key_layout toggle

[vivien]

key_layout toggle

[kb100]

After much searching, setxkbmap can only show you the layout rules, not the actual layout. Thus in order for this script to work as expected, you will have to have i3 symbind CTRL+ALT to a script that toggles between the layouts e.g. like the one here: https://superuser.com/questions/505466/2-and-more-keyboard-layout-groups-in-linux-changed-by-different-hot-keys

Sorry for this, I don't see any way to fix it at this time. Don't close the issue.

[yakir12]

For what it's worth, this works perfectly (for me):
in .i3blocks.conf:

[key_layout]
interval=once
command=~/.i3blocks/key_layout
signal=11

in .i3/config:

bindsym $mod+z exec --no-startup-id "~/.i3blocks/changeLayout && pkill -RTMIN+11 i3blocks"

and this changeLayout file is:

#!/usr/bin/env bash
LO=$(~/.i3blocks/key_layout)
if [ "$LO" == 'us' ]
then
        setxkbmap -layout se
else
        setxkbmap -layout us
fi

[kb100]

key_layout's functionality is now duplicated in the kbdd_layout script. key_layout works if you are switching between simple layouts (i.e. "us" is ok but not "us,se") , whereas kbdd_layout works when using group toggling.