Enhance Keymapping Syntax To Faciliate Defining Nested Submaps within Submaps

[Nicknamely]

Description

Currently, in Hyprland's keybinding configuration, it seems impossible to define multiple submaps within a submap. For instance, if I have a submap at level 1, I cannot have more than one distinct submap at level 2.

This limitation makes it difficult to create complex keybinding hierarchies, such as emulating (Neo)vim-like leader shortcuts, where pressing a leader key opens one submap of options, and selecting from those options opens additional nested submaps.

Below is an example that demonstrates the issue.

#Testing nested submap

# Goal: Implement (Neo)vim-like shortcuts
# Press $mainMod + P -> access quickPrograms submap (level 1)
# Inside utilities, have two nested submaps (level 2): monitoring and cmdTools (.

bind = $mainMod, P, submap, Utils
  submap = Utils # level 1 submap
  bind = , U, submap, monitoring
  bind = , escape, submap, reset
  # want to have another lvl 1 submap here but it seems impossible :( 
  submap = reset
    submap = monitoring # level 2 submap
    # Add shorcut here
    bind = , B, exec, kitty btop
    bind = , B, submap, reset
    # ...
    bind = , escape, submap, reset
    submap = reset

[vaxerski]

works for me.

[vaxerski]

I don't understand what you are trying to do that isn't possible.

You can't "nest" submaps as something like this doesn't exist. You move from one to another.

SUBMAP1 -> SUBMAP2
        -> SUBMAP3

What's the issue?

[Nicknamely]

Submap 1
|-Submap 1
| |-Bind 1
| |-Bind 2
| |- ...
|-Submap 2
| |-Bind 1
| |- ...
|-Submap 3
|-Submap 4

I want to be able to move from Submap1-1 to Submap1 and from there go to submap 2 then Bind 1.

And have a Bind to return to global (reset all)

Is it possible ?

[vaxerski]

yes, I don't see why not.

bind = , B, submap, reset

instead of reset, go to submap1?

[davc0n]

Maybe you can start from this example:

bind = $mainMod, P, submap, utils
submap = utils

bind = , Q, exec, $example

# monitoring
    bind = , U, submap, monitoring
    submap = monitoring
    
    bind = , W, exec, $example
    
    bind = , B, exec, kitty btop
    bind = , B, submap, utils
    
    bind = SHIFT, escape, submap, reset
    bind =      , escape, submap, utils
    submap = utils
# /monitoring

# cmdTools
    bind = , I, submap, cmdTools
    submap = cmdTools
    
    bind = , E, exec, $example
    
    bind = SHIFT, escape, submap, reset
    bind =      , escape, submap, utils
    submap = utils
# /cmdTools

bind = , escape, submap, reset
submap = reset

[vaxerski]

I am closing this, I don't see anything not possible here

[Nicknamely]

Yeah, I think you should.
Here what i have done so far

By the way, can I just have one submap = reset at the end of the file and still expect it to work?

[davc0n]

Idk, just try it out.