[xmonad] Change Layout Using a Hotkey

[Tim DuBois]

Yeah; I probably did (relatively new to xmonad myself)..

My understanding of the OP's question is they want a set of layouts they
can cycle through normally in the layoutHook (eg resizabletall, mosaic,
spiral); then have a hot key that overrides this behaviour and jumps to
another layout (eg full).

If this is the case one can define all of their layouts in the hook,
then using onWorkspace (or onWorkspaces) from
XMonad.Layout.PerWorkspace, indicate which layouts to use in the normal
rotation whilst still having the hot key layouts defined [I also use
avoidStruts here; hence my original confusion].

Otherwise I've missed the point entirely; hopefully your suggestions
will solve the problem Brandon.

On 03/05/13 09:49, Brandon Allbery wrote:
> Did you mean something else? avoidStruts has nothing whatsoever to do
> with what layouts are selectable.

    On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 6:24 PM, Tim DuBois <tim at neophilus.net
    <mailto:tim at neophilus.net>> wrote:

        Would it not be better to list all your layouts in the
        layoutHook; then use avoidStruts to only allow a subset of those
        layouts to function on your workspaces? That way your shortcuts
        (i.e. the layouts not listed in avoidStruts) will still be
        accessible, just not 'visible' in general.



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