From e7598a87b4b1cea83dabfa3be0b85fe265ef3bfa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: scbj <scbj@zhaw.ch>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2026 15:13:02 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] (scripts) started "script" for switching keyboard layout on
 i3

---
 bashrc/.bashrc                   |  1 +
 scripts/i3-kb-layout-switcher.sh | 49 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 50 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 scripts/i3-kb-layout-switcher.sh

diff --git a/bashrc/.bashrc b/bashrc/.bashrc
index 2ffadc8..fee67d1 100644
--- a/bashrc/.bashrc
+++ b/bashrc/.bashrc
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ 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+=("${personal_scripts}/i3-kb-layout-switcher")
 source_list+=("$HOME/.cargo/env")
 
 for script in ${source_list[@]}; do
diff --git a/scripts/i3-kb-layout-switcher.sh b/scripts/i3-kb-layout-switcher.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9e00a36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/i3-kb-layout-switcher.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+function switch_kb_layout {
+    layouts=("us", "us")
+    variants=("default, intl")
+    languages="$(echo "${devices}" | grep -ioP '(?<="layout": ").*(?=")' -m 1)"
+    variants="$(echo "${devices}" | grep -ioP '(?<="variant": ").*(?=")' -m 1)"
+
+    ## TODO: use `setxkbmap -print` to get status
+    current="$(echo "${devices}" | grep -ioP '(?<="active_layout_index": ).*(?=,)' -m 1)"
+
+    languages=(${languages})
+    variants=(${variants})
+
+    number=$((${#languages[@]} - 1))
+    for n in $(seq 0 $number); do
+        layouts+=("${languages[$n]//,/} - ${variants[$n]//,/}")
+    done
+
+    if $(which rofi &>/dev/null); then
+        # selection="$(printf "%s\n" "${layouts[@]}" | fuzzel --lines ${#layouts[@]} --dmenu --select-index ${current})"
+        return 1
+    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
+        return 1
+    fi
+
+    hyprctl switchxkblayout all "${index}" >/dev/null
+}
+
+# switch_kb_layout
+
+function choose_layout_us {
+    setxkbmap -layout us
+}
+
+function choose_layout_int {
+    setxkbmap -layout us -variant intl
+}