how to change layout live/on-the-fly?

[m-faith]

What system are you running Yazi on?

Linux X11

What terminal are you running Yazi in?

alacritty+tmux

yazi --debug output

Yazi
    Version: 26.1.22 (4e0acf8 2026-01-22)
    Debug  : false
    Triple : x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu (linux-x86_64)
    Rustc  : 1.93.0 (254b5960 2026-01-19)

Ya
    Version: 26.1.22 (4e0acf8 2026-01-22)

Config
    Init             : /home/m/.config/yazi/init.lua (No such file or directory (os error 2))
    Yazi             : /home/m/.config/yazi/yazi.toml (67 chars)
    Keymap           : /home/m/.config/yazi/keymap.toml (No such file or directory (os error 2))
    Theme            : /home/m/.config/yazi/theme.toml (No such file or directory (os error 2))
    VFS              : /home/m/.config/yazi/vfs.toml (No such file or directory (os error 2))
    Package          : /home/m/.config/yazi/package.toml (124 chars)
    Dark/light flavor: "" / ""

Emulator
    TERM                : Some("tmux-256color")
    TERM_PROGRAM        : Some("tmux")
    TERM_PROGRAM_VERSION: Some("3.2a")
    Brand.from_env      : None
    Emulator.detect     : Emulator { kind: Right(Unknown { kgp: false, sixel: false }), version: "", light: false, csi_16t: (0, 0), force_16t: false }

Adapter
    Adapter.matches    : X11
    Dimension.available: Dimension { rows: 29, columns: 142, width: 1278, height: 580 }

Desktop
    XDG_SESSION_TYPE           : Some("x11")
    WAYLAND_DISPLAY            : None
    DISPLAY                    : Some(":1")
    SWAYSOCK                   : None
    HYPRLAND_INSTANCE_SIGNATURE: None
    WAYFIRE_SOCKET             : None

SSH
    shared.in_ssh_connection: false

WSL
    WSL: false

Variables
    SHELL              : Some("/usr/bin/zsh")
    EDITOR             : Some("/usr/local/bin/nvim")
    VISUAL             : Some("/usr/local/bin/nvim")
    YAZI_FILE_ONE      : None
    YAZI_CONFIG_HOME   : None
    YAZI_ZOXIDE_OPTS   : None
    FZF_DEFAULT_OPTS   : None
    FZF_DEFAULT_COMMAND: Some("fd --type f --strip-cwd-prefix")

Text Opener
    default     : Some(OpenerRule { run: "${EDITOR:-vi} %s", block: true, orphan: false, desc: "$EDITOR", for: None, spread: true })
    block-create: Some(OpenerRule { run: "${EDITOR:-vi} %s", block: true, orphan: false, desc: "$EDITOR", for: None, spread: true })
    block-rename: Some(OpenerRule { run: "${EDITOR:-vi} %s", block: true, orphan: false, desc: "$EDITOR", for: None, spread: true })

Multiplexers
    TMUX               : true
    tmux version       : tmux 3.2a
    tmux build flags   : enable-sixel=Unknown
    ZELLIJ_SESSION_NAME: None
    Zellij version     : No such file or directory (os error 2)

Dependencies
    file          : 5.41
    ueberzugpp    : No such file or directory (os error 2)
    ffmpeg/ffprobe: 4.4.2-0 / 4.4.2-0
    pdftoppm      : 22.02.0
    magick        : No such file or directory (os error 2)
    fzf           : 0.29
    fd/fdfind     : 8.3.1 / 8.3.1
    rg            : 13.0.0
    chafa         : No such file or directory (os error 2)
    zoxide        : 0.4.3
    7zz/7z        : 21.07 / No such file or directory (os error 2)
    resvg         : No such file or directory (os error 2)
    jq            : 1.6

Clipboard
    wl-copy/paste: No such file or directory (os error 2) / No such file or directory (os error 2)
    xclip        : 0.13
    xsel         : 1.2.0

Routine
    `file -bL --mime-type`: text/plain


See https://yazi-rs.github.io/docs/plugins/overview#debugging on how to enable logging or debug runtime errors.

Describe the question

How do you recommend switching layouts?

Like... I appreciate ratio = [ 0, 1, 3 ] for my current task... but say I want to change that to [3,4,1] for example, without having to open and edit the yazi.toml?

I imagine you have something very helpful to accommodate this situation...? I just haven't found it in the docs yet :(

Anything else?

No response

Checklist

• I have read all the documentation
• I have searched the existing discussions/issues

[sxyazi]

It's possible with rt.mgr.ratio, see #2964