i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Mon, 18 Feb 2013 00:10:21 +0000focus cycle between specific windowshttps://faq.i3wm.org/question/1222/focus-cycle-between-specific-windows/User's guide has these lines as an example : > \# Get me to the next open VIM > instance > > bindsym $mod+a [class="urxvt" > title="VIM"] focus In my case, this always takes me to the LAST vim instance rather than the NEXT vim instance. I would like to cycle between vim instances using a keybinding, is it possible to implement this with only config (no scripting)? Sun, 17 Feb 2013 23:49:39 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1222/focus-cycle-between-specific-windows/Answer by Michael for <p>User's guide has these lines as an example : </p> <blockquote> <p># Get me to the next open VIM instance </p> <p>bindsym $mod+a [class="urxvt" title="VIM"] focus</p> </blockquote> <p>In my case, this always takes me to the LAST vim instance rather than the NEXT vim instance. </p> <p>I would like to cycle between vim instances using a keybinding, is it possible to implement this with only config (no scripting)? </p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1222/focus-cycle-between-specific-windows/?answer=1224#post-id-1224No, cycling between windows is not possible without external scripting. There is a script which focuses the next chrome instance on a workspace (which I believe is better than the “focus” command, which will just match any window AFAIR): http://code.stapelberg.de/git/i3-egg/tree/examples/i3-next-chrome.scm Maybe that can serve as a starting point/inspiration.Mon, 18 Feb 2013 00:05:58 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1222/focus-cycle-between-specific-windows/?answer=1224#post-id-1224Comment by muz for <p>No, cycling between windows is not possible without external scripting.</p> <p>There is a script which focuses the next chrome instance on a workspace (which I believe is better than the “focus” command, which will just match any window AFAIR): <a href="http://code.stapelberg.de/git/i3-egg/tree/examples/i3-next-chrome.scm">http://code.stapelberg.de/git/i3-egg/...</a></p> <p>Maybe that can serve as a starting point/inspiration.</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1222/focus-cycle-between-specific-windows/?comment=1226#comment-1226Thank you for your response, your script i seems like a very good starting point indeed. Maybe somebody should edit the User's Guide to avoid misunderstandings, because it does sound like the cycling behavior is default. Mon, 18 Feb 2013 00:10:21 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1222/focus-cycle-between-specific-windows/?comment=1226#comment-1226