(printf "%s\n" "${layouts[@]}" | fuzzel --lines ${#layouts[@]} --dmenu --select-index ${current})"
-        return 1
+        selection="$(printf "%s\n" "${names[@]}" | rofi -dmenu -format 'i' -fixed-num-lines ${lines} -selected-row ${number} -case-smart)"
     else
         notify-send "layout-switcher" "requires [rofi]"
         return 1
     fi
 
-    for n in $(seq 0 $number); do
-        if [[ "${layouts[$n]}" == "${selection}" ]]; then
-            index=$n
-            break
-        fi
-    done
-    if [[ -z "${index}" ]]; then
+    if [[ -z "$selection" ]]; then
+        return 0
+    fi
+
+    if [[ $selection -lt 0 || $selection -ge $lines ]]; then
+        notify-send "layout-switcher" "invalid selection"
         return 1
     fi
 
-    hyprctl switchxkblayout all "${index}" >/dev/null
+    # if [[ $selection -ge $lines ]]; then
+    #     notify-send "layout-switcher" "invalid selection"
+    #     return 1
+    # fi
+    #
+    if [[ -n "${variants[$selection]}" ]]; then
+        setxkbmap -layout "${layouts[$selection]}" -variant "${variants[$selection]}"
+    else
+        setxkbmap -layout "${layouts[$selection]}"
+    fi
 }
 
-# switch_kb_layout
-
-function choose_layout_us {
-    setxkbmap -layout us
-}
-
-function choose_layout_int {
-    setxkbmap -layout us -variant intl
-}
+switch_kb_layout