I3 Configuration
Table of Contents
# i3 config file (v4)
Mod Key
Set mod key (Mod1=<Alt>, Mod4=<Super>)
set $mod Mod4
Border Style
# Use custom colors for black new_window pixel 1 new_float normal
Hide borders
hide_edge_borders smart
Font for window titles
font Hack Nerd Font 11
Colors Variables
set_from_resource $bg color0 #000000 set_from_resource $darkred color1 #000000 set_from_resource $darkgreen color2 #000000 set_from_resource $darkyellow color3 #000000 set_from_resource $darkblue color4 #000000 set_from_resource $darkpurple color5 #000000 set_from_resource $darkaqua color6 #000000 set_from_resource $darkgray color7 #000000 set_from_resource $gray color8 #000000 set_from_resource $red color9 #000000 set_from_resource $green color10 #000000 set_from_resource $yellow color11 #000000 set_from_resource $blue color12 #000000 set_from_resource $purple color13 #000000 set_from_resource $aqua color14 #000000 set_from_resource $fg color15 #000000
Theme colors
# class border backgr. text indic. child_border client.focused $darkaqua $darkaqua $fg $bg client.focused_inactive $bg $bg $fg $bg client.unfocused $bg $bg $fg $bg client.urgent $bg $bg $fg $bg client.background $bg
Various Config
Layout mode for new containers
workspace_layout default
focus_follows_mouse yes
Border
default_border pixel 1
Settings for i3-gaps
gaps inner 10 gaps outer 2
Workspace names
To display names or symbols instead of plain workspace numbers you can use something like: set $ws1 1:mail and set $ws2 2:.
set $ws1 1 set $ws2 2 set $ws3 3 set $ws4 4 set $ws5 5 set $ws6 6 set $ws7 7 set $ws8 8
Use Mouse+$mod to drag floating windows
floating_modifier $mod
Back and Forth
workspace_auto_back_and_forth yes
Application Specific
Open applications on specific workspaces
assign[title="^Fig"] $ws6 # Matlab Figures for_window [title="^Fig"] layout tabbed assign[title="^HG_Peer"] $ws6 # Name of window when export figure with matlab
Open specific applications in floating mode
for_window [title="File Transfer*"] floating enable for_window [class="GParted"] floating enable border normal for_window [class="Lxappearance"] floating enable sticky enable border normal for_window [class="Pavucontrol"] floating enable for_window [class="Arandr"] floating enable for_window [class="Simple-scan"] floating enable border normal for_window [class="(?i)System-config-printer.py"] floating enable border normal for_window [title="^Documentation -"] floating enable border normal for_window [class="Yad"] floating enable for_window [title="Bluetooth Devices"] floating enable for_window [title="Simulink Library Browser"] floating enable for_window [class="Floating"] floating enable, resize set 800 600, move position 1100 460 for_window [class="mpv"] floating enable # Size/Position is defined in mpv.conf for_window [class="Sxiv"] floating enable, resize set 800 600, move position center for_window [title="khal"] floating enable, resize set 600 600, move position center for_window [title="ncmpcpp"] floating enable, resize set 800 400, move position center for_window [title="nmtui"] floating enable, resize set 800 600, move position center for_window [title="linkding"] floating enable, resize set 800 600, move position center for_window [title="Xournal"] floating enable, resize set 1100 750, move position center
Scratchpad
Move the currently focused window to the scratchpad
bindsym $mod+Shift+BackSpace move scratchpad
Show the next scratchpad window or hide the focused scratchpad window. If there are multiple scratchpad windows, this command cycles through them.
bindsym $mod+BackSpace scratchpad show
Run Polybar and SXHKD
exec --no-startup-id sxhkd -m 1 -c ~/.config/sxhkd/sxhkdrc.i3
exec --no-startup-id polybar top >>/tmp/polybar.log 2>&1 &