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image:two_terminals.png[Two terminals]
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To move the focus between the two terminals, you can use the direction keys
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which you may know from the editor +vi+. However, in i3, your homerow is used
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which you might know from the editor +vi+. However, in i3, your homerow is used
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for these keys (in +vi+, the keys are shifted to the left by one for
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compatibility with most keyboard layouts). Therefore, +$mod+j+ is left, +$mod+k+
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is down, +$mod+l+ is up and `$mod+;` is right. So, to switch between the
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If your X server supports RandR 1.5 or newer, i3 will use RandR monitor objects
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instead of output objects. Run +xrandr --listmonitors+ to see a list. Usually,
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a monitor object contains exactly one output, and has the same name as the
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output; but should that not be the case, you may specify the name of either the
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output; but should that not be the case, you can specify the name of either the
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monitor or the output in i3's configuration. For example, the Dell UP2414Q uses
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two scalers internally, so its output names might be “DP1” and “DP2”, but the
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monitor name is “Dell UP2414Q”.
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=== Popups during fullscreen mode
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When you are in fullscreen mode, some applications still open popup windows
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(take Xpdf for example). This is because these applications may not be aware
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(take Xpdf for example). This is because these applications might not be aware
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that they are in fullscreen mode (they do not check the corresponding hint).
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There are three things which are possible to do in this situation:
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=== Delaying urgency hint reset on workspace change
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If an application on another workspace sets an urgency hint, switching to this
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workspace may lead to immediate focus of the application, which also means the
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workspace might lead to immediate focus of the application, which also means the
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window decoration color would be immediately reset to +client.focused+. This
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may make it unnecessarily hard to tell which window originally raised the
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might make it unnecessarily hard to tell which window originally raised the
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event.
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| 1182 | 1182 |
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In order to prevent this, you can tell i3 to delay resetting the urgency state
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=== Focus on window activation
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| 1201 | 1201 |
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If a window is activated, e.g., via +google-chrome www.google.com+, it may request
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to take focus. Since this may not be preferable, different reactions can be configured.
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Note that this may not affect windows that are being opened. To prevent new windows
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to take focus. Since this might not be preferable, different reactions can be configured.
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Note that this might not affect windows that are being opened. To prevent new windows
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from being focused, see <<no_focus>>.
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| 1207 | 1207 |
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*Syntax*:
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By default, the width a workspace button is determined by the width of the text
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showing the workspace name. If the name is too short (say, one letter), then the
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workspace button may look too small.
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workspace button might look too small.
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| 1652 | 1652 |
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This option specifies the minimum width for workspace buttons. If the name of
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a workspace is too short to cover the button, an additional padding is added on
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The setting also applies to the current binding mode indicator.
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| 1660 | 1660 |
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Note that the specified pixels refer to logical pixels, which may translate
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Note that the specified pixels refer to logical pixels, which might translate
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into more pixels on HiDPI displays.
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| 1663 | 1663 |
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*Syntax*:
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=== Jumping to specific windows
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| 2488 | 2488 |
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Often when in a multi-monitor environment, you want to quickly jump to a
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specific window. For example, while working on workspace 3 you may want to
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specific window. For example, while working on workspace 3 you might want to
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| 2491 | 2491 |
jump to your mail client to email your boss that you’ve achieved some
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important goal. Instead of figuring out how to navigate to your mail client,
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it would be more convenient to have a shortcut. You can use the +focus+ command
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can also prefix this command and display a custom prompt for the input dialog.
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| 2523 | 2523 |
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The additional +--toggle+ option will remove the mark if the window already has
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this mark or add it otherwise. Note that you may need to use this in
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this mark or add it otherwise. Note that you might need to use this in
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| 2526 | 2526 |
combination with +--add+ (see below) as any other marks will otherwise be
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| 2527 | 2527 |
removed.
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| 2528 | 2528 |
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to the normal and pixel styles.
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| 2622 | 2622 |
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Note that "pixel" refers to logical pixel. On HiDPI displays, a logical pixel
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may be represented by multiple physical pixels, so +pixel 1+ might not
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is represented by multiple physical pixels, so +pixel 1+ might not
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| 2625 | 2625 |
necessarily translate into a single pixel row wide border.
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| 2626 | 2626 |
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*Syntax*:
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=== Interesting configuration for multi-monitor environments
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| 2886 | 2886 |
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There are several things to configure in i3 which may be interesting if you
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There are several things to configure in i3 which might be interesting if you
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have more than one monitor:
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| 2889 | 2889 |
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1. You can specify which workspace should be put on which screen. This
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