i3 (EndeavouOS edition): Multiple keyboard layouts

Here I will show you how to add a ukrainian keyboard layout to an existing layout (in this case us), so you can type using different languages.

• First add the following to your ~/.config/i3/config file:

  # add layouts
  exec setxkbmap -layout us,ua
  # set a switching shortcut
  exec setxkbmap -option 'grp:alt_shift_toggle'
  

• Now we want to show the current layout in the system tray (this might be distribution dependent, I guess). EndeavourOS provides some ready scripts for which I needed to install dependencies and uncomment some lines in the ~/.config/i3/i3blocks.config.
  • Install dependencies

    yay xkblayout-state
    

  • Uncomment the following block in ~/.config/i3/i3blocks.config:

    [keyboard-layout]
    command=~/.config/i3/scripts/keyboard-layout
    interval=2
    

Here is the screenshot of the way my env looks right now.