# i3 config file (v4) # # Please see https://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html for a complete reference! set $mod Mod4 # Font for window titles. Will also be used by the bar unless a different font # is used in the bar {} block below. font pango:monospace 8 # This font is widely installed, provides lots of unicode glyphs, right-to-left # text rendering and scalability on retina/hidpi displays (thanks to pango). #font pango:DejaVu Sans Mono 8 # use these keys for focus, movement, and resize directions when reaching for # the arrows is not convenient set $up n set $down t set $left h set $right s # use Mouse+Mod4 to drag floating windows to their wanted position floating_modifier $mod # start a terminal bindsym $mod+Return exec i3-sensible-terminal # kill focused window bindsym $mod+Shift+w kill # start dmenu (a program launcher) bindsym $mod+d exec dmenu_run # There also is the (new) i3-dmenu-desktop which only displays applications # shipping a .desktop file. It is a wrapper around dmenu, so you need that # installed. # bindsym $mod+d exec --no-startup-id i3-dmenu-desktop # change focus bindsym $mod+$left focus left bindsym $mod+$down focus down bindsym $mod+$up focus up bindsym $mod+$right focus right # alternatively, you can use the cursor keys: bindsym $mod+Left focus left bindsym $mod+Down focus down bindsym $mod+Up focus up bindsym $mod+Right focus right # move focused window bindsym $mod+Shift+$left move left bindsym $mod+Shift+$down move down bindsym $mod+Shift+$up move up bindsym $mod+Shift+$right move right # alternatively, you can use the cursor keys: bindsym $mod+Shift+Left move left bindsym $mod+Shift+Down move down bindsym $mod+Shift+Up move up bindsym $mod+Shift+Right move right # split in horizontal orientation bindsym $mod+v split h # split in vertical orientation bindsym $mod+minus split v # enter fullscreen mode for the focused container bindsym $mod+f fullscreen toggle # change container layout (stacked, tabbed, toggle split) bindsym $mod+o layout stacking bindsym $mod+comma layout tabbed bindsym $mod+period layout toggle split # toggle tiling / floating bindsym $mod+Shift+space floating toggle # change focus between tiling / floating windows bindsym $mod+space focus mode_toggle # focus the parent container bindsym $mod+a focus parent # focus the child container bindsym $mod+e focus child # move the currently focused window to the scratchpad bindsym $mod+Shift+semicolon move scratchpad # Show the next scratchpad window or hide the focused scratchpad window. # If there are multiple scratchpad windows, this command cycles through them. bindsym $mod+semicolon scratchpad show # Workspace bindings set $work1 g set $work2 c set $work3 r set $work4 l set $work5 parenleft set $work6 equal set $work7 asterisk set $work8 parenright set $work9 plus set $work10 bracketright # Number keypad bindings set $KP_0 KP_Insert set $KP_1 KP_End set $KP_2 KP_Down set $KP_3 KP_Next set $KP_4 KP_Left set $KP_5 KP_Begin set $KP_6 KP_Right set $KP_7 KP_Home set $KP_8 KP_Up set $KP_9 KP_Prior set $KP_Decimal KP_Delete # switch to workspace bindsym $mod+$work1 workspace 1 bindsym $mod+$work2 workspace 2 bindsym $mod+$work3 workspace 3 bindsym $mod+$work4 workspace 4 bindsym $mod+$work5 workspace 5 bindsym $mod+$work6 workspace 6 bindsym $mod+$work7 workspace 7 bindsym $mod+$work8 workspace 8 bindsym $mod+$work9 workspace 9 bindsym $mod+$work10 workspace 10 # switch to workspace with numpad bindsym $mod+$KP_1 workspace 1 bindsym $mod+$KP_2 workspace 2 bindsym $mod+$KP_3 workspace 3 bindsym $mod+$KP_4 workspace 4 bindsym $mod+$KP_5 workspace 5 bindsym $mod+$KP_6 workspace 6 bindsym $mod+$KP_7 workspace 7 bindsym $mod+$KP_8 workspace 8 bindsym $mod+$KP_9 workspace 9 bindsym $mod+$KP_0 workspace 10 # move focused container to workspace bindsym $mod+Shift+$work1 move container to workspace 1 bindsym $mod+Shift+$work2 move container to workspace 2 bindsym $mod+Shift+$work3 move container to workspace 3 bindsym $mod+Shift+$work4 move container to workspace 4 bindsym $mod+Shift+$work5 move container to workspace 5 bindsym $mod+Shift+$work6 move container to workspace 6 bindsym $mod+Shift+$work7 move container to workspace 7 bindsym $mod+Shift+$work8 move container to workspace 8 bindsym $mod+Shift+$work9 move container to workspace 9 bindsym $mod+Shift+$work10 move container to workspace 10 # move focused container to workspace with numpad bindsym $mod+Shift+$KP_1 move container to workspace 1 bindsym $mod+Shift+$KP_2 move container to workspace 2 bindsym $mod+Shift+$KP_3 move container to workspace 3 bindsym $mod+Shift+$KP_4 move container to workspace 4 bindsym $mod+Shift+$KP_5 move container to workspace 5 bindsym $mod+Shift+$KP_6 move container to workspace 6 bindsym $mod+Shift+$KP_7 move container to workspace 7 bindsym $mod+Shift+$KP_8 move container to workspace 8 bindsym $mod+Shift+$KP_9 move container to workspace 9 bindsym $mod+Shift+$KP_0 move container to workspace 10 # reload the configuration file bindsym $mod+Shift+y reload # restart i3 inplace (preserves your layout/session, can be used to upgrade i3) bindsym $mod+Shift+x restart # exit i3 (logs you out of your X session) bindsym $mod+Escape exec "i3-nagbar -t warning -m 'You pressed the exit shortcut. Do you really want to exit i3? This will end your X session.' -b 'Yes, exit i3' 'i3-msg exit'" # resize window (you can also use the mouse for that) mode "resize" { # These bindings trigger as soon as you enter the resize mode # Pressing left will shrink the window’s width. # Pressing right will grow the window’s width. # Pressing up will shrink the window’s height. # Pressing down will grow the window’s height. bindsym $left resize shrink width 10 px or 10 ppt bindsym $down resize grow height 10 px or 10 ppt bindsym $up resize shrink height 10 px or 10 ppt bindsym $right resize grow width 10 px or 10 ppt # same bindings, but for the arrow keys bindsym Left resize shrink width 10 px or 10 ppt bindsym Down resize grow height 10 px or 10 ppt bindsym Up resize shrink height 10 px or 10 ppt bindsym Right resize grow width 10 px or 10 ppt # back to normal: Enter or Escape bindsym Return mode "default" bindsym Escape mode "default" } bindsym $mod+b mode "resize" # Start i3bar to display a workspace bar (plus the system information i3status # finds out, if available) bar { status_command i3status }