Workspace configurations for different monitors

[gazpachoking]

Is there a way to attach a workspace configuration to different specific monitors? When I plug in my laptop at home I have one large 4k monitor (plus the laptop screen,) which I need a different layout on than when I plug it in at work, where I have 2 1080p monitors (plus the laptop screen.) I was hoping I could do something like specify serial number, or some other unique ID for a monitor in each monitor in the monitors array in the config.

[LGUG2Z]

You can check towards the end of this dev log video for what is currently going into the next release: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLhhzJ4Hq_A

This allowed for a display_index_preferences block that looks something like this:

  "display_index_preferences": {
    "0": "DELA0EC-5&1a6c0954&0&UID209155"
  },

This is more focused on ensuring that a given physical display (identified by a mixture of manufacturer type and a specific connection port) is always in a certain position in the list of monitors known to komorebi across multiple disconnections and reconnections.

Your use case is a little more complicated with different combinations of monitors that won't always map to a specific index in the monitors array.

If you want to see how far you can get with this now, you can run one of the newer builds from the master branch and use the display_index_preferences option (using something like komorebic visible-windows to get the IDs), but you shouldn't have to wait to long until the next release with these latest changes baked in.

[gazpachoking]

Cool, I'll give that a try when it comes out. The index preference I define in there will correspond to the index in my monitor array? Such that at home I'll be using e.g. monitors 0 and 1, and at work I'll use 0, 2, and 3?

[gazpachoking]

I just upgraded and am mapping my monitors at home now. The bit I don't understand is how I can specify which monitor in my monitors list from the config I want a given monitor to map to, rather than just the order in the connected monitors list. (Because my goal is to define what workspaces a given monitor should have in addition to the order it should be in.) I feel like my ideal solution would be to embed the display ids into the monitors list. That would allow you to define the workspaces for a given monitor as well as the relative order for monitors (without the need to specify an absolute index, which could change depending on which are connected.) e.g.

"monitors": [
  {"display_id": "first work mon", "workspaces": [...]},
  {"display_id": "second work mon", "workspaces": [...]},
  {"display_id": "native laptop mon", "workspaces": [...]},
  {"display_id": "home mon", "workspaces": [...]}
]

[luxus]

how does it work now?
i have a widescreen and a vertical monitor and want different layouts for them..
i searched the docs and tried to find a config or a issue for a solution.

[LGUG2Z]

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