feat(waybar): update keyboard module, update input config file

Update the Waybar keyboard module to move the keyboard layout to the tooltip when hovering over the module (and out of the actual Waybar).

This will contribute to a cleaner look, and help trim down the lengthiness of the Waybar without sacrificing the utility of the module.

* Move keyboard layout to tooltip
* The module comments also referenced a script for sending signal, but there is no such script. The comments have been updated to reference example code added to ~/.config/sway/config.d/input

In addition to adding the example code, ~/.config/sway/config.d/input itself was updated to address some issues and add additional functionality.

* Remove the note about finding the touchpad ID and adding it to the config. This has not been necessary on Sway for a long time.
* Remove the `input type:keyboard xkb_layout "us"` line. This line is not actually doing anything since it will be overwritten by the `exec_always` block right below it every time Sway is reloaded.
* Enable numlock by default
* Add a commented block with example config for setting up keyboard layout toggle.
* Add explanatory comments.

.config/sway/config.d/input

@@ -1,20 +1,30 @@
 ### Input configuration
 #
-# Example configuration:
+# Read `man 5 sway-input` for more information about this section.
-# You can get the names of your inputs by running: swaymsg -t get_inputs
-# Put your touchpad's ID to replace "Touchpad-ID" (keep the quotation marks)
 
+# Touchpad configuration
 input type:touchpad {
     dwt enabled
     tap enabled
     natural_scroll enabled
 }
 
-# Read `man 5 sway-input` for more information about this section.
+# Enable numlock by default
-#
+input type:keyboard xkb_numlock enabled
-input type:keyboard xkb_layout "us"
 
+# Set keyboard layout and variant based on current system settings
 exec_always {
     'swaymsg input type:keyboard xkb_layout "$(localectl status | grep "X11 Layout" | sed -e "s/^.*X11 Layout://")"'
     'swaymsg input type:keyboard xkb_variant "$(localectl status | grep "X11 Variant" | sed -e "s/^.*X11 Variant://")"'
 }
+
+# # Toggle between keyboard layouts. This example has the "us" and "gb"
+# # keyboard layouts, and uses Alt+Shift to toggle between them.
+# input "type:keyboard" {
+#     xkb_layout "us,gb"
+#     xkb_options "grp:alt_shift_toggle"
+# }
+# # Assign the same binding to "pkill -RTMIN+1 waybar" to send signal to
+# # the Waybar keyboard module (so the module shows the updated layout).
+# # This example uses Alt + left Shift.
+# bindsym Alt+Shift_L exec "pkill -RTMIN+1 waybar"

.config/waybar/config

@@ -69,13 +69,12 @@
     },
 
     "custom/keyboard-layout": {
-        "exec": "swaymsg -t get_inputs | grep -m1 'xkb_active_layout_name' | cut -d '\"' -f4",
+      	"exec": "i=$(swaymsg -t get_inputs); echo \"\"; echo \"$i\" | grep -m1 'xkb_active_layout_name' | cut -d '\"' -f4",
-        // Interval set only as a fallback, as the value is updated by signal
+        "format": "",
+        // Interval set only as a fallback; use signal to update the module more immediately
         "interval": 30,
-        "format": "  {}", // Icon: keyboard
+        // See example config for sending signal to Waybar in ~/.config/sway/config.d/input
-        // Signal sent by Sway key binding (~/.config/sway/key-bindings)
+        "signal": 1,
-        "signal": 1, // SIGHUP
-        "tooltip": false,
         "on-click": "~/.config/waybar/scripts/keyhint.sh",
     },