# i3 config file (v4) # # Please see http://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 # # 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 16 # use these keys for focus, movement, and resize directions when reaching for # the arrows is not convenient set $up k set $down j set $left h set $right l # use Mouse+Mod4 to drag floating windows to their wanted position floating_modifier Mod4 # start a terminal bindsym Mod4+Return exec i3-sensible-terminal # kill focused window bindsym Mod4+Shift+q kill # There also is the (new) i3-dmenu-desktop which only displays applications # shipping a .desktop file. It is a wrapper around dmenu, so you need that # installed. bindsym Mod4+d exec --no-startup-id i3-dmenu-desktop # change focus bindsym Mod4+$left focus left bindsym Mod4+$down focus down bindsym Mod4+$up focus up bindsym Mod4+$right focus right # move focused window bindsym Mod4+Shift+$left move left bindsym Mod4+Shift+$down move down bindsym Mod4+Shift+$up move up bindsym Mod4+Shift+$right move right # split in horizontal orientation bindsym Mod4+z split h # split in vertical orientation bindsym Mod4+v split v # enter fullscreen mode for the focused container bindsym Mod4+f fullscreen toggle # change container layout (stacked, tabbed, toggle split) bindsym Mod4+s layout stacking bindsym Mod4+w layout tabbed bindsym Mod4+e layout toggle split # toggle tiling / floating bindsym Mod4+Shift+space floating toggle # change focus between tiling / floating windows bindsym Mod4+space focus mode_toggle # focus the parent container bindsym Mod4+a focus parent # move the currently focused window to the scratchpad bindsym Mod4+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 Mod4+minus scratchpad show # switch to workspace bindsym Mod4+1 workspace 1 bindsym Mod4+2 workspace 2 bindsym Mod4+3 workspace 3 bindsym Mod4+4 workspace 4 bindsym Mod4+5 workspace 5 bindsym Mod4+6 workspace 6 bindsym Mod4+7 workspace 7 bindsym Mod4+8 workspace 8 bindsym Mod4+9 workspace 9 bindsym Mod4+0 workspace 10 # move focused container to workspace bindsym Mod4+Shift+1 move container to workspace 1 bindsym Mod4+Shift+2 move container to workspace 2 bindsym Mod4+Shift+3 move container to workspace 3 bindsym Mod4+Shift+4 move container to workspace 4 bindsym Mod4+Shift+5 move container to workspace 5 bindsym Mod4+Shift+6 move container to workspace 6 bindsym Mod4+Shift+7 move container to workspace 7 bindsym Mod4+Shift+8 move container to workspace 8 bindsym Mod4+Shift+9 move container to workspace 9 bindsym Mod4+Shift+0 move container to workspace 10 # reload the configuration file bindsym Mod4+Shift+c reload # restart i3 inplace (preserves your layout/session, can be used to upgrade i3) bindsym Mod4+Shift+r restart # exit i3 (logs you out of your X session) bindsym Mod4+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 # back to normal: Enter or Escape bindsym Return mode "default" bindsym Escape mode "default" } bindsym Mod4+r mode "resize" # Start i3bar to display a workspace bar (plus the system information i3status # finds out, if available) bar { status_command i3status tray_output primary }