# 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. set $mod Mod1 set $super Mod4 # Font for window titles. Will also be used by the bar unless a different font # is used in the bar {} block below. font pango:monospace 8 # Use Mouse+$mod to drag floating windows to their wanted position floating_modifier $mod # i3-gaps (depends on i3-gaps installation) gaps inner 20 gaps outer 0 smart_gaps on bindsym $mod+Ctrl+plus gaps outer current plus 5 bindsym $mod+Ctrl+minus gaps outer current minus 5 bindsym $mod+Shift+plus gaps inner current plus 5 bindsym $mod+Shift+minus gaps inner current minus 5 # KBD Principles: # $mod+Ctrl+ = starting an application # where is a reserved character for a commonly used application. # # definitions: # terminal = t, Return # emacs = e # chrome = c # spotify = s # intellij = i # # Vertical bindsym $mod+Ctrl+t exec st bindsym $mod+Ctrl+Return exec st bindsym $mod+Ctrl+e exec emacsclient --create-frame ~/programming bindsym $mod+Ctrl+c exec google-chrome bindsym $mod+Ctrl+s exec spotify bindsym $mod+Ctrl+i exec zsh -i -c intellij # support dmenu-based bookmarks bindsym $mod+Ctrl+b exec dmenu <$DOTFILES/bookmarks.txt | xargs $BROWSER bindsym $mod+Return exec st # pass integration bindsym $mod+Ctrl+backslash exec ~/.config/i3/passmenu # mirroring the 1password KBD # integrate with Emacs's org-mode bindsym $mod+o exec zsh -i -c org_capture for_window [class="GoogleEmacs" instance="org-protocol-capture"] floating enable # ensure Spotify windows float for_window [class="Spotify"] floating enable # ensure `lf` instances float for_window [title="lf"] floating enable # ensure wallpaper exec --no-startup-id feh --bg-scale ~/.local/share/wallpaper/cartoon-outdoors.jpg # ensure system service that run through XDG start exec dex -ae i3 # dmenu configuration bindsym $mod+space exec --no-startup-id dmenu_run bindsym $mod+t exec --no-startup-id ~/.config/i3/dmenu_timer.sh ~/.local/share/sounds/gong.mp3 # file manager bindsym $mod+n exec st -e lf ~/Dropbox # clipboard manager # NOTE: Ctrl-c is already covered since `clipmenu` listens for X clipboard # events using `clipnotify`. # NOTE: `clipmenud` is started in `.xsessionrc.shared` # NOTE: This is a bit of a hack intended to support pasting in both the terminal # and in GUI applications. `st` expects `ctrl+Shift+v` while GUIs expect # `ctrl+v`. In the instances where GUIs don't support `ctrl+Shift+v` already, it # acts like `ctrl+v`, so it should "just work". bindsym Ctrl+$mod+v exec clipmenu && xdotool key --clearmodifiers ctrl+Shift+v # Screenshot # TODO: find a better KBD for this bindsym $mod+s exec zsh -i -c snipit # note that this eclipses Tmux's M-s KBD for switching b/w session 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 # 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 kill # GTK Themes exec --no-startup-id gnome-settings-daemon # wireless selection mechanism exec --no-startup-id nm-applet # set the split direction bindsym $mod+v split vertical # cannot bind $mod+h because of movement commands bindsym $mod+Shift+v split horizontal # lock the screen (Window's famous Ctrl-Alt-Delete) bindsym $mod+Ctrl+Delete exec xsecurelock bindsym $mod+Shift+q exec xsecurelock # sound applet exec --no-startup-id gnome-sound-applet # change focus bindsym $mod+h focus left bindsym $mod+j focus down bindsym $mod+k focus up bindsym $mod+l focus 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 $super+e layout toggle split bindsym $super+s layout stacking bindsym $super+t layout tabbed # 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 bindsym $mod+Shift+a focus child # 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 bindsym $mod+Shift+4 move container to workspace $ws4; workspace $ws4 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 # move focused container to workspace bindsym $mod+Ctrl+1 move container to workspace $ws1 bindsym $mod+Ctrl+2 move container to workspace $ws2 bindsym $mod+Ctrl+3 move container to workspace $ws3 bindsym $mod+Ctrl+4 move container to workspace $ws4 bindsym $mod+Ctrl+5 move container to workspace $ws5 bindsym $mod+Ctrl+6 move container to workspace $ws6 bindsym $mod+Ctrl+7 move container to workspace $ws7 bindsym $mod+Ctrl+8 move container to workspace $ws8 bindsym $mod+Ctrl+9 move container to workspace $ws9 bindsym $mod+Ctrl+0 move container to workspace $ws10 # reload, restart i3 bindsym $super+r exec cat ~/.config/i3/config.shared ~/.config/i3/config.device >~/.config/i3/config; reload bindsym $super+Shift+r exec cat ~/.config/i3/config.shared ~/.config/i3/config.device >~/.config/i3/config; restart # 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" # passthrough mode to support Emacs, Tmux, Vim KBDs for window and pane management mode "passthrough" { bindsym $mod+Escape mode "default" } bindsym $mod+Escape mode "passthrough" # Atom One Dark colors set $black #1e2127 set $red #e06c75 set $green #98c379 set $yellow #d19a66 set $blue #61afef set $magenta #c678dd set $cyan #56b6c2 set $white #abb2bf set $bright_black #5c6370 set $bright_red #e06c75 set $bright_green #98c379 set $bright_yellow #d19a66 set $bright_white #ffffff set $bright_blue #61afef set $bright_magenta #c678dd set $bright_cyan #56b6c2 set $selection #3a3f4b # class # border # bg # text #indicator #child_border client.focused $red $red $red $magenta $bright_cyan client.focused_inactive $red $red $red $magenta $black client.unfocused $red $red $red $magenta $black bar { status_command i3status position top # disable system tray icons tray_output none colors { background $black statusline $white separator $yellow focused_workspace $black $black $bright_cyan active_workspace $red $bright_blue $blue inactive_workspace $black $black $bright_black urgent_workspace $magenta $black $magenta } }