i3 User’s Guide
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Michael Stapelberg <michael@i3wm.org>
-March 2013
This document contains all the information you need to configure and use the i3
window manager. If it does not, please check https://www.reddit.com/r/i3wm/
across many X applications.
Defining a resource will load this resource from the resource database and
-assign its value to the specified variable. A fallback must be specified in
+assign its value to the specified variable. This is done verbatim and the value
+must therefore be in the format that i3 uses. A fallback must be specified in
case the resource cannot be loaded from the database.
*Syntax*:
}
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-=== Strip workspace numbers
+=== Strip workspace numbers/name
Specifies whether workspace numbers should be displayed within the workspace
buttons. This is useful if you want to have a named workspace that stays in
instance, to display Roman numerals rather than digits by naming your
workspaces to "1:I", "2:II", "3:III", "4:IV", ...
+When +strip_workspace_name+ is set to +yes+, any workspace that has a name of
+the form "[n]:[NAME]" will display only the number.
+
The default is to display the full name within the workspace button.
*Syntax*:
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strip_workspace_numbers yes|no
+strip_workspace_name yes|no
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*Example*:
# defaults to 10 pixels.
move <left|right|down|up> [<px> px]
-# Moves the container either to a specific location
-# or to the center of the screen. If 'absolute' is
-# used, it is moved to the center of all outputs.
-move [absolute] position <pos_x> [px] <pos_y> [px]
+# Moves the container to the specified pos_x and pos_y
+# coordinates on the screen.
+move position <pos_x> [px] <pos_y> [px]
+
+# Moves the container to the center of the screen.
+# If 'absolute' is used, it is moved to the center of
+# all outputs.
move [absolute] position center
# Moves the container to the current position of the
RandR output.
[[move_to_outputs]]
-[[_moving_containers_workspaces_to_randr_outputs]]
-=== Moving containers/workspaces to RandR outputs
+=== [[_moving_containers_workspaces_to_randr_outputs]]Moving containers/workspaces to RandR outputs
To move a container to another RandR output (addressed by names like +LVDS1+ or
+VGA1+) or to a RandR output identified by a specific direction (like +left+,