Skywave Linux: Key Bindings for the i3 Window Manager

"Multitask, prioritize, and execute effectively with i3wm"

Most special combinations involve the key called Mod4 or Super or Windows.

To exit your i3 session:
Mod4 + e	or Mod4 + Pause	to enter System Mode, then...
	l to logout
	r to reboot
	s to shut down

Get out of resize mode: Enter or ESC

To bring up Rofi, the window list and application menu:
Mod4 + r or right click on the i3 bar

To start...
	...Web Browser:			Mod4 + i
	...Video Player:		Mod4 + m
	...Audio Player:		Mod4 + d
	...Volume Control:		Mod4 + v		(Alsamixer)
	...Volume Control2:		Mod4 + Shift + v	(Pavucontrol)
	...Terminal:			Mod4 + Enter or Ctrl + Alt + t
	...Bit Torrent			Mod4 + q
	...Screenshot			Mod4 + Print

To kill a focused window:	Mod4 + Shift + q or Ctrl + q

To drag a window: Mod4 + left mouse button and drag it.

To reload the i3 configuration:	Mod4 + Shift + c

To restart i3 inplace:	Mod4 + Shift + r

Tiled layout:	Mod4 + e
Stacked layout: Mod4 + s
Tabbed layout:	Mod4 + w

To change layouts from tiled to split-horiz to split-vert to tabbed:
Mod4 + g toggles through the layouts.

To toggle a window between floating and tiled:	Mod4 + Shift + Space

You do not minimize in i3, but there is a special "scratchpad workspace":
Hide a focused window on the scratchpad:	Mod4 + Shift + F1
Retrieve windows from the scratchpad:		Mod4 + F1	repeat as necessary.

There may be up to 10 workspaces, (numbered 0 through 9)...
	Switch to a workspace:	Mod4 + number
	Move focused container to a workspace:	Mod4 + Shift + number

Resize Mode to change window size:  Mod4 + z
	Shrink laterally;	h or left arrow key
	Expand laterally:	l or right arrow key
	Expand vertically:	j or down arrow key
	Shrink vertically:	k or up arrow key

Get out of resize mode: Enter or ESC
	
To keep focus, but move a tab within a container:
Mod4 + Tab + n next (or right, down, n, r, d)
Mod4 + Shift + Tab + p prev (or left, up, l, u)

To move focused windows among containers:
left	Mod4 + Shift + h
down	Mod4 + Shift + j
up	    Mod4 + Shift + k
right	Mod4 + Shift + l

To change focus to another window:
left	Mod4 + h
down	Mod4 + j
up	    Mod4 + k
right	Mod4 + l

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