This style is used by i3 to display X11 windows with type 'dialog', such as the 'Print' or 'Open File' dialog boxes in many GUI applications. Floating WindowĪ window which 'floats' on top of other windows.

WindowĪn X11 window, like the Firefox browser window or a terminal emulator. I3 keeps your layout in a tree data structure. See also docs/multi-monitor for the full explanation. If you are using the nVidia binary graphics driver (also known as blob) before version 302.17, you need to use the -force-xinerama flag (in your ~/.xsession) when starting i3, like so: exec i3 -force-xinerama -V >~/.i3/i3log 2>&1 IMPORTANT NOTE TO nVidia BINARY DRIVER USERS Please be aware that i3 is primarily targeted at advanced users and developers. Still, we think the wmii developers and contributors did a great job. I3 was created because wmii, our favorite window manager at the time, didn’t provide some features we wanted (multi-monitor done right, for example), had some bugs, didn’t progress since quite some time and wasn’t easy to hack at all (source code comments/documentation completely lacking). Setting this to 0 disables SHM logging entirely. Limits the size of the i3 SHM log to bytes. Retrieve the i3 IPC socket path from X11, print it, then exit. This option should only be used if you are stuck with the old nVidia closed source driver (older than 302.17) which does not support RandR. vĭisplay version number (and date of the last commit). The all parameter is present for historical reasons. CĬheck the configuration file for validity and exit. Specifies an alternate configuration file path.

Open application (type out application name after executing command): Super + D.

Open new window horizontally: Super + h.Switch to workspace number: Super + number.Create a new workspace: Super + Shift + number.Open a new terminal window: Super + Return.Start i3 (Note that a pre-existing window manager must not be open when this command is run.): i3.IMPORTANT NOTE TO nVidia BINARY DRIVER USERSĪn improved dynamic, tiling window manager Examples (TL DR).

I3 window manager