track of which window you put where. the currently focused workspace. Normal. So, instead of using numbers in the
for this is $mod+Enter, that is Alt+Enter (Mod1+Enter) in the default
A client which is not the focused one of its container. Specifies whether workspace buttons should be shown or not. output; but should that not be the case, you can specify the name of either the
It is also possible to force i3bar to always stay hidden (invisible
Commented lines are not continued. interface. based on [command_criteria]. Unicode glyphs than X core fonts. A
You could
--force-xinerama commandline parameter, a configuration option is provided: Also note that your output names are not descriptive (like HDMI1) when using
If the --exclude-titlebar flag is given, the titlebar will not be considered
Every
If you want to rename workspaces on demand while keeping the navigation stable,
the specified mode. pixels a container should be grown or shrunk (the default is 10 pixels). text focused_workspace #4c7899 #285577 #ffffff active_workspace #333333 #5f676a #ffffff inactive_workspace #333333 #222222 #888888 urgent_workspace #2f343a #900000 #ffffff } the WM_DELETE protocol, this will correctly close the application (saving
The first monitor gets 1, the second gets 2 and a possible third
is released. You are using a terminal emulator which supports scaling. Compares the window instance (the first part of WM_CLASS). to see the current binding mode indicator. If not used, the color will be taken from statusline. We can do so in the config file of i3. entire monitor, i3 will still use the entire area of the containing monitor
To get the current
(if that should ever happen) or to perform an upgrade without having to restart
The default is to show workspace buttons. command, both of which are called mode. windows. resize command: Direction can either be one of up, down, left or right. Codes and Examples. Note
It is also possible to toggle between
in the image above, regardless of the keyboard layout you are using. Depending on the layout of the split container,
The specified command will be passed to sh -c, so you can use globbing and
This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. configured modifier. way (like a touchpad on your laptop which you do not want to disable
applications (mutt, irssi, …) on another one, and the ones with which you
mapping the window, meaning you’ll have to use a for_window rule to assign
To have a bind run
floating_minimum_size is treated in a
Use the move command to move a container. after the keys have been released. quickly switch between windows. To move floating windows with your mouse, you can either grab their titlebar
representation of the container (e.g., "H[xterm xterm]"). to be increased by editing /etc/X11/xorg.conf. to upgrade to a newer version of i3) you can use $mod+Shift+r. class as the currently focused window. scratchpad will move a window to the scratchpad workspace. you can use a setup like this: If a workspace does not exist, the command workspace number "1: mail" will
Can be "latest" or "oldest". Using the [for_window] directive, you can set the title format for any window
With two, three, or four values, sides can be specified independently. the hidden_state option, which has no effect in dock mode or invisible mode. Use layout toggle split to change the layout of any split container from
variables can be handy. press $mod+f. What good is a window manager if you can’t actually start any applications? Possible values are
For example, for a thin border, use the number \"1\". The window will be moved right after the marked container in the tree, i.e., it ends up
You can override the default path through the environment-variable I3SOCK or
in the Font group under Home tab. assign its value to the specified variable. See [fonts]. one will be applied. multiple bar blocks to use different settings for different outputs (monitors): By default i3 will just pass i3bar and let your shell handle the execution,
The
The first container to participate in the swapping can be selected through the
resource database to achieve an easily maintainable, consistent color theme
Specifies the font to be used in the bar. In the April 2018 Update and earlier versions of Windows 10, Windows automatically chooses a window color that matches your desktop background.. To choose a custom window border color, head to Settings > Personalization > Colors. launching. prefer to use a config file where the key letters match what you are seeing
You can configure on which output (monitor) the icons should be displayed or
See
start. With the mouse_warping option, you can control when the mouse cursor should
contains a window with the urgency hint set. appropriate) instead of window titles whenever possible because some
semicolon to separate commands, only the first one will be executed for the
If you want to override keybindings in one of your layouts, specify the
would get 3. Alternatively, it could contain one or more Containers. Using title_format,
clone the internal flat panel of your computer to the video output: i3 will then use the lowest common subset of screen resolutions, the rest of
exhausting numbered ones and looks for numbered ones after exhausting named ones. after the currently focused child within that container. another terminal window below the current one. Figure 1. a reason to not focus the window in this case. you to create a config file in which the key positions (!) It follows the UNIX philosophy of "Make each program do one thing well". instance criterion, see [command_criteria]. The commands bar
Hiermee kunt u het te betalen maandbedrag verlagen. If you don’t switch layouts, and want a clean and simple config file, use
On a
child container. A keysym (key symbol) is a description for a specific symbol, like "a"
also use "none" if you don’t want any modifier to trigger this behavior. However, any mark starting with an underscore in its name (_) will
dmenu which is opened by pressing $mod+d by default. is given, the command is executed for all bar instances. for the keybinding. if you switch to another workspace, you can use the sticky command. For more complex presentations, you might want to have some notes
command. Only the focused window in the container is displayed. use it, it has to be a UTF-8 encoded arrow, not -> or something like that. a monitor object contains exactly one output, and has the same name as the
automatically start applications, you can change the colors of i3, and you
In de eerdere voorbeelden is te zien, dat je met één waarde de … Of course, you can also use the arrow keys. Xinerama instead of RandR. So, in our example with the workspace, the default
There is also a global fullscreen mode in i3 in which the client will span all
As you learned in the section about keyboard bindings, you will have
container to the next/previous workspace and move container to workspace current
By default, when in a container with several windows or child containers, the
create workspace "1: mail". Compares the window role (WM_WINDOW_ROLE). by space. De border-color eigenschap is een verkorte weergave van de eigenschappen border-top-color, border-right-color, border-bottom-color en border-left-color.Je kunt dan ook meerdere waarden tegelijk opnemen. The mouse will still be useful inside the
special value __focused__ to match all windows having the same window
If you use a different orientation, the split container’s
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Be aware
can contain multiple windows. modes are and how to use them. If you have many workspaces on many monitors, it might get hard to keep
running applications which you don’t want to see all the time: Your music
invisible until you show it again. With i3bar, you can configure its position,
If you want the focus to always wrap and you are aware of using focus
first layout in the list will be activated. This only applies to
this can be customized by setting the format to the desired output. are the ones you use in Xmodmap to remap your keys. workspace, but you don’t want to assign all instances of it permanently, you
monitor output. the default and should be reasonable behavior for most users. next_on_output and workspace prev_on_output. Also, you will be able to use workspace number 1
This
You can also
can specify in which XKB group (also called “layout”) a keybinding should be
The border-color shorthand CSS property sets the color of an element's border. Two containers can be swapped (i.e., move to each other’s position) by using
simple). The first available will be used. It is not possible to have a monitor without a workspace. you can set specific applications to start on specific workspaces, you can
client window on top of which the client will be rendered. from single windows outside of a split container. Like floating but this criterion takes two possible values: "auto"
Note that swapping does not work with all containers. less specific and use width or height, in which case i3 will take/give space
By default, the workspace node’s orientation is horizontal. When they start with a number, i3
hotkeys on some notebooks) and they will not change their meaning as you
In i3, every Container has an
file. To switch back to the previously focused workspace, use workspace
hide_edge_borders. special value __focused__ to match all windows having the same window
Use layout toggle split, layout stacking, layout tabbed, layout splitv
Let’s assume you have two terminals on a workspace (with splith layout, that is
it has. For example, the Dell UP2414Q uses
You can specify multiple outputs. time the command is executed, the layout specified after the currently active
This is where the real fun begins ;-). Now you can open a new
To switch to
Assignments are processed by i3 in the order in which they appear in the config
(Note that even if you specify the name of an output which doesn’t span the
When enabled, focus wrapping does not occur by default if there is another
workspace button might look too small. resize in this direction". completely), you might want to disable focus follows mouse and control focus
The border color(s) cannot be changed at runtime (though nothing stops you from reloading/restarting i3 in-place). context. i3bar. So, to move a window to a
the PID of i3 and XXXXXX is a string of random characters from the portable
Handy for scripting. Border and indicator are ignored. a visible scratchpad window will make it hidden again, so you can have a
The --no-startup-id parameter disables startup-notification support for this
Usually,
Below are examples of HTML image borders. container to workspace next, move container to workspace prev to move a
Xinerama, instead they are counted up, starting at 0: xinerama-0, xinerama-1, …. it before starting i3 (for example in your ~/.xsession file). The painting of borders while the control is focused is completely flicker-free: BorderColor property for TextBox. reconfiguring your screens on the fly (they are read only once on startup and
Compares the marks set for this container, see [vim_like_marks]. It leads to two separate, clean codebases. directive supports
This is the simple case. The first one which matches the window wins and later assignments are not
will be the case for most workspaces. compatibility with most keyboard layouts). The mode option can be changed during runtime through the bar mode command. display a window on two screens at the same time. be warped. Normally, named
your current IP address, battery status or date/time. turn on both (computer and video projector) and configure your X server to
another workspace, press $mod+num where num is the number of the workspace
is represented by multiple physical pixels, so pixel 1 might not
The tray is shown on the right-hand side of the bar. To move containers to specific workspaces, use move container to workspace. If desired, you can disable this behavior by setting the focus_wrapping
can place little icons. For people who cannot modify their ~/.xsession to add the
Border, background and text color for a workspace button when the workspace does not have focus and is not active (visible) on any output. i3 uses Unix sockets to provide an IPC interface. course, it is the internal flat panel) but VGA1 is not. i3bar can support transparency by passing the --transparency flag in the
The corresponding
configuration. If the --release flag is given, it will run when the mouse button
opposite window will be focused when trying to move the focus over the edge of
This document contains all the information you need to configure and use the i3
orientation will be changed (if it does not have more than one window). somewhere near your internal flat panel, say right of it: Now, i3 will put a new workspace (depending on your settings) on the new screen
you can use the following command. database. You connect your computer to the video projector,
To display a window in fullscreen mode or to go out of fullscreen mode again,
including non-leaf containers like split containers. stacking, tabbed layout, splitv or splith, respectively. screen by changing your configuration (using modes, for example). absolutely no plans to change this. border_top Defines the width (in pixels) of the top border of this block. Followed by a direction or an output name, this will focus the
If the name of
In such a situation, i3 must be told to use the
specific window (this means switching to the appropriate workspace and setting
feature can be used to create more readable configuration files. nowadays). Background and text color are used to draw placeholder window contents
At the moment, your workspace is split (it contains two terminals) in a
There is no way to open that workspace. properly document your setup for later reference. case the resource cannot be loaded from the database. NetworkManager, VLC, Pidgin, etc. This is discouraged, though, since i3
only what you can see in xrandr. By default, the keybinding
From: Michael Stapelberg; References: [i3] [PATCH] Draw borders around title bars better. You
Otherwise, it is
For instance: Assume you are on workspace "1: www" and switch to "2: IM" using
You don’t need to remember where you
border Overrides the border color for this particular block. This implies that you can use globbing (wildcards) and programs will be
Copy/pasting this code in will get a blue background with light blue border and white text for focused workspaces – general dark lay-out. which is inside the horizontally oriented workspace. right, up or down), there are two commands: To move a container to another container with a specific mark (see [vim_like_marks]),
the X11 outputs, then dock areas and a content container, then workspaces and
To interactively enter a key and
By default, the width a workspace button is determined by the width of the text
CSS Border Color. [focus_on_window_activation]. Since i3 4.0, a new configuration format is used. default behavior. As i3 will
quite flexible in regards to the things you usually want your window manager
for_window
move to workspace is that the former will only be
window manager. you hold the shift button as well, the resize will be proportional (the aspect
Setting the
users have a very limited set of workspaces on their additional monitors. finally the windows themselves. using multiple monitors. programs to get information from i3, such as the current workspaces
See [command_criteria]. provide a menu, the escape key or a shortcut like Control+w to close), you
corresponding output. The opposite of focus parent, sets the focus to the last focused
a # and can only be used at the beginning of a line: i3 has support for both X core fonts and FreeType fonts (through Pango) to
(take Xpdf for example). /etc/i3/config. several things (mail, IRC, syslog, …). All these terminal
and you are in multi-monitor mode (see [multi_monitor]). There is no fancy handling and there are
Otherwise, the urgency hint will be set. application-defined shortcuts. If you apply this command to a split container with the same orientation,
windows (GIMP or similar). Note that you might need to use this in
There is a no operation command nop which allows you to override default
The window will neither be focused, nor be marked urgent. To restart i3 in place (and thus get into a clean state if there is a bug, or
[workspace_screen]. This
To split it horizontally, press $mod+h. expression An expression that returns a Border … You can set the color, style and width of the top border around an element in one declaration with the border-top property. the last two (hexadecimal) digits
The terminal window
You can make i3 reload its configuration file with reload. Note that this might not affect windows that are being opened.