From b319fb07f017e172b3ce8f13965f410debe6e5e4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ethan Lane <ethan@vylpes.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2025 10:45:44 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add toggle keyboard script

---
 .config/i3/config                 |  5 +----
 scripts/system/toggle-keyboard.sh | 13 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
 create mode 100755 scripts/system/toggle-keyboard.sh

diff --git a/.config/i3/config b/.config/i3/config
index 02ed682..f93e916 100644
--- a/.config/i3/config
+++ b/.config/i3/config
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ bindsym $mod+u exec --no-startup-id autorandr -c
 bindsym $mod+Shift+f exec --no-startup-id firefox --private-window
 bindsym $mod+Shift+z exec --no-startup-id i3lock --color 000000
 bindsym $mod+F12 exec --no-startup-id dunstctl history-pop
+bindsym $mod+F1 exec --no-startup-id "sh /home/vylpes/scripts/system/toggle-keyboard.sh"
 # =====
 
 # start a terminal
@@ -187,10 +188,6 @@ bindsym $mod+Shift+8 move container to workspace number $ws8
 bindsym $mod+Shift+9 move container to workspace number $ws9
 bindsym $mod+Shift+0 move container to workspace number $ws10
 
-# keyboard layouts
-bindsym $mod+F1 exec --no-startup-id setxkbmap -layout us 
-bindsym $mod+F2 exec --no-startup-id setxkbmap -layout gb 
-
 # reload the configuration file
 bindsym $mod+Mod1+r reload
 # restart i3 inplace (preserves your layout/session, can be used to upgrade i3)
diff --git a/scripts/system/toggle-keyboard.sh b/scripts/system/toggle-keyboard.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..6856ade
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/system/toggle-keyboard.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+layout=$(setxkbmap -query | awk '/layout/{print $2}')
+new=$layout
+
+if [ $layout = "us" ];
+then
+    setxkbmap -layout gb;
+    new="gb";
+else
+    setxkbmap -layout us;
+    new="us";
+fi
+
+echo "Keyboard layout changed from $layout to $new"