#+TITLE: I3 Configuration :DRAWER: #+STARTUP: overview #+LANGUAGE: en #+EMAIL: dehaeze.thomas@gmail.com #+AUTHOR: Dehaeze Thomas #+HTML_LINK_HOME: ./index.html #+HTML_LINK_UP: ./index.html #+HTML_HEAD: #+HTML_HEAD: #+HTML_HEAD: #+HTML_HEAD: #+HTML_HEAD: #+HTML_HEAD: #+PROPERTY: header-args:conf :comments none #+PROPERTY: header-args:conf+ :mkdirp yes #+PROPERTY: header-args:conf+ :tangle ~/.config/i3/config :END: * Basic configuration ** Colors #+begin_src conf set $bg #32302f set $bg1 #3c3836 set $bg2 #504945 set $bg3 #665c54 set $bg4 #7c6f64 set $fg #ebdbb2 set $fg1 #ebdbb2 set $fg2 #d5c4a1 set $fg3 #bdae93 set $fg4 #a89984 set $gray #a89984 set $red #cc241d set $green #98971a set $yellow #d79921 set $blue #458588 set $purple #b16286 set $aqua #689d6a set $orange #d65d0e #+end_src ** Mod Key Set mod key (Mod1=, Mod4=) #+BEGIN_SRC conf set $mod Mod4 #+end_src ** Border Style #+begin_src conf # Configure border style new_window pixel 1 new_float normal # Hide borders hide_edge_borders smart #+end_src ** Font for window titles #+begin_src conf font Hack Nerd Font 11 #+end_src ** Color palette used for the terminal ( ~/.Xresources file ) Colors are gathered based on the documentation https://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html#xresources. #+begin_src conf set_from_resource $darkred color1 #000000 set_from_resource $red color9 #000000 set_from_resource $darkgreen color2 #000000 set_from_resource $green color10 #000000 set_from_resource $darkyellow color3 #000000 set_from_resource $yellow color11 #000000 set_from_resource $darkblue color4 #000000 set_from_resource $blue color12 #000000 set_from_resource $darkmagenta color5 #000000 set_from_resource $magenta color13 #000000 set_from_resource $darkcyan color6 #000000 set_from_resource $cyan color14 #000000 set_from_resource $darkwhite color7 #000000 set_from_resource $white color15 #000000 # Use custom colors for black set $black #282828 set $darkblack #1d2021 set $transparent #00000000 # set_from_resource $term_background background # set_from_resource $term_foreground foreground # set_from_resource $term_color0 color0 # set_from_resource $term_color1 color1 # set_from_resource $term_color2 color2 # set_from_resource $term_color3 color3 # set_from_resource $term_color4 color4 # set_from_resource $term_color5 color5 # set_from_resource $term_color6 color6 # set_from_resource $term_color7 color7 # set_from_resource $term_color8 color8 # set_from_resource $term_color9 color9 # set_from_resource $term_color10 color10 # set_from_resource $term_color11 color11 # set_from_resource $term_color12 color12 # set_from_resource $term_color13 color13 # set_from_resource $term_color14 color14 # set_from_resource $term_color15 color15 #+end_src ** Theme colors #+begin_src conf # class border backgr. text indic. child_border client.focused $blue $blue $fg $blue client.focused_inactive $bg $bg $fg $bg client.urgent $bg $bg $fg $bg client.unfocused $bg $bg $fg $bg client.placeholder $bg $bg $fg $bg client.background #32302F #+end_src ** Settings for i3-gaps #+begin_src conf # Set inner/outer gaps gaps inner 10 gaps outer -2 # Additionally, you can issue commands with the following syntax. This is useful to bind keys to changing the gap size. # gaps inner|outer current|all set|plus|minus # gaps inner all set 10 # gaps outer all plus 5 # Smart gaps (gaps used if only more than one container on the workspace) # smart_gaps on # Smart borders (draw borders around container only if it is not the only container on this workspace) # on|no_gaps (on=always activate and no_gaps=only activate if the gap size to the edge of the screen is 0) # smart_borders on # Press $mod+Shift+g to enter the gap mode. Choose o or i for modifying outer/inner gaps. Press one of + / - (in-/decrement for current workspace) or 0 (remove gaps for current workspace). If you also press Shift with these keys, the change will be global for all workspaces. set $mode_gaps Gaps: (o) outer, (i) inner set $mode_gaps_outer Outer Gaps: +|-|0 (local), Shift + +|-|0 (global) set $mode_gaps_inner Inner Gaps: +|-|0 (local), Shift + +|-|0 (global) bindsym $mod+Shift+g mode "$mode_gaps" mode "$mode_gaps" { bindsym o mode "$mode_gaps_outer" bindsym i mode "$mode_gaps_inner" bindsym Return mode "default" bindsym Escape mode "default" } mode "$mode_gaps_inner" { bindsym plus gaps inner current plus 5 bindsym minus gaps inner current minus 5 bindsym 0 gaps inner current set 0 bindsym Shift+plus gaps inner all plus 5 bindsym Shift+minus gaps inner all minus 5 bindsym Shift+0 gaps inner all set 0 bindsym Return mode "default" bindsym Escape mode "default" } mode "$mode_gaps_outer" { bindsym plus gaps outer current plus 5 bindsym minus gaps outer current minus 5 bindsym 0 gaps outer current set 0 bindsym Shift+plus gaps outer all plus 5 bindsym Shift+minus gaps outer all minus 5 bindsym Shift+0 gaps outer all set 0 bindsym Return mode "default" bindsym Escape mode "default" } #+end_src ** 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:=. #+begin_src conf set $ws1 1 set $ws2 2 set $ws3 3 set $ws4 4 set $ws5 5 set $ws6 6 set $ws7 7 set $ws8 8 #+end_src ** Use Mouse+$mod to drag floating windows #+begin_src conf floating_modifier $mod #+end_src ** Back and Forth #+begin_src conf workspace_auto_back_and_forth yes #+end_src ** Application Specific *** Open applications on specific workspaces #+begin_src conf # Matlab Figures assign[title="^Fig"] $ws6 for_window [title="^Fig"] layout tabbed assign[title="^HG_Peer"] $ws6 # Name of window when export figure with matlab #+end_src *** Open specific applications in floating mode #+begin_src conf for_window [title="File Transfer*"] floating enable for_window [class="GParted"] floating enable border normal for_window [title="i3_help"] floating enable sticky enable border normal for_window [class="Lightdm-settings"] floating enable for_window [class="Lxappearance"] floating enable sticky enable border normal for_window [class="Manjaro Settings Manager"] floating enable border normal for_window [class="Pamac-manager"] floating enable for_window [class="Pavucontrol"] floating enable for_window [class="qt5ct"] floating enable sticky enable border normal for_window [class="Qtconfig-qt4"] floating enable sticky enable border normal for_window [class="Simple-scan"] floating enable border normal for_window [class="(?i)System-config-printer.py"] floating enable border normal for_window [class="Timeset-gui"] floating enable border normal for_window [class="(?i)virtualbox"] floating enable border normal for_window [class="Xfburn"] floating enable 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 #+end_src ** Scratchpad #+begin_src conf # 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 #+end_src * Run Polybar and SXHKD #+begin_src conf exec_always --no-startup-id $HOME/.config/polybar/scripts/launch.sh exec_always --no-startup-id sxhkd -m 1 -c ~/.config/sxhkd/sxhkdrc.i3 #+end_src