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i3 is a tiling window manager for GNU/Linux and BSD operating systems targeted at advanced users and developers. i3 QUESTIONS MUST BE PROGRAMMING RELATED.

i3 is a tiling window manager, completely written from scratch. The target platforms are GNU/Linux and BSD operating systems, our code is Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) under the BSD license. i3 is primarily targeted at advanced users and developers

Where to start

  • User Guide Official user guide providing an overview of the usage and configuration of the WM

  • GitHub Repo Official GitHub repo with the source code of the project in case you want to contribute or have a look

  • Issue Tracker To refer when you've found a bug or have an enhancement idea

  • Official Subreddit To follow-up and discuss

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Display week day in i3 status bar

I want to display the current week day (e. g. Monday) in the i3 status bar. My current status bar has the following format:27.06.2016 18:00:00. I want to achieve a format like this: Monday, 27.06.2016 18:00:00. The corresponding config in…
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Prevent xautolock/i3lock when watching fullscreen video

I use the i3 window manager and have set $Locker i3lock --color=000000 && sleep 1 exec --no-startup-id xautolock -time 5 -locker "$Locker" in its config file, so that it locks after 5 minutes. The problem is that the 5 minutes timer counts down…
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xdotool commands bound to key shortcuts doesnot work

I like VIM a lot and I wanted to use it's keybindings everywhere. There are many IDE plugins that can emulate this but I wanted more, maybe VIM keybindings in Minecraft? :D or VIM keybindings everywhere without the need to download any plugin. I…
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Toggle hiding toolbars in Chromium

How can I open a web page and then toggle the visibility of toolbars (tabs, address bar, etc) marked in red? This works without toggling when I open Chromium by calling it via chromium --app="https://example.org". Until recently this worked with…
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How can I permanently setting the Screen Layout (arandr) in Manjaro i3?

I recently installed Manjaro i3 on my laptop and tried to connect an external Monitor, to extend the main Screen when it's plugged in and just use the single monitor mode when not. This seems to mostly work using arandr. Unfortunately I have to…
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Bash script works in terminal emulator, but not as i3 keybind

I have a lock screen script (via i3lock) that runs correctly in a terminal window, but not when used as a keybind in i3 config. The script is pretty straightforward: # Take screenshot scrot /tmp/screenshot.png # Pixelate and add central logo magick…
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Unable to replace dmenu with rofi combi mode

I'm unable to add a key binding for the following command in the i3 config file : rofi -combi-modi window,drun -show combi. I'm trying to add the following entry to the .config/i3/config file : bindsym $mod+t exec rofi -combi-modi window,drun -show…
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Create a parent container for a single window in i3

Is there a simple way to create a single child container wrapping a selected window in i3 ? Let's say following is my container hierarchy: Root / \ TabContainer Vim / \ Brave1 Firefox I'd like to create a container…
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How to pause VLC from the command line

I use i3wm as my window manager and I want to add a binding to play/pause, next, prev and stop VLC. However, unlike MPV, VLC doesn't have built-in CLI control when the VLC process is already running externally.
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i3 - Move container to next/previous ws (also if nonexisting)

I'm running i3 version 4.16 I would like to bind a shortcut to move the current container to the next/previous workspace whether existing or not. With help from this post using jq, I have a 'sort of' working solution but it is very flaky (sometimes…
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How can i3 config execute sudo commands

To be able to connect to wifi, I use nm-applet. When i run nm-applet it puts an icon in the i3 bar where I can select the network to which I want to connect... But there are no wifi networks... To solve this I use sudo systemctl restart…
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Source/import file from i3wm config

I want to be able to change my colorsheme from a script. I have a file which I replace with the different color shemes (from this repo). Currently I have a "base" file with everything but the colors and I use bindsym $mod+Shift+c exec "cat…
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Can I stop the Firefox webRTC Sharing Indicator showing up?

Using SwayWM (an i3 clone for Wayland), I get a frustrating tab that appears every time Firefox wants to access my webcam or microphone. Can I disable it?
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Copy/Paste unicode text from Firefox to Kitty terminal not working

(I'm currently on Arch with i3) When i try to copy some unicode text from Firefox to Kitty terminal for example: 昨日 it paste the text: \u4f5c\u5bb6 \u6628\u65e5 if instead I select the same text (昨日) from Firefox and drag & drop it on the terminal ,…
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i3: Open window in whatever workspace command was run from

I have the problem that some apps are slow to start up, so I want to be able to run a command and continue to work in another workspace while I wait for the application to start. I want the application to start in the workspace it was run in. How…
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