Qtile - Getting Started And Setting Workspaces

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Are you wanting to try out the Qtile tiling window manager but you are not sure how to configure it to your liking? In this video, I take you through getting started hacking on the default qtile config and changing the workspace names.
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► www.qtile.org/ - Qtile Documentation
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@phargobikcin 4 жыл бұрын

alternative code - dt's is fine, cant go wrong with python! :) (edit: test&fix) group_names = 'WWW DEV SYS ETC'.split() groups = [Group(name, layout='max') for name in group_names] for i, name in enumerate(group_names): indx = str(i + 1) keys += [ Key([mod], indx, lazy.group[name].toscreen()), Key([mod, 'shift'], indx, lazy.window.togroup(name))]

@1512purple 3 жыл бұрын

i cant figure the darn thing out, i think i'll just stick to c/++ based config files

@AkshayKumar-kz6zh 3 жыл бұрын

@@1512purple c/c++ is cool, but not good for scripting in my humble opinion. Learning python won't disappoint you. or better learn rust. It's my new love over C++

@1512purple 3 жыл бұрын

@@AkshayKumar-kz6zh well I'm actually using sway now. I have found that trying to use an X based window manager that tiling just doesn't work with my laptop. It tears my screen so Wayland is the best alternative for me and so I don't have that many more choices for that reason anyways

@mikefdorst 3 жыл бұрын

Instead of `enumerate(group_names): indx = str(i + 1)` you should `enumerate(group_names, 1): idx = str(i)`. The second argument to enumerate() tells it what number to start enumerating from (defaults to 0).

@imusingwindowsbtw1469 2 жыл бұрын

Addition: This solution makes all workspaces max, meaning there will be one window that is maximized. To get back to column-mode (aka "normal qtile"), replace in line 2: groups = [Group(name, layout='column') for name in group_names]

@adamu6941 3 жыл бұрын

I'm learning how to use it and configure it ... not far from 20/25 years of using classic management environments, windows, xfce and kde (I'm 54 years old), and I'm starting to really love this principle of " tile "windows, it is true that it changes a lot of habits but it is not very very complicated to use either ... the original configuration of Qtile being already usable out of the box. A big thumbs up for for making me discover and switch to this world of WM's ;)

@atps 4 жыл бұрын

I finally got myself to install qtile a couple of days ago and decided to download @dt's config files to start from there. This video is exactly what I needed. I hope this becomes series. Great video.

@NicolaMastrandrea 4 жыл бұрын

Tiling Manager and Python togheter? I'm in!

@SlopeiZCSGO 4 жыл бұрын

i Love these type of videos. where you go more in depth. i like watching programming parts etc.

@rodneyriplinger7908 4 жыл бұрын

Something you might be interested to know. Arco linux came out with a version of their software that has Open Box Wm plus all the major tiling window manages already loaded and configured. Awesome , Bpswm, I3, Xmonad, Qtile and even Herbstluft.

@austinbachurski7906 4 жыл бұрын

Hoping to see more in this series, struggling to get awesome set up, thinking about switching to i3. Can't wait for more.

@Rob-cq1nf 4 жыл бұрын

I would be very happy about a second part!

@cun_0092 3 жыл бұрын

This qtile thingy is exciting. I recently started python and using qtile for practice like tinkering and all will likely improve my python skills. Never thought I will be seeing these days where I will be using python to customize the DE

@Jeff_Seely 10 ай бұрын

Thanks Derek. I hopped off of Xmonad today and have started up my drive that is dedicated solely for your outstanding qtile iso. I did because I've "hit the Python books again" and am testing what I've learned. I did several hacks on the config and then changed almost all of them back. I like your config better 😁, in most cases. Cheers man!

@richardmonroe4208 4 жыл бұрын

I finally bit the bullet and installed ArcoLinux Qtile. Very helpful video for a noob like me. Looking forward to more. Very interested in an autostart option that starts specific apps in specific workplaces. Thanks for all that you do in the name of LINUX!

@zcalex7660 4 жыл бұрын

Because of your latest video im choosing qtile as my new wm for a while.

@rmcellig 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Derek!! Much appreciated!!😀

@LutherusPandragon 4 жыл бұрын

Installed qtile today. Heard about it, saw people use it but xmonad, dwm and stumpwm where my wm's of choice. I am really happy with qtile. It is light and fast.

@wesleyjrz 2 жыл бұрын

@Glizzster no, it's not.

@LinkEX Жыл бұрын

@@wesleyjrz You mean it's not light and fast since it uses Python, right? I've heard if you want to play with more fancy stuff like animations, qtile is a bad idea precisely because of that.

@etherialwell6959 4 жыл бұрын

yeah thats my cup of tea! Today after work I will directly test qtile as im not very happy with the multihead i3 functionallity and the least working in i3 for me is restoring workspaces after reboot...

@maagu-_- 4 жыл бұрын

Did you try i3-resurrect? It's a pretty neat solution, though I hopped to bspwm. Next for me will most likely be qtile.

@copper4eva 4 жыл бұрын

I started with I3-gaps, but had some weird issues, and also wanted to try out a dynamic tiler, so ended up switching to dwm. Been struggling with dwm, for obvious reasons. Qtile seems like a really sensible option for me right now, so this is a very timely video. Still happy I screwed around in dwm, learned a lot. And after figuring out qtile, I'll probably come back to dwm. Plus I aspire to learn more about suckless utilities anyways.

@copper4eva 4 жыл бұрын

bananaman No it's a manual tiling window manager. Not a dynamic tiling window manager. I3 doesn't have layouts like dwm and qtile. @@rdangdev I'm fairly new to this stuff, and was having issues with the dwm patches giving me errors. I plan on going back at some point, but for now I think sticking with qtile is the better option.

@copper4eva 4 жыл бұрын

@@rdangdev I will eventually, I'm happy I switched to qtile for now. Configuring in the C file is not near as intuitive as python. It's just easier for a newbie like me. I will probably switch to dwm eventually, but not till I atleast get qtile fully configured and riced like I want it. I wanna create some dmenu scripts, these suckless tools excite me a lot. I'm using firefox, but I'm going to try out surf eventually.

@AnzanHoshinRoshi 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Derek. Written in Python? That's interesting.

@YannMetalhead 18 күн бұрын

Good introduction.

@13thravenpurple94 2 жыл бұрын

Great worl 🥳🥳🥳 Thanks 💜💜💜

@SwiatLinuksa 4 жыл бұрын

Nice video, I use I3wm about 3 months and very like it. From what I see, I3 is easiest in configuration, even with i3bar, just clean bash scripts, python is black magic for me..

@gibranlp 4 жыл бұрын

Hey man, great video as always, have you tried to install Qtile on Elementary? i've been having issues with it for some time.

@1512purple 3 жыл бұрын

I don't know mabey its just me, but when I typed in your code and fixed the mistakes I made in doing so, it still spat error upon error at me

@salvaje1 4 жыл бұрын

Please make this a series.

@elpetepete 4 жыл бұрын

Can somebody explain the workflow for using Qtile with multi-head display? Summoning groups to the current screen seems like it breaks normal multi-display work flow. Is there a way to focus the other display or pin a group to a display?

@michaelhenze877 3 жыл бұрын

Instead of all of that Python code, I leave the numbers in and use the "label" string. For example: Group(0, matches=[Match(wm_class=["URxvt"])], layout="max", init=True, persist=True, position=0, label="CLI"), mod+0 takes me to my "CLI" group.

@asdetodo20 4 жыл бұрын

Actually if you just put something like this is gonna work with the default template: Group("LETTER/NUMBER TO ACTIVE",label="label to display")

@asdetodo20 4 жыл бұрын

Is there a way to get conky with qtile? because when i use it all of my windows stacks on the botton of the screen to show the conky. And ive to kill it with the terminal

@alexandrudaniel8068 2 жыл бұрын

How can one manage multiple monitors efficiently in Qtile? I'm talking about things such as moving a window from one screen to another using just the keyboard. I've been looking everywhere but I haven't been able to find anything.

@jordixboy 2 жыл бұрын

Have you found something?

@alexandrudaniel8068 2 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, no. I have since moved to DWM and I am happy with it.

@lucapham-trong6636 3 жыл бұрын

Since by default a non root user has read permissions of the default config file, it is not useful to sudo cp at 5:07 Great video btw

@TakeTurnsGaming 4 жыл бұрын

Is there a chance you can go over setting up multiple monitors I have a 4k and a 1080hp monitor but qtile opens everything fullscreen across both monitors looks silly.

@DistroTube 4 жыл бұрын

I don't have a 4K monitor. You will have to dig through the documentation or ask for support on that one yourself.

@TakeTurnsGaming 4 жыл бұрын

@@DistroTube yeah there's a couple things I have up my sleeve to try and few config examples. Worst case I'll just get the 4k monitor scaling right and just forget the 2nd 1080p

@jotix2570 4 жыл бұрын

Hi, love your videos, i think might you like give a shot to a spectrwm

@2008dsg 4 жыл бұрын

is it possible to use bumblebee-status in qtile?

@134552Adnan 3 жыл бұрын

Me using nano years ago before I learnt to use vim: "I kinda like this, it's not too bad!" Me using nano today after reinstalling Linux on my laptop:"OH GOD!!!!!!!! HOW DO PEOPLE LIVE LIKE THIS??!!???!!?!!!??" XD

@julius7574 2 жыл бұрын

Is There a way in qtile to have workspaces for each monitor? I have a dual monitor setup and wish to have my 9 workspaces on the first and also 9(diffrent) on the other monitor. I searched the docs and Forums but i didnt find anything. Hope somebody could help me. (Non copy Paste solutions are also welcome)

@driedurchin 4 жыл бұрын

My question is always how you go about replacing the current window manager effectively.

@etherialwell6959 4 жыл бұрын

@TychoMagneticAnomaly-1 Do u use a loginmanager or are there multiple versions of your xconfig that you simply rename and switch? would be interested in a terminal login manager :3

@TsvetomirTodorov 2 жыл бұрын

Hey guys, can`t find how to config and switch different keyboard layout? can anyone help me ?

@DanielAlvarez-rq5vu 4 жыл бұрын

How to install Qtile in Kali Linux or any Debian based distro.?, I read the documentation but it gives problems it does not install properly and when turning on the machine it does not give me the option to use qtile. It would be nice if you made a tutorial on how to install it from its source code in distros based on Debian, Por Todo lo otros Excellent Video.

@keanu3260 4 жыл бұрын

I tried to run the terminal commands and I get error: cp: cannot stat 'usr/share/doc/qtile/default_config.py': No such file or directory.

@stcoops 4 жыл бұрын

Same

@keanu3260 4 жыл бұрын

@@stcoops did you ever find a solution?

@memoryfoammatressstuffedwi8876 4 жыл бұрын

i just qtile trying to figure this out

@keanu3260 4 жыл бұрын

@@anylastwordspod thanks I'm really dying to use qtile as I'm learning python

@hectorayala7874 4 жыл бұрын

Nobody has found a solution? I've been looking all over and I've found nothing

@krzysztof-ws9og 4 жыл бұрын

I am using Alt as my mod key because I have weird keyboard, where my Super key is on the right side of spacebar :(

@krzysztof-ws9og 4 жыл бұрын

I believe that almost every file in /usr ( including default qtile config ) is readable by every user on the system So then you dont have to copy that file as root and change your permissions later I just copied it without sudo

@LC-hd5dc 2 жыл бұрын

exactly, qtile itself wasn't run as root, so the default config would have to be world readable for qtile to read it

@davidortega4950 4 жыл бұрын

Hello, when i do chengues in the config file, its saved but the changues doesnt works when i refresh, but when i enter again in the file the name of the groups is 123456789 but it looks in desktop llike the default. Help please

@davidortega4950 4 жыл бұрын

changues*

@fullstackdave4117 3 жыл бұрын

if you can't find the default config file try: /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/libqtile/resources/default_config.py also you can omit the sudo when copying and it will make a copy with you as the owner already.

@seancarleo5922 2 жыл бұрын

What does Terminal = guess_terminal () mean? it's under mod = mod4

@bunnowastaken1653 2 жыл бұрын

Its like i3 sensible terminal. Basically if you uninstall a terminal emulator and install another one, it will guess what terminal you want to use and open it. For example, if I uninstall xterm and install kitty, it will automatically detect it and when I reload qtile it will launch kitty instead. Hopes this helps :D

@torspedia 4 жыл бұрын

Ta for that. I'm gonna be starting to learn Python, in the new year, so using this WM may well be a good way for me to learn how to hack already existing code! :-)

@thengakola6217 3 жыл бұрын

btw, how did the year go for ya? :)

@DanielAlvarez-rq5vu 4 жыл бұрын

Distrotube excellent video, I have a little problem with Qtile and my Keyboard, My keyboard has the format (la-latin1) but the file I put in /etc/vconsole.conf "KEYMAP = la-latin1" does not respect me. I would like to know how that can be fixed since before installing Qtile my keyboard obeyed that file and everything was fine but in Qtile it detects the keyboard as US.

@DanielAlvarez-rq5vu 4 жыл бұрын

@@JulenCampsDamas-wk5ij Ejecuta este comando: echo 'setxkbmap es' >> ~/.config/qtile/autostart.sh

@DanielAlvarez-rq5vu 4 жыл бұрын

@@JulenCampsDamas-wk5ij Luego reinicia y todo esta listo

@little-wytch 4 жыл бұрын

I must be too much of a noob for qtile. I can't get it from any apt source I've tried so far, I'm not comfortable attempting to compile from source yet, and installing with pip seems to work but qtile doesn't show up in my list of xsessions lol. I was really hoping to get into qtile as a way to finally force myself to start learning some python but that seems to not be in the cards for me. Looks like I'm sticking with i3 for now.

@huahuapro 3 жыл бұрын

Hi DT, can you tell us how to set wallpaper in qtile? Thx!

@DistroTube 3 жыл бұрын

In your autostart.sh, have a wallpaper program run and set your wallpaper. I use nitrogen: nitrogen --restore

@Robertass2000 4 жыл бұрын

tried qtile but CPU status widget cycles the loop every second causes whole wm to stops respond every second. It is very notable on moving objects.

@DistroTube 4 жыл бұрын

I think the CPU widget is broken. Doesn't even work on my machine. Not sure if they have a fix planned for it.

@Robertass2000 4 жыл бұрын

@@DistroTube have you noticed bug with any tiled window when it dragged with mouse it loses borders and becomes totally unresponsive to text typed in it. Actually qtile really seems immature project yet. In contrast to widget window navigation and movement is vital.

@DistroTube 4 жыл бұрын

No idea what that problem is. Qtile has been rock solid stable for me for years. And it's far from an immature project. Might be an issue in your config.

@Robertass2000 4 жыл бұрын

@@DistroTube I believe that on your side is rock solid. likely my config isn't flawless even defaults one. If it is as good as it sounds that I must agree that project isn't immature so far.

@falx966 4 жыл бұрын

5:01 You don't need sudo to copy a file from root, unless it's a protected one like /etc/shadow.

@guillecendan 4 жыл бұрын

Hi, noob here. 9:41 - I edited the line to change it from “xterm” to “st” but didn’t have st installed. So, when I rebooted, logged in and keyd SUPER+ENTER nothing happens. If I log out and log back in with the root user then SUPER+ENTER opens the terminal (xterm) but not on my user... How can I restore my config settings on my user from the root user that is where I can open terminal. I can’t do anything on my user, terminal doesn’t pop up. Thanks.

@DistroTube 4 жыл бұрын

Drop to a tty. Login as your user and then edit the config file in vim or nano and change that line back to xterm. Or, in a tty, install the st terminal. ;)

@guillecendan 4 жыл бұрын

DistroTube Hey man thank you very much for your response! I have been digging into Arch Linux only for a couple of days, I followed your installation guide and then the QTILE as well. How do I “drop to a tty”? Very noob here :) Thanks again!

@guillecendan 4 жыл бұрын

Just in case that someone else ends up having the same issue as I did and not knowing how to enter TTY. Here is a link to a DistroTube vid that explains it. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hJeSrZR1uaqceaM.html Got my self-induced problem fixed :) Thanks DT! Cheers

@alexd5637 4 жыл бұрын

Umm .. is default_config.py accessible to root only? That whole thing seems more toiling that cat|grep :)

@ketilkn 4 жыл бұрын

No. He did not need to use sudo there.

@VulcanOnWheels 4 жыл бұрын

In case someone finds this comments... How do you know which mod-key is which key on the keyboard?

@MyReviews_karkan 4 жыл бұрын

That was absolute Chinese. I need to dig into this subject. Lol

@ChrisD__ 3 жыл бұрын

不，这是中文！

@knutien9832 4 жыл бұрын

how do you get wallpaper?

@DistroTube 4 жыл бұрын

Wallpaper is one of the default Arco linux wallpapers.

@knutien9832 4 жыл бұрын

@@DistroTube thank you for your reply, would you reconmend qtile over i3wm when it comes to utilization and setup?

@DistroTube 4 жыл бұрын

It all just preference. Give them both a try and see what you think. I prefer dynamic tilers like qtile and xmonad over the manual tilers like i3 and herbstluftwm. But again, just preference. You might have a different opinion.

@knutien9832 4 жыл бұрын

@@DistroTube thank you again for taking the time to answer, love your work!

@knutien9832 4 жыл бұрын

i am doing a re install of gentoo on my laptop, running kde on it, of rflexibility with some programs, and will use qtile, since i am study python. but how do i set the wallpaper at start?

@twb0109 4 жыл бұрын

I try to program but I couldn't understand the workspaces thing :/, maybe I should quit

@krzysztof-ws9og 4 жыл бұрын

8:30 when ur mod4 key is on the other side of the spacebar :(

@keanu3260 4 жыл бұрын

I don't understand how to start qtile after installing it.

@user-df4zw7yb4v 3 жыл бұрын

extremely late but sign out and on the bottom left you can switch to qtile

@mohamadeen 4 жыл бұрын

qtile is kind of frustrating for me because of a couple of points: 1- shortcuts aren't working on different keyboard layout ( language ) it has to be English. 2- there is no notification? floating ones like in awesomewm !

@mohamadeen 4 жыл бұрын

Also, I know that something to do with how python works but the config error can't be fixed unless we close the xsession, fix the error and start Qtile again.. that's annoying

@Robertass2000 4 жыл бұрын

I have noticed the same issue with kbd layout diff then eng is no go. However possible to assign additional keybindings for particular non-english layout. Sound tedious but might be possible. I haven't tried but keycode could be used instead of key character. I'm on bspwm, but the same issue with multiple kbd layouts.

@anantgupta7916 3 жыл бұрын

Have some changes occurred in Qtile since 2019 as now I can workspaces 1-9, wallpaper, & some more config in the panel by default. I am using Manjaro

@vaibhavppandey 3 жыл бұрын

what?...

@134552Adnan 3 жыл бұрын

For Ubuntu users trying to install qtile on 20.04 you need to install from source. See: docs.qtile.org/en/latest/manual/install/index.html#installing-from-source

@Ironpants57 3 жыл бұрын

This works.. However, the weird thing is that it doesn't install a session like the other tiling window managers. Maybe it needs to be built into a obsession or xfce?

@luke_filewalker 4 жыл бұрын

I am one of those weird ppl :)

@red13emerald 4 жыл бұрын

Claude Müller yeah wtf, Alt is way easier to reach than Super, it’s definitely the goto for commonly used commands for me

@luke_filewalker 4 жыл бұрын

@@red13emerald yeah, now I have an Ergodox Ez keyboard so I COULD remap the keys to be Super, but I discovered tiling WMs with a normal, "fixed" keyboard, so it'd just be weird at this stage ;D

@red13emerald 4 жыл бұрын

Claude Müller funny how we all completely go out of our comfort zone to start with TWMs, but once we’re in deep enough, we can’t change our habits at all anymore :D great kb, the ez. how do you like it? I got an XD75 with box whites and blank DSA caps with a split layout, that shit is soooo comfortable to type on, even for hours on end.

@luke_filewalker 4 жыл бұрын

@@red13emerald yeah indeed - even though it seemed so bizarre in the beginning, now, I can't imagine life without a TWM! bspwm FTW :) Ahh nice! the XD75 looks great. I loved my Micro$soft Sculpt (only thing I don't hate about them).. then.. I got the EZ - best keyboard I've ever used! My only complaint is that the tilting arms aren't 100% accurate.. so now after a year or so I struggle to get the kb perfectly balanced some times i.e. doesn't rock. I have the black labelled caps that came with it and Cherry MX Blues. But after a year I realise I should have gone with Browns lol - so they're on my "wife, please may I buy" list :D - yeah sooooo comfortable, plus makes you feel like a h4x0r :D

@luke_filewalker 4 жыл бұрын

@@red13emerald and then also I've been using Vim for like 5 years, so I'm ruined for "standard" UI/UXs lol

@deadplan1055 4 жыл бұрын

For me Python is a no-go for a window manager. Good video though

@umermaqsood8219 3 жыл бұрын

Hi, I wanna try Qtile but I'm having scaling issue with my 4k display. Everything is too small to see. Can you please help me how to scale it properly for Qtile. I was using Ubuntu 21.04 on Wayland. And I changed scaling settings in it and it was perfect. But now I wanna use Tiling window managers.

@jamesmccarte1609 2 жыл бұрын

"squiggly brackets" are actually called "braces"

@daksh6752 4 жыл бұрын

If it's in Python, isn't that slows it down?

@afonsosalbrecht 3 жыл бұрын

can't believe that qtile uses http, instead of https! how hard is it to set up a f*:) https nowadays!?

@Subzearo 3 жыл бұрын

aaaaaaaahhhh, it's not available on Ubuntu 20 without compiling. I hate Ubuntu 😫😫😫😫😫😫

@yusufaktepe 4 жыл бұрын

Useless sudo and chown, btw.

@DistroTube 4 жыл бұрын

Definitely not useless. You will not have write privileges to the config unless you chown.

@otapliger 4 жыл бұрын

@@DistroTube I think what Yusuf means is that if you cp without sudo you'll have no need to change ownership on your config

@DistroTube 4 жыл бұрын

Ah, gotcha.

@abhabh6896 3 жыл бұрын

What I hate is when i look at top 10 DE lists on the net and they put WMs. People need to realize WMs arent DEs. Good video though.

@ji3230 2 жыл бұрын

install qtile, and don't know how to launch...

@pcfreak1992 4 жыл бұрын

Maybe it’s just me but these jump cuts are a bit tiring to watch..

@adc109 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah it's just you.

@wiktorwektor123 4 жыл бұрын

You have absolutely no idea what "hacking" means. You didn't "hack" QTile at all. You just used QTile the way it should be used. It's not hacking. You would hack QTile if you were use it in a way that was not intended to be used. You just showed everyone how to CONFIGURE QTile, not hack it.

@Robertass2000 4 жыл бұрын

Seems like everyone who opens config file is hacker :) But even on docs.qtile.org/en/latest/manual/hacking.html hacking word is mentioned. I guess word hacking doesn't apply only to complex coding hackers.