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i3 is a dynamic tiling window manager inspired by wmii. It supports tiling, stacking, and tabbing layouts.

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Print Screen key in i3

By default, i3 ignores the Print Screen key available in most keyboards. How can it be activated?
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How do you implement layout with the autostarting of applications in the i3 window manager?

This is a follow-up on a prior question on how to autostart applications on individual workspaces with the i3 window manager and what can and can't be done inside the ~/.i3/config configuration file. First, the provided solution based on Arch Linux…
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How to unstack windows

I pressed Mod+S and my windows flatted into a stack of bars. How can I undo this action or expand them back into their original configuration? The best route I found was to individually select each window and to Mod+Shift+arrow key to split…
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i3wm: how to configure touchpad?

I use debian and i3wm. How to configure touchpad? I mean "cleck-on-tap", vertical scrolling via right touchpad side.
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How do you change the color for all the items in the status bar in the i3 WM?

In the i3 window manager you have this status bar. The configuration to enable the bar and tell it which file to load for it is in the ~/.i3/config file. This points to /etc/i3status.conf which contains the following to match the font color I use in…
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i3: enabling fullscreen by default

With i3, is it possible to have all new windows open in fullscreen by default? As far as I have been able to find, this is only possible for specified programmes.
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Kill all windows in a workspace in i3

How do I kill all windows in a workspace if I can't open it? I read this suggestion. But I can't do it because I cannot switch over to the workspace.
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How do I change key bindings based on which window is focused?

I have these lines in my i3 config right now: # Play/pause, prev, next bindcode 172 exec "/opt/playerctl/bin/playerctl play-pause" bindcode 173 exec "/opt/playerctl/bin/playerctl previous" bindcode 171 exec "/opt/playerctl/bin/playerctl next" This…
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Retrieving i3 tree

I know that the i3 state is stored in a tree somewhere. Does anyone know how I could retrieve the state of my i3 environment to deal with as I wish?
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un-focus parent

When I am using focus parent ($mod+a) I find I am unable to return the focus to the child that had it before. Instead focus remains on the parent. To remove focus from the parent I have to manually click inside a child container or switch to another…
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i3wm floating windows won't automatically center

When using pycharm the floating windows for "Commit" or "Push" spawn a bit off-screen, so I have to manually center them. I tried to automatically center them with the directive for_window; however, I wasn't able to match the windows. Here are the…
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How do I autostart multiple gnome-terminal applications from an i3 saved layout?

I have read over this link which is almost the exact same problem I am having. The solution provided simply links the documentation to i3's layout saving capability. I find the section on restoring the layout to be a bit vague and not very…
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login as other user without exiting my i3wm session

I am running an Ubuntu 12.04 system. While I am logged in using the i3 window manager how is it possible to login as another user (perhaps using a different window manager) without losing my i3wm session? This is something I can easily do when I am…
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cycle through split, stacked, tabbed modes with single shortcut (and skip stacked mode, too)

I somewhat find pressing Alt+w, Alt+e and Alt+s to use the different modes confusing due to the following reasons: I fail to see the difference between the stacked and the tabbed mode (and would like to just use tabbed instead) I can think of no…
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i3wm move window to adjacent workspace regardless of whether workspace is empty or not

I'm trying to figure out how to quickly send the window with focus to the next workspace numerically. Using the following lines in my ~/.config/i3/config file, I'm able to bind Super [ and Super ] to move the currently focused window to the previous…
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