# i3 config file (v4) # Please see http://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html for a complete reference! # MISC. SETTERS # Set mod key ($mod_next=, Mod4=) set $mod Mod1 set $mod_next Mod4 set $border_no_name border pixel 3 set $border_normal border normal 3 # set i3-input font set $i3inputfont \\"-*-*-*-*-*-*-24-*-*-*-*-*-*-*\\" # Theme options (comment/uncomment theme group) # Theme 1 "fluorescent blue" set $accent-bg #07eded set $indicator #f81212 # Theme 2 "french pink" #set $accent-bg #f57a9d #set $indicator #109648 # Theme 3 "paradise pink" #set $accent-bg #eb5ca3 #set $indicator #109648 # Theme 4 "sheen green" #set $accent-bg #8ae234 #set $indicator #109648 # Theme 5 "illuminating emerald" #set $accent-bg #00916e #set $accent-txt #F9FAF9 #set $indicator #109648 # Theme 6 "light gray" #set $accent-bg #D3D3D3 #set $accent-txt #363636 #set $indicator #109648 # Theme 7 "yellow green" #set $accent-bg #8ac926 #set $accent-txt #363636 #set $indicator #109648 # set other colors set $accent-txt #000000 set $inactive-bg #000000 set $inactive-txt #bdbbbb set $unfocused-bg #000000 set $unfocused-txt #939f9f # class border backgr. text indic. child_border client.focused $accent-bg $accent-bg $accent-txt $indicator $accent-bg client.focused_inactive $inactive-bg $inactive-bg $accent-bg $indicator $inactive-bg client.unfocused $unfocused-bg $unfocused-bg $unfocused-txt $indicator $unfocused-bg client.urgent #CB4B16 #FDF6E3 #CB4B16 $indicator #client.placeholder #000000 #0c0c0c $accent-txt #000000 #client.background #2B2C2B # set default desktop layout (default is tiling) workspace_layout tabbed reverse # set default window title_align title_align center # Configure border style for_window [class=".*"] $border_normal for_window [class=".*"] title_window_icon on for_window [class=".*"] title_window_icon padding 3px ## i3-overview (https://github.com/milgra/i3-overview) #for_window [class="i3-overview"] floating enable #for_window [class="i3-overview"] sticky enable #no_focus [class="i3-overview"] #exec --no-startup-id i3-overview # focus_wrapping # Legacy syntax: "force_focus_wrapping force" focus_wrapping no # Hide borders hide_edge_borders none # set popup behaviour during full screen popup_during_fullscreen leave_fullscreen # change borders bindsym $mod+$mod_next+b $border_normal bindsym $mod+Shift+b $border_no_name bindsym $mod+Ctrl+b border none # Font for window titles. Will also be used by the bar unless a different font # is used in the bar {} block below. #font pango:monospace 8 font pango:DejaVu Sans 10 # Use Mouse+$mod to drag floating windows floating_modifier $mod # Autostart applications exec --no-startup-id xsetroot -solid "#6a6868" exec_always --no-startup-id vmware-user-suid-wrapper # picom (compositor) bindsym $mod+t exec --no-startup-id $picom_start bindsym $mod+ctrl+t exec --no-startup-id "killall picom" # kill focused window bindsym $mod+Shift+q kill ################################################################################################ ## sound-section - DO NOT EDIT if you wish to automatically upgrade Alsa -> Pulseaudio later! ## ################################################################################################ exec --no-startup-id volumeicon bindsym $mod+$mod_next+v exec --no-startup-id "killall volumeicon; sleep 1; volumeicon" #bindsym $mod+Ctrl+m exec --no-startup-id terminal -e 'alsamixer' #exec --no-startup-id pulseaudio #exec --no-startup-id pa-applet #bindsym $mod+Ctrl+m exec --no-startup-id pavucontrol ################################################################################################ # start dmenu (a program launcher) bindsym $mod_next+d exec --no-startup-id dmenu_run -sb "$accent-bg" bindsym $mod_next+Return exec --no-startup-id dmenu_run "$accent-bg" # 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 # focus_follows_mouse no # hjkl focus bindsym $mod+h focus left bindsym $mod+j focus down bindsym $mod+k focus up bindsym $mod+l focus right # wasd focus bindsym $mod+w focus up bindsym $mod+a focus left bindsym $mod+s focus down bindsym $mod+d focus right # container focusing (with fallback for case where window is direct child of workspace container) # NOTE: requires xdotool #bindsym $mod+comma exec --no-startup-id "WINDOW=$(xdotool getactivewindow); i3-msg \\"focus parent; focus left; focus child\\"; NEW_WINDOW=$(xdotool getactivewindow); if [ \\"$NEW_WINDOW\\" -eq \\"$WINDOW\\" ]; then i3-msg \\"focus left\\"; fi" #bindsym $mod+period exec --no-startup-id "WINDOW=$(xdotool getactivewindow); i3-msg \\"focus parent; focus right; focus child\\"; NEW_WINDOW=$(xdotool getactivewindow); if [ \\"$NEW_WINDOW\\" -eq \\"$WINDOW\\" ]; then i3-msg \\"focus right\\"; fi" # convenience move bindsym $mod+z move left bindsym $mod+Shift+z move left; layout fill_order default bindsym $mod+x move right bindsym $mod+Shift+x move right; layout fill_order reverse # move focused window bindsym $mod+Shift+h move left 50px bindsym $mod+Shift+j move down 50px bindsym $mod+Shift+k move up 50px bindsym $mod+Shift+l move right 50px bindsym $mod+Ctrl+Shift+h move left 1px bindsym $mod+Ctrl+Shift+j move down 1px bindsym $mod+Ctrl+Shift+k move up 1px bindsym $mod+Ctrl+Shift+l move right 1px # wasd move bindsym $mod+Shift+w move up 50px bindsym $mod+Shift+a move left 50px bindsym $mod+Shift+s move down 50px bindsym $mod+Shift+d move right 50px # move the currently focused window to the scratchpad bindsym $mod+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 $mod+minus scratchpad show # move window to mark (by workspace) # requires jq #set $setwn wn=$(i3-msg -t get_workspaces | jq '.[] | select(.focused==true).num'); #bindsym $mod+Tab exec --no-startup-id "$setwn i3-msg \\"[con_mark=\\"$wn\\"] focus, focus child\\"" #bindsym $mod+Shift+Tab exec --no-startup-id "$setwn mwn=$(echo \\"m$wn\\"); i3-msg \\"mark $mwn, [con_mark=\\"$mwn\\"] move window to mark $wn, unmark $mwn\\" #bindsym $mod+Escape exec --no-startup-id "$setwn i3-msg \\"[workspace=__focused__] move window to mark $wn\\" #bindsym $mod+$mod_next+Tab exec --no-startup-id "$setwn i3-msg \\"split h, layout stacking reverse, focus parent, mark --add --toggle $wn, focus child\\" ## mark and focus #bindsym $mod+Ctrl+1 mark --add --toggle 1 #bindsym $mod+Ctrl+2 mark --add --toggle 2 #bindsym $mod+Ctrl+3 mark --add --toggle 3 #bindsym $mod+Ctrl+4 mark --add --toggle 4 #bindsym $mod+Ctrl+5 mark --add --toggle 5 #bindsym $mod+Ctrl+6 mark --add --toggle 6 #bindsym $mod+Ctrl+7 mark --add --toggle 7 #bindsym $mod+Ctrl+8 mark --add --toggle 8 #bindsym $mod+Ctrl+9 mark --add --toggle 9 # workspace back and forth (with/without active container) workspace_auto_back_and_forth yes # renaming container set $namechildcon "i3-msg focus parent; i3-input -f \\"-*-*-*-*-*-*-24-*-*-*-*-*-*-*\\" -P \\"Name child container: \\" -F 'title_format \\"%s%title\\"'; i3-msg focus child" bindsym $mod+slash exec --no-startup-id $namechildcon # sets back to default i3 container title bindsym $mod+$mod_next+slash focus parent; title_format " %title"; focus child # container layouts bindsym $mod_next+w layout tabbed reverse bindsym $mod_next+q layout splith reverse bindsym $mod_next+e layout splitv reverse bindsym $mod_next+s layout stacking reverse bindsym $mod_next+Shift+w layout tabbed, layout fill_order default bindsym $mod_next+Shift+q layout splith, layout fill_order default bindsym $mod_next+Shift+e layout splitv, layout fill_order default bindsym $mod_next+Shift+s layout stacking, layout fill_order default # child container layout bindsyms (creates a child container from currently select window) bindsym $mod+c split h, layout splitv # toggle fullscreen mode for the focused container bindsym $mod+f fullscreen toggle bindsym $mod+shift+f exec --no-startup-id "i3-msg focus parent, fullscreen toggle, focus child" # toggle tiling / floating focus bindsym $mod+Shift+space floating toggle # change focus between tiling / floating windows bindsym $mod+Ctrl+space focus mode_toggle # toggle sticky bindsym $mod+Ctrl+s sticky toggle;exec --no-startup-id notify-send 'sticky windows toggled' # window transparency adjustment (and alias to restart picom) bindsym $mod+$mod_next+z exec --no-startup-id transset-df -a --min 0.20 --dec 0.20 bindsym $mod+$mod_next+Shift+z exec --no-startup-id transset-df -a --min 0.1 --dec 0.1 bindsym $mod+$mod_next+Ctrl+z exec --no-startup-id "WINDOWS=$(xdotool search --all --onlyvisible --desktop $(xprop -notype -root _NET_CURRENT_DESKTOP | cut -c 24-) \\"\\" 2>/dev/null); for window in $WINDOWS; do xdotool windowactivate $window; transset-df -a --min 0.20 --dec 0.20; done" bindsym $mod+$mod_next+x exec --no-startup-id transset-df -a --inc 0.20 --max 0.99 bindsym $mod+$mod_next+Shift+x exec --no-startup-id transset-df -a --inc 0.1 --max 0.99 bindsym $mod+$mod_next+Ctrl+x exec --no-startup-id "WINDOWS=$(xdotool search --all --onlyvisible --desktop $(xprop -notype -root _NET_CURRENT_DESKTOP | cut -c 24-) \\"\\" 2>/dev/null); for window in $WINDOWS; do xdotool windowactivate $window; transset-df -a --inc 0.20 --max 0.99; done" # window dimming enable or disable (uses xdotool and xprop to set a anti-dim flag, which picom recognises in focus-exclude array) bindsym $mod+ctrl+a exec --no-startup-id xprop -id $(xdotool getactivewindow) -f ANTIDIM_FLAG 8c -set ANTIDIM_FLAG 1; exec --no-startup-id notify-send 'anti-dim set on window' bindsym $mod+ctrl+Shift+a exec --no-startup-id xprop -id $(xdotool getactivewindow) -remove ANTIDIM_FLAG; exec --no-startup-id notify-send 'dim set on window' # window colour inversion (uses xrandr-invert-colors, xdotool, and xprop to set an invert flag, which picom recognises in invert-color-include array) bindsym $mod+ctrl+i exec --no-startup-id xrandr-invert-colors bindsym $mod+$mod_next+i exec --no-startup-id xprop -id $(xdotool getactivewindow) -f INVERT_FLAG 8c -set INVERT_FLAG 1; bindsym $mod++Shift+i exec --no-startup-id xprop -id $(xdotool getactivewindow) -remove INVERT_FLAG; # focus the parent container bindsym $mod+q focus parent bindsym $mod+e focus child # Workspace names # to display names or symbols instead of plain workspace numbers you can use # something like: set $ws1 1:mail # set $ws2 2: set $ws1 number 1 set $ws2 number 2 set $ws3 number 3 set $ws4 number 4 set $ws5 number 5 set $ws6 number 6 set $ws7 number 7 set $ws8 number 8 set $ws9 number 9 # numbered workspace bindsyms bindsym $mod+1 workspace $ws1 bindsym $mod+2 workspace $ws2 bindsym $mod+3 workspace $ws3 bindsym $mod+4 workspace $ws4 bindsym $mod+5 workspace $ws5 bindsym $mod+6 workspace $ws6 bindsym $mod+7 workspace $ws7 bindsym $mod+8 workspace $ws8 bindsym $mod+9 workspace $ws9 bindsym $mod+Shift+1 move container to workspace $ws1 bindsym $mod+Shift+2 move container to workspace $ws2 bindsym $mod+Shift+3 move container to workspace $ws3 bindsym $mod+Shift+4 move container to workspace $ws4 bindsym $mod+Shift+5 move container to workspace $ws5 bindsym $mod+Shift+6 move container to workspace $ws6 bindsym $mod+Shift+7 move container to workspace $ws7 bindsym $mod+Shift+8 move container to workspace $ws8 bindsym $mod+Shift+9 move container to workspace $ws9 # switching back and forth bindsym $mod+Tab workspace back_and_forth bindsym $mod+Shift+Tab move container to workspace back_and_forth bindsym $mod+$mod_next+Tab move container to workspace back_and_forth; workspace back_and_forth # dynamic workspace operations bindsym $mod_next+a workspace prev bindsym $mod_next+d workspace next bindsym $mod_next+1 exec --no-startup-id i3-input -f $i3inputfont -P "Go to Workspace (number): " -l 2 -F 'workspace number "%s"' bindsym $mod_next+2 exec --no-startup-id i3-input -f $i3inputfont -P "Go to Workspace (name): " -F 'workspace "%s"' bindsym $mod_next+Shift+1 exec --no-startup-id i3-input -f $i3inputfont -P "Move to Workspace (number): " -l 2 -F 'move container to workspace number "%s"' bindsym $mod_next+Shift+2 exec --no-startup-id i3-input -f $i3inputfont -P "Move to Workspace (name): " -F 'move container to workspace "%s"' bindsym $mod_next+3 exec --no-startup-id i3-input -f $i3inputfont -P "Rename Workspace: " -F 'rename workspace to "%s"' # iterative workspace operations set $workspace_dynamic $(($(i3-msg -t get_workspaces | tr , '\n' | grep '\\"num\\":' | cut -d : -f 2 | sort -rn | head -1) + 1)) bindsym $mod+grave exec --no-startup-id "i3-msg workspace $workspace_dynamic" bindsym $mod+Shift+grave exec --no-startup-id "i3-msg move container to workspace $workspace_dynamic" bindsym $mod+$mod_next+grave exec --no-startup-id "i3-msg move container to workspace $workspace_dynamic, workspace number $workspace_dynamic" # Open applications on specific workspaces # assign [class="Thunderbird"] $ws1 # assign [class="Pale moon"] $ws2 # assign [class="Pcmanfm"] $ws3 # assign [class="Skype"] $ws5 # Open specific applications in floating mode # Application shortcuts bindsym $mod+Return exec --no-startup-id i3-sensible-terminal bindsym $mod+Ctrl+x --release exec --no-startup-id xkill # shortcuts to often used applications bindsym $mod_next+u exec --no-startup-id gnome-software bindsym $mod_next+i exec --no-startup-id firefox bindsym $mod_next+o exec --no-startup-id xfce4-appfinder bindsym $mod_next+p exec --no-startup-id putty bindsym $mod_next+bracketleft exec --no-startup-id thunar # switch to workspace with urgent window automatically for_window [urgent=latest] focus # reload the configuration file bindsym $mod+Ctrl+Shift+c reload # restart i3 inplace (preserves your layout/session, can be used to upgrade i3) bindsym $mod+Ctrl+r restart bindsym $mod_next+l exec --no-startup-id i3exit lock # exit i3 (logs you out of your X session) bindsym $mod+0 exec --no-startup-id "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'" # wasd key resizing without resize mode bindsym $mod+$mod_next+a resize shrink width 50 px or 5 ppt bindsym $mod+$mod_next+s resize grow height 50 px or 5 ppt bindsym $mod+$mod_next+w resize shrink height 50 px or 5 ppt bindsym $mod+$mod_next+d resize grow width 50 px or 5 ppt bindsym $mod+$mod_next+Shift+a resize shrink width 100 px or 10 ppt bindsym $mod+$mod_next+Shift+s resize grow height 100 px or 10 ppt bindsym $mod+$mod_next+Shift+w resize shrink height 100 px or 10 ppt bindsym $mod+$mod_next+Shift+d resize grow width 100 px or 10 ppt # hkjl resize bindsym $mod+$mod_next+h resize shrink width 50 px or 5 ppt bindsym $mod+$mod_next+j resize grow height 50 px or 5 ppt bindsym $mod+$mod_next+k resize shrink height 50 px or 5 ppt bindsym $mod+$mod_next+l resize grow width 50 px or 5 ppt bindsym $mod+$mod_next+Shift+h resize shrink width 100 px or 10 ppt bindsym $mod+$mod_next+Shift+j resize grow height 100 px or 10 ppt bindsym $mod+$mod_next+Shift+k resize shrink height 100 px or 10 ppt bindsym $mod+$mod_next+Shift+l resize grow width 100 px or 10 ppt # Start i3bar to display a workspace bar (plus the system information i3status if available) bar { i3bar_command i3bar status_command i3status position bottom ## please set your primary output first. Example: 'xrandr --output eDP1 --primary' # tray_output primary # tray_output eDP1 bindsym button4 nop bindsym button5 nop # font xft:URWGothic-Book 11 strip_workspace_numbers no colors { #background #4a4a4a background #000000 #statusline #F9FAF9 statusline $accent-bg #separator #454947 separator $accent-bg # border backgr. text focused_workspace $accent-txt $accent-bg $accent-txt active_workspace #595B5B #353836 #FDF6E3 inactive_workspace #595B5B #283339 #EEE8D5 binding_mode $accent-bg #2C2C2C #F9FAF9 urgent_workspace $accent-bg #FDF6E3 #E5201D } } # hide/unhide i3status bar bindsym $mod+Control+m bar mode toggle