# 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 13 font pango:DejaVu Sans Mono 12 # 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 --color 181850 --nofork bindsym $mod+Shift+x exec i3lock --color 101030 # 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@ +5% && $refresh_i3status bindsym XF86AudioLowerVolume exec --no-startup-id pactl set-sink-volume @DEFAULT_SINK@ -5% && $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 # sudo apt install brightnessctl bindsym XF86MonBrightnessDown exec "brightnessctl --min-value=10 set 5%-" bindsym XF86MonBrightnessUp exec "brightnessctl set 5%+" ## sound (from Alex Chen) # sudo apt install playerctl #bindsym XF86AudioRaiseVolume exec pamixer -i 5 #bindsym XF86AudioLowerVolume exec pamixer -d 5 #bindsym XF86AudioMute exec pamixer -t bindsym XF86AudioPlay exec playerctl play-pause bindsym XF86AudioNext exec playerctl next bindsym XF86AudioPrev exec playerctl previous bindsym $mod+g exec google-chrome --new-window # Screenshot if using sway (Wayland) (from Alex Chen) #bindsym Print exec grim -g "$(slurp)" ~/selection_$(date '+%Y%m%d-%H%M%S').png #bindsym shift+Print exec grim -o $(swaymsg -t get_outputs | jq -r '.[] | select(.focused) | .name') ~/fullscreen_$(date '+%Y%m%d-%H%M%S').png # 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+Shift+q kill # start dmenu (a program launcher) #bindsym $mod+d exec --no-startup-id dmenu_run # A more modern dmenu replacement is rofi: bindsym $mod+d exec "rofi -modi drun,run -show drun -font 'DejaVu Sans Mono 18'" # There also is i3-dmenu-desktop which only displays applications shipping a # .desktop file. It is a wrapper around dmenu, so you need that installed. # bindcode $mod+40 exec --no-startup-id i3-dmenu-desktop # change focus bindsym $mod+h focus left bindsym $mod+j focus down bindsym $mod+k focus up bindsym $mod+l 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+h move left bindsym $mod+Shift+j move down bindsym $mod+Shift+k move up bindsym $mod+Shift+l 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 #bindsym $mod+Tab workspace back_and_forth bindsym $mod+Tab workspace next bindsym $mod+Shift+Tab workspace prev bindsym $mod+Ctrl+l workspace next bindsym $mod+Ctrl+h workspace prev bindsym $mod+Ctrl+Right workspace next bindsym $mod+Ctrl+Left workspace prev bindsym $mod+Shift+Ctrl+l move window to workspace next; workspace next bindsym $mod+Shift+Ctrl+h move window to workspace prev; workspace prev bindsym $mod+Shift+Ctrl+Right move window to workspace next; workspace next bindsym $mod+Shift+Ctrl+Left move window to workspace prev; workspace prev # From: https://github.com/i3/i3/discussions/5536#discussioncomment-6267938 bindsym $mod+Shift+Ctrl+o exec --no-startup-id i3-msg move window to workspace $($HOME/bin/i3_ws_cached.py) && i3-msg workspace number $($HOME/bin/i3_ws_cached.py newest) #bindsym $mod+Shift+Ctrl+l exec --no-startup-id i3-msg move window to workspace $($HOME/bin/i3_ws.py) && i3-msg workspace number $_ #bindsym $mod+Shift+Ctrl+h exec --no-startup-id i3-msg move window to workspace $($HOME/bin/i3_ws.py) && i3-msg workspace number $_ #bindsym $mod+Shift+Ctrl+Right exec --no-startup-id i3-msg move window to workspace $($HOME/bin/i3_ws.py) && i3-msg workspace number $_ #bindsym $mod+Shift+Ctrl+Left exec --no-startup-id i3-msg move window to workspace $($HOME/bin/i3_ws.py) && i3-msg workspace number $_ # split in horizontal orientation bindsym $mod+s split h # split in vertical orientation 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+Shift+s layout stacking bindsym $mod+w layout tabbed bindsym $mod+e layout toggle split # toggle tiling / floating bindsym $mod+Shift+space floating toggle # change focus between tiling / floating windows bindsym $mod+space focus mode_toggle # focus the parent container bindsym $mod+a focus parent # 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 "10" # 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 $ws10 # move focused container to workspace bindsym $mod+Shift+1 move container to workspace number $ws1; workspace number $ws1 bindsym $mod+Shift+2 move container to workspace number $ws2; workspace number $ws2 bindsym $mod+Shift+3 move container to workspace number $ws3; workspace number $ws3 bindsym $mod+Shift+4 move container to workspace number $ws4; workspace number $ws4 bindsym $mod+Shift+5 move container to workspace number $ws5; workspace number $ws5 bindsym $mod+Shift+6 move container to workspace number $ws6; workspace number $ws6 bindsym $mod+Shift+7 move container to workspace number $ws7; workspace number $ws7 bindsym $mod+Shift+8 move container to workspace number $ws8; workspace number $ws8 bindsym $mod+Shift+9 move container to workspace number $ws9; workspace number $ws9 bindsym $mod+Shift+0 move container to workspace number $ws10; workspace number $ws10 # reload the configuration file bindsym $mod+Shift+c reload # 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) # https://www.reddit.com/r/i3wm/comments/uv9pyg/making_the_modshifte_exit_menu_more_useful/ bindsym $mod+Shift+e exec "i3-nagbar -t warning -m 'Exit i3?' -B 'Exit now' 'i3-msg exit' -B 'Suspend' 'systemctl suspend && pkill i3-nagbar'" # 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 h resize shrink width 2 px or 2 ppt bindsym j resize grow height 2 px or 2 ppt bindsym k resize shrink height 2 px or 2 ppt bindsym l resize grow width 2 px or 2 ppt # same bindings, but for the arrow keys bindsym Left resize shrink width 2 px or 2 ppt bindsym Down resize grow height 2 px or 2 ppt bindsym Up resize shrink height 2 px or 2 ppt bindsym Right resize grow width 2 px or 2 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" # To hide the window title bar #default_border pixel 1 #default_floating_border pixel 4 # From https://github.com/bookercodes/dotfiles/blob/ubuntu/.i3/config # window colors #set $bg-color #2f343f #set $inactive-bg-color #2f343f #set $text-color #f3f4f5 #set $inactive-text-color #676E7D #set $urgent-bg-color #E53935 # border background text indicator #client.focused $bg-color $bg-color $text-color #00ff00 #client.unfocused $inactive-bg-color $inactive-bg-color $inactive-text-color #00ff00 #client.focused_inactive $inactive-bg-color $inactive-bg-color $inactive-text-color #00ff00 #client.urgent $urgent-bg-color $urgent-bg-color $text-color #00ff00 hide_edge_borders none # Start i3bar to display a workspace bar (plus the system information i3status # finds out, if available) bar { status_command i3status colors{ statusline #C0C0C0 } } # sudo apt install maim xclip # Screenshots bindsym Print exec --no-startup-id maim "/home/$USER/Pictures/$(date -Iseconds)" bindsym $mod+Print exec --no-startup-id maim --window $(xdotool getactivewindow) "/home/$USER/Pictures/$(date -Iseconds)" bindsym Shift+Print exec --no-startup-id maim --select "/home/$USER/Pictures/$(date -Iseconds)" ## Clipboard Screenshots bindsym Ctrl+Print exec --no-startup-id maim | xclip -selection clipboard -t image/png bindsym Ctrl+$mod+Print exec --no-startup-id maim --window $(xdotool getactivewindow) | xclip -selection clipboard -t image/png bindsym Ctrl+Shift+Print exec --no-startup-id maim --select | xclip -selection clipboard -t image/png # sudo apt install brightnessctl playerctl feh exec feh --bg-scale $HOME/Pictures/chinesemoon.png # From https://askubuntu.com/questions/1262791/multiple-monitors-with-i3-window-manager #exec --nostartup-id xrandr --output DP-0 --left-of DP-2 &