i3 Window Manager Cheat Sheet

i3-cheat-sheet.md

i3 Window Manager Cheat Sheet

$mod refers to the modifier key (alt by default)

General

• startx i3 start i3 from command line
• $mod+<Enter> open a terminal
• $mod+d open dmenu (text based program launcher)
• $mod+r resize mode ( or to leave resize mode)
• $mod+shift+e exit i3
• $mod+shift+r restart i3 in place
• $mod+shift+c reload config file
• $mod+shift+q kill window (does normal close if application supports it)

Windows

• $mod+w tabbed layout
• $mod+e vertical and horizontal layout (switches to and between them)
• $mod+s stacked layout
• $mod+f fullscreen

Moving Windows

• $mod+shift+<direction key> Move window in direction (depends on direction keys settings)

i edited the config file and added two lines like this:

bar {
    position top
    status_command  i3blocks
}

And after restarting i3, nothing has happened. The status line remains the same (i3status). Has anyone here ever encountered the same issue?

@ninjarogue Did you remove the default bar config which was already there in the file?

how can i reset the window mode... i sometimes end up in weird layered modes such that the titlebar for a single window in a stack shows crazy shit like "V[S[V[Navigator]]]" ... there's gotta be a way to remove all those modes without closing the window right?

@erincerys if you move the window up or down the stack, it removes the V/S split mode and retains the window position in the stack. Same for tabbed move, except you move left or right.