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i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Tue, 24 Feb 2015 08:41:57 +0000exiting i3 without mouse click?https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1262/exiting-i3-without-mouse-click/I am a bit baffled by not having been able to find any answer after having extensively searched this. So I really like i3, but there's an annoying thing in my configuration. Everything seems to be able to be done via keyboard. But when I exit i3 via standard $mod+Shift+e, an i3-nagbar (I suppose?) appears asking me if I really want to exit. And then I haven't been able to find **any key** with which I can confirm to exit! So I have to use the mouse and click on "Yes, exit i3" (or "X" for cancel). This is really annoying to me. Can I map a key there or how can I do that? Thanks! (I assume I could disable the bar from appearing altogether, but so far I am not sure I really want that, so the question is really how to confirm to exit with a key press :) )Wed, 27 Feb 2013 06:45:37 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1262/exiting-i3-without-mouse-click/Comment by syl20bnr for I am a bit baffled by not having been able to find any answer after having extensively searched this. So I really like i3, but there's an annoying thing in my configuration. Everything seems to be able to be done via keyboard. But when I exit i3 via standard $mod+Shift+e, an i3-nagbar (I suppose?) appears asking me if I really want to exit. And then I haven't been able to find any key with which I can confirm to exit! So I have to use the mouse and click on "Yes, exit i3" (or "X" for cancel). This is really annoying to me. Can I map a key there or how can I do that? Thanks! (I assume I could disable the bar from appearing altogether, but so far I am not sure I really want that, so the question is really how to confirm to exit with a key press :) ) https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1262/exiting-i3-without-mouse-click/?comment=1360#comment-1360Thank you benley.Sat, 09 Mar 2013 14:47:41 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1262/exiting-i3-without-mouse-click/?comment=1360#comment-1360Comment by fab for I am a bit baffled by not having been able to find any answer after having extensively searched this. So I really like i3, but there's an annoying thing in my configuration. Everything seems to be able to be done via keyboard. But when I exit i3 via standard $mod+Shift+e, an i3-nagbar (I suppose?) appears asking me if I really want to exit. And then I haven't been able to find any key with which I can confirm to exit! So I have to use the mouse and click on "Yes, exit i3" (or "X" for cancel). This is really annoying to me. Can I map a key there or how can I do that? Thanks! (I assume I could disable the bar from appearing altogether, but so far I am not sure I really want that, so the question is really how to confirm to exit with a key press :) ) https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1262/exiting-i3-without-mouse-click/?comment=1268#comment-1268@Michael: good question-To shut down. I have the strange habit of exiting the wm and shutting down from gdm...which is pretty dumb I suppose. I had issues (hangups on shutdown) when doing "halt" from a shell with ubuntu 12.04/awesome...shutting down from gdm seemed to clear that. @bruno.braga: 4.4Wed, 27 Feb 2013 23:25:55 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1262/exiting-i3-without-mouse-click/?comment=1268#comment-1268Comment by Michael for I am a bit baffled by not having been able to find any answer after having extensively searched this. So I really like i3, but there's an annoying thing in my configuration. Everything seems to be able to be done via keyboard. But when I exit i3 via standard $mod+Shift+e, an i3-nagbar (I suppose?) appears asking me if I really want to exit. And then I haven't been able to find any key with which I can confirm to exit! So I have to use the mouse and click on "Yes, exit i3" (or "X" for cancel). This is really annoying to me. Can I map a key there or how can I do that? Thanks! (I assume I could disable the bar from appearing altogether, but so far I am not sure I really want that, so the question is really how to confirm to exit with a key press :) ) https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1262/exiting-i3-without-mouse-click/?comment=1264#comment-1264Note that I exit i3 extremely rarely, and if I weren’t developing it, I probably never would. Either I lock and/or suspend my computer, or I reboot it. Why would I ever exit i3? :)Wed, 27 Feb 2013 22:31:41 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1262/exiting-i3-without-mouse-click/?comment=1264#comment-1264Comment by bruno.braga for I am a bit baffled by not having been able to find any answer after having extensively searched this. So I really like i3, but there's an annoying thing in my configuration. Everything seems to be able to be done via keyboard. But when I exit i3 via standard $mod+Shift+e, an i3-nagbar (I suppose?) appears asking me if I really want to exit. And then I haven't been able to find any key with which I can confirm to exit! So I have to use the mouse and click on "Yes, exit i3" (or "X" for cancel). This is really annoying to me. Can I map a key there or how can I do that? Thanks! (I assume I could disable the bar from appearing altogether, but so far I am not sure I really want that, so the question is really how to confirm to exit with a key press :) ) https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1262/exiting-i3-without-mouse-click/?comment=1272#comment-1272Looks I am left behind already :-) I'll check that out with 4.4 Cheers,Wed, 27 Feb 2013 23:55:39 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1262/exiting-i3-without-mouse-click/?comment=1272#comment-1272Comment by syl20bnr for I am a bit baffled by not having been able to find any answer after having extensively searched this. So I really like i3, but there's an annoying thing in my configuration. Everything seems to be able to be done via keyboard. But when I exit i3 via standard $mod+Shift+e, an i3-nagbar (I suppose?) appears asking me if I really want to exit. And then I haven't been able to find any key with which I can confirm to exit! So I have to use the mouse and click on "Yes, exit i3" (or "X" for cancel). This is really annoying to me. Can I map a key there or how can I do that? Thanks! (I assume I could disable the bar from appearing altogether, but so far I am not sure I really want that, so the question is really how to confirm to exit with a key press :) ) https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1262/exiting-i3-without-mouse-click/?comment=1275#comment-1275@fab: same thing here, if I try to shutdown from the terminal in precise, it hangs. So I must exit i3 prior to shutdown and it's true it's a little bit annoying to not be able to confirm with the keyboard ;-)Fri, 01 Mar 2013 19:42:54 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1262/exiting-i3-without-mouse-click/?comment=1275#comment-1275Comment by Michael for I am a bit baffled by not having been able to find any answer after having extensively searched this. So I really like i3, but there's an annoying thing in my configuration. Everything seems to be able to be done via keyboard. But when I exit i3 via standard $mod+Shift+e, an i3-nagbar (I suppose?) appears asking me if I really want to exit. And then I haven't been able to find any key with which I can confirm to exit! So I have to use the mouse and click on "Yes, exit i3" (or "X" for cancel). This is really annoying to me. Can I map a key there or how can I do that? Thanks! (I assume I could disable the bar from appearing altogether, but so far I am not sure I really want that, so the question is really how to confirm to exit with a key press :) ) https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1262/exiting-i3-without-mouse-click/?comment=1279#comment-1279I’d rather focus on debugging your shutdown issue, or maybe switch to a different distribution — ubuntu is the only one which uses upstart.Sat, 02 Mar 2013 13:10:16 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1262/exiting-i3-without-mouse-click/?comment=1279#comment-1279Comment by benley for I am a bit baffled by not having been able to find any answer after having extensively searched this. So I really like i3, but there's an annoying thing in my configuration. Everything seems to be able to be done via keyboard. But when I exit i3 via standard $mod+Shift+e, an i3-nagbar (I suppose?) appears asking me if I really want to exit. And then I haven't been able to find any key with which I can confirm to exit! So I have to use the mouse and click on "Yes, exit i3" (or "X" for cancel). This is really annoying to me. Can I map a key there or how can I do that? Thanks! (I assume I could disable the bar from appearing altogether, but so far I am not sure I really want that, so the question is really how to confirm to exit with a key press :) ) https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1262/exiting-i3-without-mouse-click/?comment=1293#comment-1293@syl20bnr: Ubuntu changed the behavior of the halt command such that it no longer powers off the system. It just halts. You can do 'halt -p' or just 'poweroff' to do what you want.Sun, 03 Mar 2013 12:05:37 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1262/exiting-i3-without-mouse-click/?comment=1293#comment-1293Comment by jameshfisher for I am a bit baffled by not having been able to find any answer after having extensively searched this. So I really like i3, but there's an annoying thing in my configuration. Everything seems to be able to be done via keyboard. But when I exit i3 via standard $mod+Shift+e, an i3-nagbar (I suppose?) appears asking me if I really want to exit. And then I haven't been able to find any key with which I can confirm to exit! So I have to use the mouse and click on "Yes, exit i3" (or "X" for cancel). This is really annoying to me. Can I map a key there or how can I do that? Thanks! (I assume I could disable the bar from appearing altogether, but so far I am not sure I really want that, so the question is really how to confirm to exit with a key press :) ) https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1262/exiting-i3-without-mouse-click/?comment=3383#comment-3383Did anyone find out *how* to confirm on the nag bar? For me, not even clicking "Yes, exit i3" works. Clicking the cross closes the nag bar, but clicking "Yes, exit i3" does nothing at all. I have absolutely no way to exit it.Sat, 08 Feb 2014 23:25:28 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1262/exiting-i3-without-mouse-click/?comment=3383#comment-3383Comment by bruno.braga for I am a bit baffled by not having been able to find any answer after having extensively searched this. So I really like i3, but there's an annoying thing in my configuration. Everything seems to be able to be done via keyboard. But when I exit i3 via standard $mod+Shift+e, an i3-nagbar (I suppose?) appears asking me if I really want to exit. And then I haven't been able to find any key with which I can confirm to exit! So I have to use the mouse and click on "Yes, exit i3" (or "X" for cancel). This is really annoying to me. Can I map a key there or how can I do that? Thanks! (I assume I could disable the bar from appearing altogether, but so far I am not sure I really want that, so the question is really how to confirm to exit with a key press :) ) https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1262/exiting-i3-without-mouse-click/?comment=1266#comment-1266which version of i3? this doesn't happen with me on 4.2Wed, 27 Feb 2013 23:09:53 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1262/exiting-i3-without-mouse-click/?comment=1266#comment-1266Answer by oblique for I am a bit baffled by not having been able to find any answer after having extensively searched this. So I really like i3, but there's an annoying thing in my configuration. Everything seems to be able to be done via keyboard. But when I exit i3 via standard $mod+Shift+e, an i3-nagbar (I suppose?) appears asking me if I really want to exit. And then I haven't been able to find any key with which I can confirm to exit! So I have to use the mouse and click on "Yes, exit i3" (or "X" for cancel). This is really annoying to me. Can I map a key there or how can I do that? Thanks! (I assume I could disable the bar from appearing altogether, but so far I am not sure I really want that, so the question is really how to confirm to exit with a key press :) ) https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1262/exiting-i3-without-mouse-click/?answer=1263#post-id-1263You can use dmenu. #!/bin/bash while [ "$select" != "NO" -a "$select" != "YES" ]; do select=$(echo -e 'NO\nYES' | dmenu -nb '#151515' -nf '#999999' -sb '#f00060' -sf '#000000' -fn '-*-*-medium-r-normal-*-*-*-*-*-*-100-*-*' -i -p "You pressed the exit shortcut. Do you really want to exit i3? This will end your X session.") [ -z "$select" ] && exit 0 done [ "$select" = "NO" ] && exit 0 i3-msg exit Save the above code in ~/.i3/exit_menu.sh (don't forget to chmod +x) and change the bindsym to bindsym $mod+Shift+e exec ~/.i3/exit_menu.sh if you don't like the colors or the fonts check 'man dmenu'.Wed, 27 Feb 2013 11:29:44 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1262/exiting-i3-without-mouse-click/?answer=1263#post-id-1263Comment by Lykos for You can use dmenu. <pre><code>#!/bin/bash while [ "$select" != "NO" -a "$select" != "YES" ]; do select=$(echo -e 'NO\nYES' | dmenu -nb '#151515' -nf '#999999' -sb '#f00060' -sf '#000000' -fn '-*-*-medium-r-normal-*-*-*-*-*-*-100-*-*' -i -p "You pressed the exit shortcut. Do you really want to exit i3? This will end your X session.") [ -z "$select" ] && exit 0 done [ "$select" = "NO" ] && exit 0 i3-msg exit </code></pre> Save the above code in ~/.i3/exit_menu.sh (don't forget to chmod +x) and change the bindsym to <pre><code>bindsym $mod+Shift+e exec ~/.i3/exit_menu.sh </code></pre> if you don't like the colors or the fonts check 'man dmenu'. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1262/exiting-i3-without-mouse-click/?comment=2704#comment-2704That's exaclty what I was searching for. Thanks very much!Sun, 13 Oct 2013 23:42:13 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1262/exiting-i3-without-mouse-click/?comment=2704#comment-2704Comment by Ruben G for You can use dmenu. <pre><code>#!/bin/bash while [ "$select" != "NO" -a "$select" != "YES" ]; do select=$(echo -e 'NO\nYES' | dmenu -nb '#151515' -nf '#999999' -sb '#f00060' -sf '#000000' -fn '-*-*-medium-r-normal-*-*-*-*-*-*-100-*-*' -i -p "You pressed the exit shortcut. Do you really want to exit i3? This will end your X session.") [ -z "$select" ] && exit 0 done [ "$select" = "NO" ] && exit 0 i3-msg exit </code></pre> Save the above code in ~/.i3/exit_menu.sh (don't forget to chmod +x) and change the bindsym to <pre><code>bindsym $mod+Shift+e exec ~/.i3/exit_menu.sh </code></pre> if you don't like the colors or the fonts check 'man dmenu'. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1262/exiting-i3-without-mouse-click/?comment=5527#comment-5527inline, no external shell file needed: bindsym $mod+Shift+e exec sh -c '[ $(echo "NO\nYES" | dmenu -sb "#ff6600" -i -p "Really exit i3 X session?") = "YES" ] && i3-msg exit' Tue, 24 Feb 2015 08:41:57 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1262/exiting-i3-without-mouse-click/?comment=5527#comment-5527Comment by sml for You can use dmenu. <pre><code>#!/bin/bash while [ "$select" != "NO" -a "$select" != "YES" ]; do select=$(echo -e 'NO\nYES' | dmenu -nb '#151515' -nf '#999999' -sb '#f00060' -sf '#000000' -fn '-*-*-medium-r-normal-*-*-*-*-*-*-100-*-*' -i -p "You pressed the exit shortcut. Do you really want to exit i3? This will end your X session.") [ -z "$select" ] && exit 0 done [ "$select" = "NO" ] && exit 0 i3-msg exit </code></pre> Save the above code in ~/.i3/exit_menu.sh (don't forget to chmod +x) and change the bindsym to <pre><code>bindsym $mod+Shift+e exec ~/.i3/exit_menu.sh </code></pre> if you don't like the colors or the fonts check 'man dmenu'. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1262/exiting-i3-without-mouse-click/?comment=4241#comment-4241I simplified this a bit: #!/bin/bash [ $(echo -e 'NO\nYES' | dmenu -sb '#ff6600' -fn \ '-*-*-*-*-*-*-20-*-*-*-*-*-*-*' -i -p "Do you really want to exit? This \ will end your session.") = "YES" ] && i3-msg exit Mon, 14 Jul 2014 11:29:38 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1262/exiting-i3-without-mouse-click/?comment=4241#comment-4241Answer by bw for I am a bit baffled by not having been able to find any answer after having extensively searched this. So I really like i3, but there's an annoying thing in my configuration. Everything seems to be able to be done via keyboard. But when I exit i3 via standard $mod+Shift+e, an i3-nagbar (I suppose?) appears asking me if I really want to exit. And then I haven't been able to find any key with which I can confirm to exit! So I have to use the mouse and click on "Yes, exit i3" (or "X" for cancel). This is really annoying to me. Can I map a key there or how can I do that? Thanks! (I assume I could disable the bar from appearing altogether, but so far I am not sure I really want that, so the question is really how to confirm to exit with a key press :) ) https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1262/exiting-i3-without-mouse-click/?answer=2160#post-id-2160If you think you can get away without having a confirm dialog: bindsym $mod+Shift+e exitTue, 09 Jul 2013 06:42:32 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1262/exiting-i3-without-mouse-click/?answer=2160#post-id-2160Answer by tieni for I am a bit baffled by not having been able to find any answer after having extensively searched this. So I really like i3, but there's an annoying thing in my configuration. Everything seems to be able to be done via keyboard. But when I exit i3 via standard $mod+Shift+e, an i3-nagbar (I suppose?) appears asking me if I really want to exit. And then I haven't been able to find any key with which I can confirm to exit! So I have to use the mouse and click on "Yes, exit i3" (or "X" for cancel). This is really annoying to me. Can I map a key there or how can I do that? Thanks! (I assume I could disable the bar from appearing altogether, but so far I am not sure I really want that, so the question is really how to confirm to exit with a key press :) ) https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1262/exiting-i3-without-mouse-click/?answer=3746#post-id-3746Hi, I know, this thread is old, but I found a good solution for me. In ~/.i3/config I changed the bindsym of exiting to bindsym $mod+Shift+e exec i3-msg exit That way, it chooses the "Yes, exit i3" path automatically. Tue, 29 Apr 2014 22:35:03 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1262/exiting-i3-without-mouse-click/?answer=3746#post-id-3746Comment by Michael for Hi, I know, this thread is old, but I found a good solution for me. In ~/.i3/config I changed the bindsym of exiting to <pre><code>bindsym $mod+Shift+e exec i3-msg exit </code></pre> That way, it chooses the "Yes, exit i3" path automatically. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1262/exiting-i3-without-mouse-click/?comment=3877#comment-3877Running i3-msg is unnecessary. Just use `bindsym $mod+Shift+e exit`Sun, 25 May 2014 18:12:53 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1262/exiting-i3-without-mouse-click/?comment=3877#comment-3877