my mac spaces i3-like experience

aerospace.toml

# Place a copy of this config to ~/.aerospace.toml
# After that, you can edit ~/.aerospace.toml to your liking

# This config disables tiling/tiling layout and only uses the macOS Spaces (via option+number hotkeys)

# Remove all tiling/accordion layouts and leave only workspace switching.

# Minimal config for just having Spaces-like behavior

# Start AeroSpace at login (optional, leave as you like)
start-at-login = false

# Disable normalization (not needed for Spaces-only)
enable-normalization-flatten-containers = false
enable-normalization-opposite-orientation-for-nested-containers = false

# No after startup commands needed
after-startup-command = []

# Padding and layout irrelevant for Spaces-only
accordion-padding = 0
default-root-container-layout = 'tiles'
default-root-container-orientation = 'auto'

# Mouse follows focus when focused monitor changes (optional)
on-focused-monitor-changed = []

# macOS hide behavior, set as desired
automatically-unhide-macos-hidden-apps = false

[key-mapping]
    preset = 'qwerty'

[gaps]
    inner.horizontal = 0
    inner.vertical =   0
    outer.left =       0
    outer.bottom =     0
    outer.top =        0
    outer.right =      0

[mode.main.binding]
    # Switch to workspace N (emulates Spaces)
    alt-1 = 'workspace 1'
    alt-2 = 'workspace 2'
    alt-3 = 'workspace 3'
    alt-4 = 'workspace 4'
    alt-5 = 'workspace 5'
    alt-6 = 'workspace 6'
    alt-7 = 'workspace 7'
    alt-8 = 'workspace 8'
    alt-9 = 'workspace 9'
    
    # Move focused window to workspace N
    alt-shift-1 = 'move-node-to-workspace 1'
    alt-shift-2 = 'move-node-to-workspace 2'
    alt-shift-3 = 'move-node-to-workspace 3'
    alt-shift-4 = 'move-node-to-workspace 4'
    alt-shift-5 = 'move-node-to-workspace 5'
    alt-shift-6 = 'move-node-to-workspace 6'
    alt-shift-7 = 'move-node-to-workspace 7'
    alt-shift-8 = 'move-node-to-workspace 8'
    alt-shift-9 = 'move-node-to-workspace 9'

# Optionally, bind alt-tab (workspace-back-and-forth) if you want it
# alt-tab = 'workspace-back-and-forth'

# Make ALL apps float by default (disable tiling completely)
[[on-window-detected]]
run = 'layout floating'

[mode.service.binding]
    # Minimal service menu (optional, you can remove this section entirely if unwanted)
    esc = ['reload-config', 'mode main']