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 Mod1

Font for window titles. Will also be used by the bar unless a different font

is used in the bar {} block below.

font pango:InconsolataGo NF 11

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

Before i3 v4.8, we used to recommend this one as the default:

font -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal–13-120-75-75-C-70-iso10646-1

The font above is very space-efficient, that is, it looks good, sharp and

clear in small sizes. However, its unicode glyph coverage is limited, the old

X core fonts rendering does not support right-to-left and this being a bitmap

font, it doesn’t scale on retina/hidpi displays.

Use Mouse+$mod to drag floating windows to their wanted position

floating_modifier $mod

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 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 $mod+d exec --no-startup-id i3-dmenu-desktop

change focus

bindsym $mod+j focus left bindsym $mod+k focus down bindsym $mod+i 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+j move left bindsym $mod+Shift+k move down bindsym $mod+Shift+i 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

split in horizontal orientation

bindsym $mod+h 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+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 mode focus_toggle

focus the child container

#bindsym $mod+d focus child

Focus parent container

bindsym $mod+Shift+u focus parent

Focus in the next sibling

bindsym $mod+Shift+n focus next

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 $ws0 0 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 

switch to workspace

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+0 workspace $ws0

move focused container to workspace

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 bindsym $mod+Shift+0 move container to workspace $ws0

Start certain applications in specific workspaces

assign [class=“Slack”] $ws4

Bug with Spotify that prevents from assigning the WS normally

https://github.com/i3/i3/issues/2060

for_window [class=“Spotify”] move to workspace $ws9 assign [class=“Emacs”] $ws3

workspace 1 output primary workspace 2 output primary workspace 3 output primary workspace 4 output primary workspace 5 output primary workspace 0 output eDP1

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)

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 odiaeresis 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 { # Icons from Awesome Font https://fontawesome.com/icons?d=gallery # Debug bar 2>/tmp/i3blocks.err /usr/bin/i3blocks -vvv -c ~/.config/i3/i3blocks.conf | tee /tmp/i3blocks.out

font pango: DejaVu Sans Mono, Font Awesome 5 Free Solid 12 
status_command i3blocks -c ~/.config/i3/i3blocks.conf
position top
workspace_buttons yes   
colors  {
        background #20293A
        statusline #aaaaaa
        separator  #566E9C
        #  class            | border  |  background  |   text  |
        #-------------------|---------|--------------|---------|
        focused_workspace  #20293A #20293A #ffffff
        active_workspace   #ff8c00 #20293A #ffffff
        inactive_workspace #20293A #20293A #aaaaaa
        urgent_workspace   #20293A #20293A #FCF5C7
}
tray_output primary

}

Pulse Audio controls (mic control not tested)

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

External Keyboard

bindsym F6 exec --no-startup-id pactl set-sink-volume @DEFAULT_SINK@ +5% && $refresh_i3status bindsym F5 exec --no-startup-id pactl set-sink-volume @DEFAULT_SINK@ -5% && $refresh_i3status bindsym F7 exec --no-startup-id pactl set-sink-mute @DEFAULT_SINK@ toggle && $refresh_i3status bindsym F4 exec --no-startup-id pactl set-source-mute @DEFAULT_SOURCE@ toggle && $refresh_i3status

Sreen brightness controls (laptop only)

bindsym XF86MonBrightnessUp exec xbacklight -inc 20 # increase screen brightness bindsym XF86MonBrightnessDown exec xbacklight -dec 20 # decrease screen brightness

Media player controls

bindsym F10 exec playerctl play-pause bindsym F11 exec playerctl previous bindsym F12 exec playerctl next

Multi-screen screenshots with scrot

bindsym --release Print exec scrot ‘screenshot_%Y%m%d_%H%M%S.png’ -e ‘mkdir -p ~/pics/screenshots && mv $f ~/pics/screenshots && xclip -selection clipboard -t image/png -i ~/pics/screenshots/ls -1 -t ~/pics/screenshots | head -1’ # All screens

OSX-like area selection screenshots

bindsym --release Shift+Print exec scrot -s ‘screenshot_%Y%m%d_%H%M%S.png’ -e ‘mkdir -p ~/pics/screenshots && mv $f ~/pics/screenshots && xclip -selection clipboard -t image/png -i ~/pics/screenshots/ls -1 -t ~/pics/screenshots | head -1’ # Area selection

Toggle bluetooth listening/speaking

Script in /usr/local/bin

bindsym F9 exec audio_toggle.sh

# Lock screen behaviour

bindsym $mod+shift+Pause exec --no-startup-id i3lock-fancy

set $Locker kbdlight && i3lock-fancy && sleep 1

set $mode_system System (l) lock, (e) logout, (s) suspend, (h) hibernate, ® reboot, (Shift+s) shutdown mode “$mode_system” { bindsym l exec --no-startup-id $Locker, mode “default” bindsym e exec --no-startup-id i3-msg exit, mode “default” bindsym s exec --no-startup-id systemctl suspend, mode “default” bindsym h exec --no-startup-id §systemctl hibernate, mode “default” bindsym r exec --no-startup-id systemctl reboot, mode “default” bindsym Shift+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 $mod+Delete mode “$mode_system”

Autolock

exec --no-startup-id xautolock -locker i3lock-fancy -nowlocker i3lock-fancy -time 3 &

Keyboard shenanigans

exec --no-startup-id ibus-daemon

Keyboard layouts

exec --no-startup-id setxkbmap -model pc105 -layout fi,es -variant qwerty -option grp:alt_space_toggle,ctrl:swapcaps

Wallpaper

exec_always --no-startup-id ~/.local/bin/fehbg

Setup screen

exec --no-startup-id ~/.screenlayout/home.sh

Network manager tray

exec --no-startup-id connman-gtk --tray

Bluetooth applet

exec --no-startup-id blueman-applet

Power manager

exec --no-startup-id mate-power-manager