set $mod Mod1 # Keymapping philosophy: # When I feel it's appropriate, I try to borrow existing KBDs from OSX or # Windows. For example, I use Ctrl+Alt+Del to start the screen lock, since this # is a really well-known KBD. One notable difference is that when I'm borrowing # OSX KBDs, I prefer using Alt instead of Super since the keyboard that I'm # using has the Alt key in the same location as the Super key on my mac # keyboard. I could rebind this, and I just may. But for now, that's worth # pointing out. # The reason behind borrowing from Windows and OSX is that some of these # keybindings are hardwired into my muscle memory. I also tend to work between # Linux and OSX quite often. Since OSX is much more difficult to remap KBDs # than it is in Linux, I prefer to support the OSX KBDs to reduce the number of # KBDs my feeble memory needs to store. # Font for window titles. Will also be used by the bar unless a different font # is used in the bar {} block below. font pango:monospace 8 # Use Mouse+$mod to drag floating windows to their wanted position floating_modifier $mod # gaps # gaps inner 20 # gaps outer 0 # smart_gaps on # KBD Principles: # $mod+Ctrl+ = starting an application vertically # $mod+Ctrl+Shift+ = starting an application horizontally # where is a reserved character for a commonly used application. # # definitions: # terminal = t, Return # emacs = e # chrome = c # spotify = s # # Vertical bindsym $mod+Ctrl+t split v; exec gnome-terminal bindsym $mod+Ctrl+Return split v; exec gnome-terminal bindsym $mod+Ctrl+e split v; exec emacs bindsym $mod+Ctrl+c split v; exec google-chrome bindsym $mod+Ctrl+s split v; exec spotify # Horizontal bindsym $mod+Ctrl+Shift+t split h; exec gnome-terminal bindsym $mod+Ctrl+Shift+Return split h; exec gnome-terminal bindsym $mod+Ctrl+Shift+e split h; exec emacs bindsym $mod+Ctrl+Shift+c split h; exec google-chrome bindsym $mod+Ctrl+Shift+s split h; exec spotify # audio controls bindsym XF86AudioRaiseVolume exec --no-startup-id pactl set-sink-volume 0 +10% # MBP Volume Up bindsym XF86AudioLowerVolume exec --no-startup-id pactl set-sink-volume 0 -10% # MBP Volume Down bindsym XF86AudioMute exec --no-startup-id pactl set-sink-mute 0 toggle # MBP Mute bindsym F12 exec --no-startup-id pactl set-sink-volume 2 +10% # same Fn keys as MBP bindsym F11 exec --no-startup-id pactl set-sink-volume 2 -10% # same Fn keys as MBP bindsym F10 exec --no-startup-id pactl set-sink-mute 2 toggle # same Fn keys as MBP # screen brightness controls bindsym XF86MonBrightnessUp exec light -A 10 bindsym XF86MonBrightnessDown exec light -U 10 # ensure wallpaper exec --no-startup-id feh --bg-scale ~/Pictures/cartoon-outdoors.jpg # ensure system service that run through XDG start exec dex -ae i3 # rofi window, workspace settings bindsym Mod4+space exec --no-startup-id i3-dmenu-desktop --dmenu='rofi -i -dmenu -width 40 -lines 8' bindsym $mod+space exec "rofi -show run" bindsym $mod+w exec "rofi -show window" bindsym $mod+b exec "rofi -show Workspace" # music player kbds bindsym F9 exec --no-startup-id playerctl next # same Fn keys as MBP bindsym F8 exec --no-startup-id playerctl play-pause # same Fn keys as MBP bindsym F7 exec --no-startup-id playerctl previous # same Fn keys as MBP # Screenshot bindsym Ctrl+Print exec scrot ~/Pictures/screenshots/%b-%d-%Y_%T.png # Windows style # TODO: debug bindsym $mod+Print exec scrot --focused ~/Pictures/screenshots/%b-%d-%Y_%T.png # Windows style bindsym $mod+Shift+3 exec scrot ~/Pictures/screenshots/%b-%d-%Y_%T.png # OSX style # TODO: debug bindsym $mod+Shift+4 exec scrot --select ~/Pictures/screenshots/%b-%d-%Y_%T.png # OSX style # online documentation bindsym $mod+Shift+slash exec google-chrome https://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html # no title bars for_window [class="^.*"] border pixel 2 # disable mouse hover focus focus_follows_mouse no # kill focused window bindsym $mod+q exec ~/.config/i3/i3-and-emacs quit # GTK Themes exec --no-startup-id gnome-settings-daemon # wireless selection mechanism exec --no-startup-id nm-applet # lock the screen (Window's famous Ctrl-Alt-Delete) bindsym $mod+Ctrl+Delete exec "/usr/share/goobuntu-desktop-files/xsecurelock.sh" bindsym $mod+Shift+q exec "/usr/share/goobuntu-desktop-files/xsecurelock.sh" # sound applet exec --no-startup-id gnome-sound-applet # polybar exec_always --no-startup-id $HOME/.config/polybar/launch.sh # change focus bindsym $mod+h exec ~/.config/i3/i3-and-emacs left bindsym $mod+j exec ~/.config/i3/i3-and-emacs down bindsym $mod+k exec ~/.config/i3/i3-and-emacs up bindsym $mod+l exec ~/.config/i3/i3-and-emacs right # move focused window bindsym $mod+Shift+h move left 100 bindsym $mod+Shift+j move down 100 bindsym $mod+Shift+k move up 100 bindsym $mod+Shift+l move right 100 # enable duplicating the current window vertically or horizontally # bindsym $mod+- split v exec terminator # bindsym $mod+\ split h exec terminator # enter fullscreen mode for the focused container bindsym $mod+z fullscreen toggle # change container layout (stacked, tabbed, toggle split) bindsym $mod+s layout stacking bindsym $mod+t layout tabbed bindsym $mod+e layout toggle split # toggle tiling / floating bindsym $mod+Shift+f floating toggle # toggle stickiness bindsym $mod+Shift+s sticky toggle # change focus between tiling / floating windows bindsym $mod+f focus mode_toggle # focus the parent container bindsym $mod+a focus parent # Define names for default workspaces for which we configure key bindings later on. # We use variables to avoid repeating the names in multiple places. set $ws1 "1" set $ws2 "2" set $ws3 "3" set $ws4 "4" set $ws5 "5" set $ws6 "6" set $ws7 "7" set $ws8 "8" set $ws9 "9" set $ws10 "10" # jump to workspace bindsym $mod+1 workspace $ws1 bindsym $mod+2 workspace $ws2 bindsym $mod+3 workspace $ws3 bindsym $mod+4 workspace $ws4 bindsym $mod+5 workspace $ws5 bindsym $mod+6 workspace $ws6 bindsym $mod+7 workspace $ws7 bindsym $mod+8 workspace $ws8 bindsym $mod+9 workspace $ws9 bindsym $mod+0 workspace $ws10 # move and follow focused container to workspace bindsym $mod+Shift+1 move container to workspace $ws1; workspace $ws1 bindsym $mod+Shift+2 move container to workspace $ws2; workspace $ws2 # bindsym $mod+Shift+3 move container to workspace $ws3; workspace $ws3 # commented out to support screenshot KBD # bindsym $mod+Shift+4 move container to workspace $ws4; workspace $ws4 # commented out to support screenshot KBD bindsym $mod+Shift+5 move container to workspace $ws5; workspace $ws5 bindsym $mod+Shift+6 move container to workspace $ws6; workspace $ws6 bindsym $mod+Shift+7 move container to workspace $ws7; workspace $ws7 bindsym $mod+Shift+8 move container to workspace $ws8; workspace $ws8 bindsym $mod+Shift+9 move container to workspace $ws9; workspace $ws9 bindsym $mod+Shift+0 move container to workspace $ws10; workspace $ws10 # reload the configuration file bindsym $mod+Shift+c reload # exit i3 (logs you out of your X session) bindsym $mod+Shift+e exec "i3-nagbar -t warning -m 'You pressed the exit shortcut. Do you really want to exit i3? This will end your X session.' -b 'Yes, exit i3' 'i3-msg exit'" # implemented a sleeping KBD # sudo pm-suspend # resize window (you can also use the mouse for that) mode "resize" { bindsym h resize shrink width 10 px or 10 ppt bindsym j resize shrink height 10 px or 10 ppt bindsym k resize grow height 10 px or 10 ppt bindsym l resize grow width 10 px or 10 ppt bindsym Return mode "default" bindsym Caps_Lock mode "default" bindsym $mod+Shift+r mode "default" } bindsym $mod+Shift+r mode "resize" # NOTE: this eclipses the restart kbd, so rebind that to something useful bindsym $mod+r restart # Colors set $foreground #8cffa9 set $background #dfdfdf # window borders # Format: border background text indicator child_border client.focused $foreground $background $foreground $foreground $foreground bar { status_command i3status position top }