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fix(niri): Super+Space switches keyboard layout (us/ar) #13

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keyboard {
xkb {
layout "us,ar"
// grp:ctrl_space_toggle drives switching under X11/LeftWM, but
// is a no-op in Niri (Niri grabs keys for its own binds before
// xkbcommon's group-toggle action fires). The Mod+Space bind in
// `binds` below does the switching here. Kept for X11 parity.
options "grp:ctrl_space_toggle"
}
}
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// (Minus, Equal, Return) elsewhere in the bind table.
Mod+Shift+Slash hotkey-overlay-title="Show Important Hotkeys" { show-hotkey-overlay; }

// Keyboard layout — toggle us ⇄ ar. Niri's native action (see the xkb
// note above for why the grp: toggle alone doesn't switch here).
Mod+Space hotkey-overlay-title="Switch Keyboard Layout (us/ar)" { switch-layout "next"; }

// Applications
Mod+Return hotkey-overlay-title="Open a Terminal: alacritty" { spawn "alacritty"; }
Mod+D hotkey-overlay-title="Run an Application: anyrun" { spawn "anyrun"; }
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