# i3 config file (v4) # # Please see https://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html for a complete reference! # # This config file uses keycodes (bindsym) and was written for the QWERTY # layout. # # To get a config file with the same key positions, but for your current # layout, use the i3-config-wizard # # 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 # The combination of xss-lock, nm-applet and pactl is a popular choice, so # they are included here as an example. Modify as you see fit. # xss-lock grabs a logind suspend inhibit lock and will use i3lock to lock the # screen before suspend. exec --no-startup-id xss-lock --transfer-sleep-lock -- i3lock --nofork # NetworkManager is the most popular way to manage wireless networks on Linux, # and nm-applet is a desktop environment-independent system tray GUI for it. exec --no-startup-id nm-applet # Use pactl to adjust volume in PulseAudio. set $refresh_i3status killall -SIGUSR1 i3status bindsym XF86AudioRaiseVolume exec --no-startup-id pactl set-sink-volume @DEFAULT_SINK@ +10% && $refresh_i3status bindsym XF86AudioLowerVolume exec --no-startup-id pactl set-sink-volume @DEFAULT_SINK@ -10% && $refresh_i3status bindsym XF86AudioMute exec --no-startup-id pactl set-sink-mute @DEFAULT_SINK@ toggle && $refresh_i3status # use these keys for focus, movement, and resize directions when reaching for # the arrows is not convenient set $up l set $down k set $left j set $right semicolon # use Mouse+Mod1 to drag floating windows to their wanted position floating_modifier Mod1 # start a terminal bindsym Mod1+Return exec i3-sensible-terminal # kill focused window bindsym Mod1+Shift+q kill # start dmenu (a program launcher) bindsym Mod1+d exec dmenu_run # There also is the (new) i3-dmenu-desktop which only displays applications # shipping a .desktop file. It is a wrapper around dmenu, so you need that # installed. # bindsym Mod1+d exec --no-startup-id i3-dmenu-desktop # change focus bindsym Mod1+$left focus left bindsym Mod1+$down focus down bindsym Mod1+$up focus up bindsym Mod1+$right focus right # alternatively, you can use the cursor keys: bindsym Mod1+Left focus left bindsym Mod1+Down focus down bindsym Mod1+Up focus up bindsym Mod1+Right focus right # move focused window bindsym Mod1+Shift+$left move left bindsym Mod1+Shift+$down move down bindsym Mod1+Shift+$up move up bindsym Mod1+Shift+$right move right # alternatively, you can use the cursor keys: bindsym Mod1+Shift+Left move left bindsym Mod1+Shift+Down move down bindsym Mod1+Shift+Up move up bindsym Mod1+Shift+Right move right # split in horizontal orientation bindsym Mod1+h split h # split in vertical orientation bindsym Mod1+v split v # enter fullscreen mode for the focused container bindsym Mod1+f fullscreen toggle # change container layout (stacked, tabbed, toggle split) bindsym Mod1+s layout stacking bindsym Mod1+w layout tabbed bindsym Mod1+e layout toggle split # toggle tiling / floating bindsym Mod1+Shift+space floating toggle # change focus between tiling / floating windows bindsym Mod1+space focus mode_toggle # focus the parent container bindsym Mod1+a focus parent # focus the child container #bindsym Mod1+d focus child # move the currently focused window to the scratchpad bindsym Mod1+Shift+minus 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 Mod1+minus scratchpad show # Define names for default workspaces for which we configure key bindings later on. # We use variables to avoid repeating the names in multiple places. set $ws1 "1" set $ws2 "2" set $ws3 "3" set $ws4 "4" set $ws5 "5" set $ws6 "6" set $ws7 "7" set $ws8 "8" set $ws9 "9" set $ws10 "10" # switch to workspace bindsym Mod1+1 workspace $ws1 bindsym Mod1+2 workspace $ws2 bindsym Mod1+3 workspace $ws3 bindsym Mod1+4 workspace $ws4 bindsym Mod1+5 workspace $ws5 bindsym Mod1+6 workspace $ws6 bindsym Mod1+7 workspace $ws7 bindsym Mod1+8 workspace $ws8 bindsym Mod1+9 workspace $ws9 bindsym Mod1+0 workspace $ws10 # move focused container to workspace bindsym Mod1+Shift+1 move container to workspace $ws1 bindsym Mod1+Shift+2 move container to workspace $ws2 bindsym Mod1+Shift+3 move container to workspace $ws3 bindsym Mod1+Shift+4 move container to workspace $ws4 bindsym Mod1+Shift+5 move container to workspace $ws5 bindsym Mod1+Shift+6 move container to workspace $ws6 bindsym Mod1+Shift+7 move container to workspace $ws7 bindsym Mod1+Shift+8 move container to workspace $ws8 bindsym Mod1+Shift+9 move container to workspace $ws9 bindsym Mod1+Shift+0 move container to workspace $ws10 # reload the configuration file bindsym Mod1+Shift+c reload # restart i3 inplace (preserves your layout/session, can be used to upgrade i3) bindsym Mod1+Shift+r restart # exit i3 (logs you out of your X session) bindsym Mod1+Shift+e 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 or Mod1+r bindsym Return mode "default" bindsym Escape mode "default" bindsym Mod1+r mode "default" } bindsym Mod1+r mode "resize" # Start i3bar to display a workspace bar (plus the system information i3status # finds out, if available) bar { status_command i3status } ####################################################################### # automatically start i3-config-wizard to offer the user to create a # keysym-based config which used their favorite modifier (alt or windows) # # i3-config-wizard will not launch if there already is a config file # in ~/.config/i3/config (or $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/i3/config if set) or # ~/.i3/config. # # Please remove the following exec line: ####################################################################### exec i3-config-wizard