# This file has been auto-generated by i3-config-wizard(1). # It will not be overwritten, so edit it as you like. # # Should you change your keyboard layout some time, delete # this file and re-run i3-config-wizard(1). # # 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 10 # 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 10 # Start XDG autostart .desktop files using dex. See also # https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/XDG_Autostart exec --no-startup-id dex --autostart --environment i3 # 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. Use loginctl lock-session to lock your screen. 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 bindsym XF86AudioMicMute exec --no-startup-id pactl set-source-mute @DEFAULT_SOURCE@ toggle && $refresh_i3status # Use Mouse+$mod to drag floating windows to their wanted position floating_modifier $mod # move tiling windows via drag & drop by left-clicking into the title bar, # or left-clicking anywhere into the window while holding the floating modifier. tiling_drag modifier titlebar # start a terminal bindsym $mod+Return exec i3-sensible-terminal # kill focused window bindsym $mod+q kill # Program Launcher options # start dmenu (a program launcher) # bindsym $mod+d exec --no-startup-id dmenu_run # A more modern dmenu replacement is rofi: # bindcode $mod+40 exec "rofi -modi drun,run -show drun" # There also is i3-dmenu-desktop which only displays applications that have a .desktop file. # It is a wrapper around dmenu, so you need that installed. # bindcode $mod+40 exec --no-startup-id i3-dmenu-desktop # Instead use Rofi - prettier and centred: combi shows running apps and show icons too bindsym $mod+d exec "rofi -combi-modi window,drun,ssh -show combi -icon-theme Papirus -show-icons" # change focus bindsym $mod+j focus left bindsym $mod+k focus down bindsym $mod+l focus up bindsym $mod+semicolon 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+j move left bindsym $mod+Shift+k move down bindsym $mod+Shift+l move up bindsym $mod+Shift+semicolon 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 (side-by-side) bindsym $mod+h split h # Next split will be in vertical orientation (one above the other) bindsym $mod+v split v # enter fullscreen mode for the focused container bindsym $mod+f fullscreen toggle # change container layout (stacked, tabbed, toggle split) bindsym $mod+s layout stacking bindsym $mod+w layout tabbed bindsym $mod+e layout toggle split # toggle a container from Tiled to Floating bindsym $mod+Shift+space floating toggle # Swap Focus from a Floating Window to the Tiled one(s) behind it bindsym $mod+space focus mode_toggle # For manipulating multiple containers at a time bindsym $mod+a focus parent bindsym $mod+z focus child # focus the child container #bindsym $mod+d focus child # 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 "0" # switch to workspace bindsym $mod+1 workspace number $ws1 bindsym $mod+2 workspace number $ws2 bindsym $mod+3 workspace number $ws3 bindsym $mod+4 workspace number $ws4 bindsym $mod+5 workspace number $ws5 bindsym $mod+6 workspace number $ws6 bindsym $mod+7 workspace number $ws7 bindsym $mod+8 workspace number $ws8 bindsym $mod+9 workspace number $ws9 bindsym $mod+0 workspace number $ws0 # move focused container to workspace bindsym $mod+Shift+1 move container to workspace number $ws1 bindsym $mod+Shift+2 move container to workspace number $ws2 bindsym $mod+Shift+3 move container to workspace number $ws3 bindsym $mod+Shift+4 move container to workspace number $ws4 bindsym $mod+Shift+5 move container to workspace number $ws5 bindsym $mod+Shift+6 move container to workspace number $ws6 bindsym $mod+Shift+7 move container to workspace number $ws7 bindsym $mod+Shift+8 move container to workspace number $ws8 bindsym $mod+Shift+9 move container to workspace number $ws9 bindsym $mod+Shift+10 move container to workspace number $ws0 # reload the i3 configuration file bindsym $mod+Shift+c reload # Show the i3 documentation bindsym $mod+Shift+D exec firefox https://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html # restart i3 inplace (preserves your layout/session, can be used to upgrade i3) bindsym $mod+Shift+r restart # exit i3 (logs you out of your X session) bindsym $mod+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 j resize shrink width 10 px or 10 ppt bindsym k resize grow height 10 px or 10 ppt bindsym l resize shrink height 10 px or 10 ppt bindsym semicolon 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 $mod+r bindsym Return mode "default" bindsym Escape mode "default" bindsym $mod+r mode "default" } bindsym $mod+r mode "resize" # Start i3bar to display a workspace bar (plus the system information i3status # finds out, if available) bar { colors { background #000000 statusline #ffffff separator #666666 # Class Border Backgr Text focused_workspace #4c7899 #285577 #ffffff urgent_workspace #333333 #5f676a #ffffff inactive_workspace #333333 #222222 #888888 active_workspace #ff0000 #FFFF00 #0000ff binding_mode #2f343a #900000 #ffffff } status_command i3status } # ======================== GM: MY ADDITIONS ================================== # Previous/Next workspace on , . or < > bindcode $mod+59 workspace prev_on_output # , bindcode $mod+60 workspace next_on_output # . # assign workspaceN # assign [class="" instance=""] $wsN assign [class="Zotero"] $ws9 assign [class="Signal"] $ws9 assign [class="Virtualbox Manager"] $ws7 # # Or using a regex to match the class # class="(?i).*firefox.*" → case-insensitive ✅ # Class Border Backgr Text Indicator ChildBorder client.focused #AA0000 #AA0000 #FFFFFF #FF0000 #FF0000 client.unfocused #333333 #222222 #888888 #292d2e #222222 client.unfocused_inactive #00FF88 #0000AA #FFFFFF #FFFFFF # client.urgent #2f343a #900000 #ffffff #900000 #900000 # client.placeholder #000000 #0c0c0c #ffffff #000000 #0c0c0c client.background #ffffff focus_follows_mouse no # Toggle to specified desktop and back again workspace_auto_back_and_forth no # FLOATING WINDOWS - force pop-up and dialogs to float for_window [window_role="pop-up"] floating enable for_window [window_role="task_dialog"] floating enable for_window [instance="openDialog"] floating enable for_window [instance="findDialog"] floating enable for_window [instance="saveDialog"] floating enable for_window [window_role="messageWindow"] floating enable, resize set 1000 720, move position center # Brightly colour the active container's border default_border pixel 7 default_floating_border pixel 7 # # Firefox does client-side decorations for_window [class="firefox_firefox"] border normal # START A FILE BROWSER # The /home/ is important - won't work without it # from https://github.com/mate-desktop/caja/issues/1392 bindsym $mod+u exec caja --no-desktop /home/ # Web browser bindsym $mod+b exec sensible-browser # Balance Window layout using the Python program "i3_balance_workspace" # installed using: pipx install i3_balance_workspace # Home on github https://github.com/atreyasha/i3-balance-workspace bindsym $mod+Shift+b exec --no-startup-id ~/.local/bin/i3_balance_workspace # bindsym $mod+Shift+b exec --no-startup-id google-chrome # Add Alt-F4 (as usual) to also kill a app/window bindsym Mod1+F4 kill # ~/bin/emacs: use emacs server starting one if necessary bindsym $mod+m exec ~/bin/emacs bindsym $mod+c exec ~/bin/emacs -r ~/.config/i3/config # Default floating size bindsym $mod+x floating toggle # Below: delegate float to the i3-resize-floating-window.sh script so we can # adapt to different size screens e.g. Laptop vs. Desktop # The script takes two command line parameters: WIDTH and HEIGHT both in range 0-1 # Contents of i3-resize-floating-window.sh: # ----------------------------------------- # #!/bin/bash # read W H <<< $(xrandr | grep '*' | awk '{print $1}' | sed 's/x/ /') # winWidth=$(echo "$W * $1" | bc | cut -d'.' -f1) # winHeight=$(echo "$H * $2" | bc | cut -d'.' -f1) # i3-msg "floating toggle" # i3-msg "resize set $winWidth $winHeight" # i3-msg "move position center" # ----------------------------------------- # Float window with 60% width bindsym $mod+t exec --no-startup-id "~/bin/i3-resize-floating-window.sh 0.6 0.9" # Floating window 90% width bindsym $mod+Shift+t exec --no-startup-id "~/bin/i3-resize-floating-window.sh 0.9 0.9" # Show the window icon for the focused window to make it stand out bindsym $mod+Shift+i title_window_icon on bindsym $mod+g gaps inner all toggle 10 # SCRATCHPADS # There are two commands to use any existing window as scratchpad window: # - "move scratchpad" will move a window to the scratchpad workspace. # This will make it invisible until you show it again. # There is no way to open that workspace. Instead, when using scratchpad show, # the window will be shown again, as a floating window, centered on your current # workspace (using scratchpad show on a visible scratchpad window will make it # hidden again, so you can have a keybinding to toggle). # Note that this is just a normal floating window, so if you want to "remove it # from scratchpad", you can simple make it tiling again (floating toggle). # As the name indicates, this is useful for having a window with your favorite # editor always at hand. However, you can also use this for other permanently # running applications which you don’t want to see all the time: Your music # player, alsamixer, maybe even your mail client? # Syntax: # move scratchpad # scratchpad show # Make the currently focused window a scratchpad bindsym $mod+Shift+minus move scratchpad # Show the first scratchpad window bindsym $mod+minus scratchpad show bindsym $mod+Shift+y exec st -n scratch -e mate-terminal bindsym $mod+y [instance="scratch"] scratchpad show # make scratchpads windows floating for_window [instance="scratch"] floating enable for_window [instance="scratch"] resize set 1100 700 for_window [instance="scratch"] move scratchpad for_window [instance="scratch"] border pixel 10 # ============================================================================= # Shutdown / Restart / Suspend / Hibernate support from # https://thevaluable.dev/i3-config-mouseless/ #set $mode_system System (l) lock, (e) logout, (s) suspend, (h) hibernate, (r) reboot, (CTRL+s) shutdown set $mode_system System (l) lock, (e) logout, (s) suspend, (h) hibernate, (r) reboot, (CTRL+s) shutdown set $i3lockwall i3lock mode "$mode_system" { bindsym l exec --no-startup-id $i3lockwall, mode "default" bindsym e exec --no-startup-id i3-msg exit, mode "default" # bindsym s exec --no-startup-id $i3lockwall && systemctl suspend, mode "default" # bindsym h exec --no-startup-id $i3lockwall && systemctl hibernate, mode "default" # bindsym r exec --no-startup-id systemctl reboot, mode "default" # bindsym Ctrl+s exec --no-startup-id systemctl poweroff -i, mode "default" # back to normal: Enter or Escape # bindsym Return mode "default" bindsym Escape mode "default" } bindsym $mod+BackSpace mode "$mode_system"