*Syntax*:
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font <X core font description>
-font xft:<a FreeType font description>
+font pango:[family list] [style options] [size]
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*Examples*:
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font -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--13-120-75-75-C-70-iso10646-1
-font xft:DejaVu Sans Mono 10
+font pango:DejaVu Sans Mono 10
+font pango:DejaVu Sans Mono, Terminus Bold Semi-Condensed 11
+font pango:Terminus 11px
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[[keybindings]]
=== Border style for new windows
This option determines which border style new windows will have. The default is
-"normal".
+"normal". Note that new_float applies only to windows which are starting out as
+floating windows, e.g. dialog windows.
*Syntax*:
---------------------------------------------
new_window <normal|1pixel|none|pixel>
+new_float <normal|1pixel|none|pixel>
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+
*Example*:
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new_window 1pixel
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bar {
font -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--13-120-75-75-C-70-iso10646-1
- font xft:DejaVu Sans Mono 10
+ font pango:DejaVu Sans Mono 10
}
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You can rename workspaces. This might be useful to start with the default
numbered workspaces, do your work, and rename the workspaces afterwards to
-reflect what’s actually on them.
+reflect what’s actually on them. You can also omit the old name to rename
+the currently focused workspace. This is handy if you wan't to use the
+rename command with +i3-input+.
*Syntax*:
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rename workspace <old_name> to <new_name>
+rename workspace to <new_name>
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*Examples*:
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+--------------------------------------------------------------------------
i3-msg 'rename workspace 5 to 6'
i3-msg 'rename workspace 1 to "1: www"'
i3-msg 'rename workspace "1: www" to "10: www"'
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+i3-msg 'rename workspace to "2: mail"
+bindsym $mod+r exec i3-input -F 'rename workspace to %s' -P 'New name: '
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+=== Moving workspaces to a different screen
+
+See <<move_to_outputs>> for how to move a container/workspace to a different
+RandR output.
=== Moving containers/workspaces to RandR outputs
*Syntax*:
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-resize <grow|shrink> <direction> [<px> px] [or <ppt> ppt]
+resize <grow|shrink> <direction> [<px> px [or <ppt> ppt]]
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Direction can either be one of +up+, +down+, +left+ or +right+. Or you can be
Often when in a multi-monitor environment, you want to quickly jump to a
specific window. For example, while working on workspace 3 you may want to
jump to your mail client to email your boss that you’ve achieved some
-important goal. Instead of figuring out how to navigate to your mailclient,
+important goal. Instead of figuring out how to navigate to your mail client,
it would be more convenient to have a shortcut. You can use the +focus+ command
with criteria for that.