macos: add yabai window manager

2025-09-21 16:03:27 -07:00
parent 84ec7b5318
commit d93557d7bf
2 changed files with 34 additions and 0 deletions
--- a/system/macos/yabai.nix
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+{ ... }:
+{
+  # Enable the Yabai Window Manager
+  services.yabai = {
+    enable = true;
+
+    config = {
+      # default layout (can be bsp, stack or float)
+      layout = "bsp";
+
+      # New window spawns to the right if vertical split, or bottom if horizontal split
+      "window_placement" = "second_child";
+
+      # padding set to 4px
+      "top_padding" = "4";
+      "bottom_padding" = "4";
+      "left_padding" = "4";
+      "right_padding" = "4";
+      "window_gap" = "4";
+
+      # center mouse on window with focus
+      "focus_follows_mouse" = "autofocus";
+      "mouse_follows_focus" = "off";
+
+      # modifier for clicking and dragging with mouse
+      "mouse_modifier" = "cmd";
+      # set modifier + left-click drag to move window
+      "mouse_action1" = "move";
+      # set modifier + right-click drag to resize window
+      "mouse_action2" = "resize";
+    };
+  };
+}