# Packages expected: # Debian: i3 suckless-tools rxvt-unicode-256color j4-dmenu-desktop # gnome-screenshot i3lock sudo hibernate playerctl pulseaudio-utils # galculator network-manager-gnome redshift-gtk x11-xserver-utils # pasystray feh rofi pulsemixer libnotify-bin xcompmgr xfce4-terminal # fonts-dejavu dbus-x11 arandr # # Debian theming: lxappearance gtk-chtheme qt4-qtconfig # https://askubuntu.com/a/600946 # # HIDPI text scaling: # % gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface scaling-factor 2 # https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/HiDPI#GNOME # # Search also for CHANGEME near the bottom #Super set $mod Mod4 # Stop repeating the same thing everywhere! set $TERMINAL xfce4-terminal # For use without display managers. All display managers seem to be # horrible, LightDM user switching is insecure, GDM depends on GNOME, SDDM # doesn't support `passwd -de` # i3lock options: black colour, cursor (that does nothing) # show failed attempts. set $ScreenLockCmd i3lock -c 000000 -p win -f # Font for window titles. Will also be used by the bar unless a different # font is used in the bar {} block below. #font pango:monospace 8 # This font is widely installed, provides lots of unicode glyphs, right-to-left # text rendering and scalability on retina/hidpi displays (thanks to pango). font pango:DejaVu Sans Mono Book 10 # Before i3 v4.8, we used to recommend this one as the default: # font -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--13-120-75-75-C-70-iso10646-1 # The font above is very space-efficient, that is, it looks good, sharp and # clear in small sizes. However, its unicode glyph coverage is limited, the old # X core fonts rendering does not support right-to-left and this being a bitmap # font, it doesn’t scale on retina/hidpi displays. # Use Mouse+$mod to drag floating windows to their wanted position floating_modifier $mod # start a terminal #bindsym $mod+Return exec i3-sensible-terminal bindsym $mod+Return exec $TERMINAL # kill focused window bindsym $mod+Shift+q kill # start dmenu (a program launcher) #bindsym $mod+d exec dmenu_run # wrapper around dmenu supporting .desktop (flatpak) #bindsym $mod+d exec --no-startup-id i3-dmenu-desktop # j4-dmenu-desktop is supposedly more than 25 times faster bindsym $mod +d exec --no-startup-id j4-dmenu-desktop --display-binary --no-generic --dmenu="rofi -dmenu -i" --term=$TERMINAL # for j4-dmenu-desktop daemon mode (unreleased version) # https://github.com/enkore/j4-dmenu-desktop/pull/80/commits/87f6b8b03dabbd83ad0f5d889a75da1b99cdff03 #exec --no-startup-id j4-dmenu-desktop --display-binary --no-generic --dmenu="rofi -dmenu -i" --term=$TERMINAL --wait-on=~/.config/j4ddfifo #bindsym $mod+d exec --no-startup-id echo > ~/.config/j4ddfifo # change focus bindsym $mod+j focus left bindsym $mod+k focus down bindsym $mod+l focus up bindsym $mod+odiaeresis 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+odiaeresis 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 # Default to stacking layout as it should be easy to make a grid and I # probably have too small monitor to benefit from "default", workspace_layout stacking # Centerize window titles title_align center # 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 $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 bindsym $mod+Prior workspace previous bindsym $mod+Next workspace next # move focused container to workspace bindsym $mod+Shift+1 move container to workspace $ws1 bindsym $mod+Shift+2 move container to workspace $ws2 bindsym $mod+Shift+3 move container to workspace $ws3 bindsym $mod+Shift+4 move container to workspace $ws4 bindsym $mod+Shift+5 move container to workspace $ws5 bindsym $mod+Shift+6 move container to workspace $ws6 bindsym $mod+Shift+7 move container to workspace $ws7 bindsym $mod+Shift+8 move container to workspace $ws8 bindsym $mod+Shift+9 move container to workspace $ws9 bindsym $mod+Shift+0 move container to workspace $ws10 bindsym $mod+Shift+Prior move container to workspace previous bindsym $mod+Shift+Next move container to workspace next # 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 (and should throw you to TTY login prompt or something is WRONG!).' -B 'Yes, EXIT i3' 'i3-msg exit'" # resize window (you can also use the mouse for that) 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 odiaeresis 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 $mod+r mode "resize" # Start i3bar to display a workspace bar (plus the system information i3status # finds out, if available) bar { status_command i3status # Solarized Dark copied from https://github.com/tobiaszwaszak/i3wm/blob/master/config colors { background #002b36 statusline #839496 separator #586e75 focused_workspace #b58900 #b58900 #002b36 active_workspace #586e75 #586e75 #002b36 inactive_workspace #073642 #002b36 #839496 urgent_workspace #dc322f #dc322f #fdf6e3 } } # Solarized Dark copied from https://github.com/tobiaszwaszak/i3wm client.focused #002b36 #586e75 #fdf6e3 #268bd2 client.focused_inactive #002b36 #073642 #839496 #073642 client.unfocused #002b36 #073642 #839496 #073642 client.urgent #002b36 #dc322f #fdf6e3 #002b36 # Screenshotting bindsym Shift+Print exec gnome-screenshot -i bindsym Print exec gnome-screenshot -i # lock screen by hand using Mod + Ctrl + L bindsym Control+$mod+l exec $ScreenLockCmd # hibernate and suspend, inspiration took from the nagbar for exiting i3. # Passwordless sudo for both commands is specified in # /etc/sudoers.d/hibernate bindsym $mod+Escape exec "i3-nagbar -t warning -m 'You pressed the HIBERNATE shortcut. Do you really want to HIBERNATE?' -B 'Yes, HIBERNATE' '$ScreenLockCmd; sudo /usr/sbin/hibernate'" bindsym $mod+Shift+Escape exec "i3-nagbar -t warning -m 'You pressed the SUSPEND shortcut. Do you really want to SUSPEND?' -B 'Yes, SUSPEND' '$ScreenLockCmd; sudo /usr/sbin/s2ram'" # Jumping to window with alert (the red colour) bindsym $mod+x [urgent=latest] focus # alt-tab bindsym Mod1+Tab exec --no-startup-id rofi -show window bindsym $mod+g exec --no-startup-id rofi -show window # For some reason my keyboard has a dedicated button for calculator bindsym XF86Calculator exec --no-startup-id galculator # Media keys bindsym XF86AudioPlay exec --no-startup-id playerctl play-pause && notify-send -t 500 "Play-Pause pressed" # Volume keys NOTE: won't work if nothing is playing (which I consider an improvement # over randomly stopping working as I enable and disable audio devices). #set $sink $(pactl list short sinks | grep RUNNING | cut -f1) #bindsym XF86AudioLowerVolume exec --no-startup-id pactl set-sink-volume $sink -5% # && notify-send -t 500 "$(pulsemixer --get-volume)" #bindsym XF86AudioRaiseVolume exec --no-startup-id pactl set-sink-volume $sink +5% # && notify-send -t 500 "$(pulsemixer --get-volume)" #bindsym XF86AudioMute exec --no-startup-id pactl set-sink-mute $sink toggle # mute sound # Apparently pasystray alerts me of the status changes, so I don't have to # echo them by myself. bindsym XF86AudioLowerVolume exec --no-startup-id pulsemixer --change-volume -5 # && notify-send -t 500 "$(pulsemixer --get-volume)" bindsym XF86AudioRaiseVolume exec --no-startup-id pulsemixer --change-volume +5 # && notify-send -t 500 "$(pulsemixer --get-volume)" bindsym XF86AudioMute exec --no-startup-id pulsemixer --toggle-mute # && notify-send -t 500 "🔇 pressed" bindsym $mod+p exec arandr # Float these apps by default # I use privacy.resistfingerprinting which is incompatible with not floating #for_window [title="^Mozilla Firefox$"] floating enable for_window [title="^Tor Browser$"] floating enable for_window [title="galculator"] floating enable # Autostarts exec --no-startup-id nm-applet exec --no-startup-id pasystray --notify=all # Wallpaper, solid black #exec --no-startup-id xsetroot -solid \#000000 # ~/.wallpaper as wallpaper exec --no-startup-id feh --bg-scale ~/.wallpaper exec --no-startup-id xcompmgr -c -n # Make everything a bit transparent, you don't want this. #exec --no-startup-id compton --active-opacity 0.95 --inactive-opacity 0.95 -m 0.95 -e 0.95 # CHANGEME - weird autostart options that may not be suitable even for my other devices # Centre of Lauttasaari exec --no-startup-id redshift-gtk -l 60.15937:24.87530 # Centre of Kotka #exec --no-startup-id redshift-gtk -l 60.46742:26.94508 # Sedric - mirror displays exec --no-startup-id xrandr --output HDMI-1 --same-as eDP-1 # Sedric - double monitor via arandr #exec --no-startup-id xrandr --output VGA-1 --off --output HDMI-1 --primary --mode 1920x1080 --pos 0x0 --rotate normal --output eDP-1 --mode 1920x1080 --pos 1920x0 --rotate normal --dpi 135 #workspace 1 output HDMI-1 # Special keyboard options such as FI/CZ/EPO layouts that WILL CONFUSE YOU. exec --no-startup-id setxkbmap -option compose:menu -option terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp -option nbsp:none -option caps:backspace -option shift:both_capslock -option grp:ctrls_toggle -layout fi,cz,epo -variant ,qwerty,