i3 config

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# This file has been auto-generated by i3-config-wizard(1).
# It will not be overwritten, so edit it as you like.
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# Should you change your keyboard layout some time, delete
# this file and re-run i3-config-wizard(1).
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# i3 config file (v4)
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# See http://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html for a complete reference!
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# Last update: Mar 20, 2026

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# KEY DEFINITIONS TO REMEMBER
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# $Mod = WINDOWS key or Super key or Mod4
# Mod1 = ALT key
# Control = CTRL key
# Shift = SHIFT key
# Escape = ESCAPE key
# Return = ENTER or RETURN key
# KP_Enter = Keypad Enter
# Pause = PAUSE key
# Print = PRINT key
# Tab = TAB key

# Variables
set $myBrowser brave-browser
set $myEditor subl
set $myFM thunar
set $myTerm alacritty


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# Define the $mod variable/key
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set $mod Mod4


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# Choose the font
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# Font for window titles. Will also be used by the bar unless a different font
# is used in the bar {} block below.
# font pango:adwaita mono 10
# font pango:jetbrainsmono nerd font mono 10
font pango:martianmono nerd font propo 10

# This font is widely installed, provides lots of unicode glyphs, right-to-left
# text rendering and scalability on retina/hidpi displays (thanks to pango).
#font pango:DejaVu Sans Mono 10
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# Start XDG autostart .desktop files using dex. See also
# https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/XDG_Autostart
exec --no-startup-id dex-autostart --autostart --environment i3

# The combination of xss-lock, nm-applet and pactl is a popular choice, so
# they are included here as an example. Modify as you see fit.

# xss-lock grabs a logind suspend inhibit lock and will use i3lock to lock the
# screen before suspend. Use loginctl lock-session to lock your screen.
exec --no-startup-id xss-lock --transfer-sleep-lock -- i3lock --nofork

# NetworkManager is the most popular way to manage wireless networks on Linux,
# and nm-applet is a desktop environment-independent system tray GUI for it.
exec --no-startup-id nm-applet


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# Use pactl to adjust volume in PulseAudio.
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set $refresh_i3status killall -SIGUSR1 i3status
bindsym XF86AudioRaiseVolume exec --no-startup-id pactl set-sink-volume @DEFAULT_SINK@ +10% && $refresh_i3status
bindsym XF86AudioLowerVolume exec --no-startup-id pactl set-sink-volume @DEFAULT_SINK@ -10% && $refresh_i3status
bindsym XF86AudioMute exec --no-startup-id pactl set-sink-mute @DEFAULT_SINK@ toggle && $refresh_i3status
bindsym XF86AudioMicMute exec --no-startup-id pactl set-source-mute @DEFAULT_SOURCE@ toggle && $refresh_i3status

# Use Mouse+$mod to drag floating windows to their wanted position
floating_modifier $mod


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# Stopping an application
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# kill focused window
bindsym $mod+q kill
bindsym $mod+Shift+q kill


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# Menus in i3
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# start dmenu (a program launcher)
bindsym $mod+d exec --no-startup-id "dmenu_run -nf '#BBBBBB' -nb '#222222' -sb '#005577' -sf '#EEEEEE' -fn 'monospace-10'"

# There also is i3-dmenu-desktop which only displays applications shipping a
# .desktop file. It is a wrapper around dmenu, so you need that installed.
bindsym $mod+Ctrl+d exec --no-startup-id i3-dmenu-desktop

# A more modern dmenu replacement is rofi:
bindsym $mod+Ctrl+r exec --no-startup-id "rofi -show drun -show-icons -icon-theme 'Papirus'"

# Switch application windows with Rofi:
bindsym $mod+F11 exec --no-startup-id "rofi -show window"

# start Rofi theme selector:
bindsym $mod+F12 exec --no-startup-id rofi-theme-selector

# start gmrun
# bindsym $mod+Ctrl+g exec --no-startup-id gmrun

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# change focus
bindsym $mod+j focus left
bindsym $mod+k focus down
bindsym $mod+l focus up
bindsym $mod+semicolon focus right

# alternatively, you can use the cursor keys:
bindsym $mod+Left focus left
bindsym $mod+Down focus down
bindsym $mod+Up focus up
bindsym $mod+Right focus right

# move focused window
bindsym $mod+Shift+j move left
bindsym $mod+Shift+k move down
bindsym $mod+Shift+l move up
bindsym $mod+Shift+semicolon move right

# alternatively, you can use the cursor keys:
bindsym $mod+Shift+Left move left
bindsym $mod+Shift+Down move down
bindsym $mod+Shift+Up move up
bindsym $mod+Shift+Right move right

# split in horizontal orientation
bindsym $mod+h split h

# split in vertical orientation
bindsym $mod+v split v

# enter fullscreen mode for the focused container
bindsym $mod+f fullscreen toggle

# change container layout (stacked, tabbed, toggle split)
# bindsym $mod+s layout stacking
# bindsym $mod+w layout tabbed
# bindsym $mod+e layout toggle split

# toggle tiling / floating
bindsym $mod+Shift+space floating toggle

# change focus between tiling / floating windows
bindsym $mod+space focus mode_toggle

# focus the parent container
bindsym $mod+a focus parent

# focus the child container
#bindsym $mod+d 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"

# switch to workspace
bindsym $mod+1 workspace number $ws1
bindsym $mod+2 workspace number $ws2
bindsym $mod+3 workspace number $ws3
bindsym $mod+4 workspace number $ws4
bindsym $mod+5 workspace number $ws5
bindsym $mod+6 workspace number $ws6
bindsym $mod+7 workspace number $ws7
bindsym $mod+8 workspace number $ws8
bindsym $mod+9 workspace number $ws9
bindsym $mod+0 workspace number $ws10

# move focused container to workspace
bindsym $mod+Shift+1 move container to workspace number $ws1
bindsym $mod+Shift+2 move container to workspace number $ws2
bindsym $mod+Shift+3 move container to workspace number $ws3
bindsym $mod+Shift+4 move container to workspace number $ws4
bindsym $mod+Shift+5 move container to workspace number $ws5
bindsym $mod+Shift+6 move container to workspace number $ws6
bindsym $mod+Shift+7 move container to workspace number $ws7
bindsym $mod+Shift+8 move container to workspace number $ws8
bindsym $mod+Shift+9 move container to workspace number $ws9
bindsym $mod+Shift+0 move container to workspace number $ws10


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# Reload changed configuration
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# reload the configuration file
bindsym $mod+Shift+c reload

# restart i3 inplace (preserves your layout/session, can be used to upgrade i3)
bindsym $mod+Shift+r restart

# 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'"


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# resize window (you can also use the mouse for that)
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mode "resize" {
        # These bindings trigger as soon as you enter the resize mode

        # Pressing left will shrink the window’s width.
        # Pressing right will grow the window’s width.
        # Pressing up will shrink the window’s height.
        # Pressing down will grow the window’s height.
        bindsym j resize shrink width 10 px or 10 ppt
        bindsym k resize grow height 10 px or 10 ppt
        bindsym l resize shrink height 10 px or 10 ppt
        bindsym semicolon resize grow width 10 px or 10 ppt

        # same bindings, but for the arrow keys
        bindsym Left resize shrink width 10 px or 10 ppt
        bindsym Down resize grow height 10 px or 10 ppt
        bindsym Up resize shrink height 10 px or 10 ppt
        bindsym Right resize grow width 10 px or 10 ppt

        # back to normal: Enter or Escape or $mod+r
        bindsym Return mode "default"
        bindsym Escape mode "default"
        bindsym $mod+r mode "default"
}

bindsym $mod+r mode "resize"


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# i3 gaps
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# Gaps
gaps inner 10
gaps outer 5


# class                 border  bground text    indicator child_border
#client.focused          #83CAFA #51A2DA #FFFFFF #83CAFA   #51A2DA
#client.focused_inactive #8C8C8C #4C4C4C #FFFFFF #4C4C4C   #8C8C8C
#client.unfocused        #4C4C4C #222222 #888888 #292D2E   #222222
#client.urgent           #EC69A0 #DB3279 #FFFFFF #DB3279   #DB3279
#client.placeholder      #000000 #0C0C0C #FFFFFF #000000   #0C0C0C

#client.background       #FFFFFF

### dracula theme ###
# class                 border  bground text    indicator child_border
client.focused          #6272A4 #6272A4 #F8F8F2 #6272A4   #6272A4
client.focused_inactive #44475A #44475A #F8F8F2 #44475A   #44475A
client.unfocused        #282A36 #282A36 #BFBFBF #282A36   #282A36
client.urgent           #44475A #FF5555 #F8F8F2 #FF5555   #FF5555
client.placeholder      #282A36 #282A36 #F8F8F2 #282A36   #282A36

client.background       #F8F8F2

# Start i3bar to display a workspace bar (plus the system information i3status
# finds out, if available)
bar {

  height 25
  workspace_buttons yes
  font pango:Inter 11
  # font pango:Noto Sans 11

  position top
  # position bottom

  status_command i3status --config ~/.config/i3/i3status.conf

  #colors {
  #  background #000000
  #  statusline #FFFFFF
  #  separator  #666666

  #  focused_workspace  #83CAFA #51A2DA #FFFFFF
  #  active_workspace   #3C6EB4 #294172 #FFFFFF
  #  inactive_workspace #8C8C8C #4C4C4C #888888
  #  urgent_workspace   #EC69A0 #DB3279 #FFFFFF
  #  binding_mode       #b691d3 #A07CBC #FFFFFF
  #}

  ### dracula theme ###
  colors {
    background #282A36
    statusline #F8F8F2
    separator  #44475A

    focused_workspace  #44475A #44475A #F8F8F2
    active_workspace   #282A36 #44475A #F8F8F2
    inactive_workspace #282A36 #282A36 #BFBFBF
    urgent_workspace   #FF5555 #FF5555 #F8F8F2
    binding_mode       #FF5555 #FF5555 #F8F8F2
  }
}


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# Floating or Tiled
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for_window [class="Galculator"] floating enable
for_window [class="Nitrogen"] floating enable
for_window [class="Pavucontrol"] floating enable
for_window [class="KeePassXC"] floating enable
for_window [class="GPick"] floating enable

for_window [title="Copying"] floating enable
for_window [title="Deleting"] floating enable
for_window [title="Moving"] floating enable
for_window [title="^Terminator Preferences$"] floating enable

# for_window [window_role="^gimp-toolbox-color-dialog$"] floating enable
for_window [window_role="pop-up"] floating enable
for_window [window_role="^Preferences$"] floating enable
for_window [window_role="setup"] floating enable


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# Give Focus to Applications
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for_window [class="Alacritty"] focus
# for_window [class="Gnome-terminal"] focus
# for_window [class="Termite"] focus
# for_window [class="Terminator"] focus
# for_window [class="Tilix"] focus
# for_window [class="Urxvt"] focus


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# Applications Keyboard Shortcuts
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# start a terminal
bindsym $mod+Return exec i3-sensible-terminal
bindsym $mod+t exec $myTerm

# pavucontrol
bindsym control+mod1+u exec --no-startup-id pavucontrol
# for_window [title="Volume Control"] floating enable

# Start Web Browser
bindsym $mod+b exec $myBrowser


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# Autostart -- execute applications at boot time
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# USER APPLICATIONS TO START AT BOOT
exec_always --no-startup-id nitrogen --restore
# exec_always --no-startup-id picom --config ~/.config/i3/picom.conf