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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, 21 Jul 2015 17:17:35 +0000Problem with moving windows between workspaces on us keyboard layouthttps://faq.i3wm.org/question/1312/problem-with-moving-windows-between-workspaces-on-us-keyboard-layout/**EDIT: As the comment of njsg states, the obvious solution are keycodes instead of keysyms. Using 'bindcode $mod+Shift+10,11,12,...' works; xev is your friend for finding the keycodes!** Hello, I'm pretty new to i3 and I ran into a serious problem with workspace switching. Since i am from Germany, my laptop keyboard has german layout. However, at work I use an external keyboard with us layout since for programming I like that layout better. I have thus written a small script that allows me to switch between german and us layout and I have successfully bound it to my F11 key. The command within the script are 'setxkbmap -layout de' and 'setxkbmap -layout us -variant intl' So much for the setting, because I don't know if the problem is related to that. My problem is as follows: Having us layout enabled, whenever I press $mod+Shift+num, this does work only for a few numbers, namely 1,4,5,7,9,0 (strangely, the last three key combinations actually move the window to workspace 6,8,9 instead of 7,9,10). For the other numbers, doing it on a terminal gives @,#,^,* (which is Shift+num without the mod key). I have tries this with both mod4 and mod1 as mod key with the result being the same. However, with the german layout everything works well. So do I have to change the keymap in a different fashion? Switching to us layout WITHOUT specifying -variant intl didn't change anything. I would be very glad for suggestions! Best, MichaelTue, 05 Mar 2013 14:57:38 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1312/problem-with-moving-windows-between-workspaces-on-us-keyboard-layout/Comment by mschaefer for EDIT: As the comment of njsg states, the obvious solution are keycodes instead of keysyms. Using 'bindcode $mod+Shift+10,11,12,...' works; xev is your friend for finding the keycodes! Hello, I'm pretty new to i3 and I ran into a serious problem with workspace switching. Since i am from Germany, my laptop keyboard has german layout. However, at work I use an external keyboard with us layout since for programming I like that layout better. I have thus written a small script that allows me to switch between german and us layout and I have successfully bound it to my F11 key. The command within the script are 'setxkbmap -layout de' and 'setxkbmap -layout us -variant intl' So much for the setting, because I don't know if the problem is related to that. My problem is as follows: Having us layout enabled, whenever I press $mod+Shift+num, this does work only for a few numbers, namely 1,4,5,7,9,0 (strangely, the last three key combinations actually move the window to workspace 6,8,9 instead of 7,9,10). For the other numbers, doing it on a terminal gives @,#,^,* (which is Shift+num without the mod key). I have tries this with both mod4 and mod1 as mod key with the result being the same. However, with the german layout everything works well. So do I have to change the keymap in a different fashion? Switching to us layout WITHOUT specifying -variant intl didn't change anything. I would be very glad for suggestions! Best, Michael https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1312/problem-with-moving-windows-between-workspaces-on-us-keyboard-layout/?comment=1375#comment-1375Sorry njsg, I didn't read your comment, I just went back to this topic to post that I found the exact same solution ;-) Nevertheless, thank you!Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:13:36 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1312/problem-with-moving-windows-between-workspaces-on-us-keyboard-layout/?comment=1375#comment-1375Comment by mschaefer for EDIT: As the comment of njsg states, the obvious solution are keycodes instead of keysyms. Using 'bindcode $mod+Shift+10,11,12,...' works; xev is your friend for finding the keycodes! Hello, I'm pretty new to i3 and I ran into a serious problem with workspace switching. Since i am from Germany, my laptop keyboard has german layout. However, at work I use an external keyboard with us layout since for programming I like that layout better. I have thus written a small script that allows me to switch between german and us layout and I have successfully bound it to my F11 key. The command within the script are 'setxkbmap -layout de' and 'setxkbmap -layout us -variant intl' So much for the setting, because I don't know if the problem is related to that. My problem is as follows: Having us layout enabled, whenever I press $mod+Shift+num, this does work only for a few numbers, namely 1,4,5,7,9,0 (strangely, the last three key combinations actually move the window to workspace 6,8,9 instead of 7,9,10). For the other numbers, doing it on a terminal gives @,#,^,* (which is Shift+num without the mod key). I have tries this with both mod4 and mod1 as mod key with the result being the same. However, with the german layout everything works well. So do I have to change the keymap in a different fashion? Switching to us layout WITHOUT specifying -variant intl didn't change anything. I would be very glad for suggestions! Best, Michael https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1312/problem-with-moving-windows-between-workspaces-on-us-keyboard-layout/?comment=1319#comment-1319Thanks, I was already writing my reply to MeanEYE when your post arrived!Tue, 05 Mar 2013 15:34:28 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1312/problem-with-moving-windows-between-workspaces-on-us-keyboard-layout/?comment=1319#comment-1319Comment by njsg for EDIT: As the comment of njsg states, the obvious solution are keycodes instead of keysyms. Using 'bindcode $mod+Shift+10,11,12,...' works; xev is your friend for finding the keycodes! Hello, I'm pretty new to i3 and I ran into a serious problem with workspace switching. Since i am from Germany, my laptop keyboard has german layout. However, at work I use an external keyboard with us layout since for programming I like that layout better. I have thus written a small script that allows me to switch between german and us layout and I have successfully bound it to my F11 key. The command within the script are 'setxkbmap -layout de' and 'setxkbmap -layout us -variant intl' So much for the setting, because I don't know if the problem is related to that. My problem is as follows: Having us layout enabled, whenever I press $mod+Shift+num, this does work only for a few numbers, namely 1,4,5,7,9,0 (strangely, the last three key combinations actually move the window to workspace 6,8,9 instead of 7,9,10). For the other numbers, doing it on a terminal gives @,#,^,* (which is Shift+num without the mod key). I have tries this with both mod4 and mod1 as mod key with the result being the same. However, with the german layout everything works well. So do I have to change the keymap in a different fashion? Switching to us layout WITHOUT specifying -variant intl didn't change anything. I would be very glad for suggestions! Best, Michael https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1312/problem-with-moving-windows-between-workspaces-on-us-keyboard-layout/?comment=1314#comment-1314Check your i3 configuration file, the "issue" is that the "move to workspace" commands aren't specified as mod+shift+num, but as mod+shift+char, where char is what you get with shift+num.Tue, 05 Mar 2013 15:14:38 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1312/problem-with-moving-windows-between-workspaces-on-us-keyboard-layout/?comment=1314#comment-1314Comment by njsg for EDIT: As the comment of njsg states, the obvious solution are keycodes instead of keysyms. Using 'bindcode $mod+Shift+10,11,12,...' works; xev is your friend for finding the keycodes! Hello, I'm pretty new to i3 and I ran into a serious problem with workspace switching. Since i am from Germany, my laptop keyboard has german layout. However, at work I use an external keyboard with us layout since for programming I like that layout better. I have thus written a small script that allows me to switch between german and us layout and I have successfully bound it to my F11 key. The command within the script are 'setxkbmap -layout de' and 'setxkbmap -layout us -variant intl' So much for the setting, because I don't know if the problem is related to that. My problem is as follows: Having us layout enabled, whenever I press $mod+Shift+num, this does work only for a few numbers, namely 1,4,5,7,9,0 (strangely, the last three key combinations actually move the window to workspace 6,8,9 instead of 7,9,10). For the other numbers, doing it on a terminal gives @,#,^,* (which is Shift+num without the mod key). I have tries this with both mod4 and mod1 as mod key with the result being the same. However, with the german layout everything works well. So do I have to change the keymap in a different fashion? Switching to us layout WITHOUT specifying -variant intl didn't change anything. I would be very glad for suggestions! Best, Michael https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1312/problem-with-moving-windows-between-workspaces-on-us-keyboard-layout/?comment=1324#comment-1324As you are switching between layouts, I *think* it is possible to specify keycodes instead of symbols, so that the mappings work for both keyboard layouts.Tue, 05 Mar 2013 15:48:04 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1312/problem-with-moving-windows-between-workspaces-on-us-keyboard-layout/?comment=1324#comment-1324Answer by MeanEYE for EDIT: As the comment of njsg states, the obvious solution are keycodes instead of keysyms. Using 'bindcode $mod+Shift+10,11,12,...' works; xev is your friend for finding the keycodes! Hello, I'm pretty new to i3 and I ran into a serious problem with workspace switching. Since i am from Germany, my laptop keyboard has german layout. However, at work I use an external keyboard with us layout since for programming I like that layout better. I have thus written a small script that allows me to switch between german and us layout and I have successfully bound it to my F11 key. The command within the script are 'setxkbmap -layout de' and 'setxkbmap -layout us -variant intl' So much for the setting, because I don't know if the problem is related to that. My problem is as follows: Having us layout enabled, whenever I press $mod+Shift+num, this does work only for a few numbers, namely 1,4,5,7,9,0 (strangely, the last three key combinations actually move the window to workspace 6,8,9 instead of 7,9,10). For the other numbers, doing it on a terminal gives @,#,^,* (which is Shift+num without the mod key). I have tries this with both mod4 and mod1 as mod key with the result being the same. However, with the german layout everything works well. So do I have to change the keymap in a different fashion? Switching to us layout WITHOUT specifying -variant intl didn't change anything. I would be very glad for suggestions! Best, Michael https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1312/problem-with-moving-windows-between-workspaces-on-us-keyboard-layout/?answer=1313#post-id-1313If you are using `Shift` as a part of modifiers you can't use numbers as they turn into symbols then. bindsym $mod+1 workspace "1: Chat" bindsym $mod+2 workspace "2: Web" bindsym $mod+3 workspace "3: Code" bindsym $mod+4 workspace "4: Misc" bindsym $mod+5 workspace "5: FM" bindsym $mod+6 workspace 6 bindsym $mod+7 workspace 7 bindsym $mod+8 workspace 8 bindsym $mod+9 workspace 9 bindsym $mod+0 workspace 10 bindsym Ctrl+Mod1+Left workspace prev bindsym Ctrl+Mod1+Right workspace next bindsym $mod+Shift+exclam move workspace "1: Chat" bindsym $mod+Shift+at move workspace "2: Web" bindsym $mod+Shift+numbersign move workspace "3: Code" bindsym $mod+Shift+dollar move workspace "4: Misc" bindsym $mod+Shift+percent move workspace "5: FM" bindsym $mod+Shift+asciicircum move workspace 6 bindsym $mod+Shift+ampersand move workspace 7 bindsym $mod+Shift+asterisk move workspace 8 bindsym $mod+Shift+parenleft move workspace 9 bindsym $mod+Shift+parenright move workspace 10Tue, 05 Mar 2013 15:13:46 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1312/problem-with-moving-windows-between-workspaces-on-us-keyboard-layout/?answer=1313#post-id-1313Comment by dfc for If you are using <code>Shift</code> as a part of modifiers you can't use numbers as they turn into symbols then. <pre><code>bindsym $mod+1 workspace "1: Chat" bindsym $mod+2 workspace "2: Web" bindsym $mod+3 workspace "3: Code" bindsym $mod+4 workspace "4: Misc" bindsym $mod+5 workspace "5: FM" bindsym $mod+6 workspace 6 bindsym $mod+7 workspace 7 bindsym $mod+8 workspace 8 bindsym $mod+9 workspace 9 bindsym $mod+0 workspace 10 bindsym Ctrl+Mod1+Left workspace prev bindsym Ctrl+Mod1+Right workspace next bindsym $mod+Shift+exclam move workspace "1: Chat" bindsym $mod+Shift+at move workspace "2: Web" bindsym $mod+Shift+numbersign move workspace "3: Code" bindsym $mod+Shift+dollar move workspace "4: Misc" bindsym $mod+Shift+percent move workspace "5: FM" bindsym $mod+Shift+asciicircum move workspace 6 bindsym $mod+Shift+ampersand move workspace 7 bindsym $mod+Shift+asterisk move workspace 8 bindsym $mod+Shift+parenleft move workspace 9 bindsym $mod+Shift+parenright move workspace 10 </code></pre> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1312/problem-with-moving-windows-between-workspaces-on-us-keyboard-layout/?comment=6325#comment-6325the i3 users guide uses shift plus numbers. `bindsym $mod+Shift+1 move container to workspace 1`Tue, 21 Jul 2015 17:17:35 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1312/problem-with-moving-windows-between-workspaces-on-us-keyboard-layout/?comment=6325#comment-6325Answer by mschaefer for EDIT: As the comment of njsg states, the obvious solution are keycodes instead of keysyms. Using 'bindcode $mod+Shift+10,11,12,...' works; xev is your friend for finding the keycodes! Hello, I'm pretty new to i3 and I ran into a serious problem with workspace switching. Since i am from Germany, my laptop keyboard has german layout. However, at work I use an external keyboard with us layout since for programming I like that layout better. I have thus written a small script that allows me to switch between german and us layout and I have successfully bound it to my F11 key. The command within the script are 'setxkbmap -layout de' and 'setxkbmap -layout us -variant intl' So much for the setting, because I don't know if the problem is related to that. My problem is as follows: Having us layout enabled, whenever I press $mod+Shift+num, this does work only for a few numbers, namely 1,4,5,7,9,0 (strangely, the last three key combinations actually move the window to workspace 6,8,9 instead of 7,9,10). For the other numbers, doing it on a terminal gives @,#,^,* (which is Shift+num without the mod key). I have tries this with both mod4 and mod1 as mod key with the result being the same. However, with the german layout everything works well. So do I have to change the keymap in a different fashion? Switching to us layout WITHOUT specifying -variant intl didn't change anything. I would be very glad for suggestions! Best, Michael https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1312/problem-with-moving-windows-between-workspaces-on-us-keyboard-layout/?answer=1318#post-id-1318First of all, thank you for the fast reply :-) You mention not to use numbers together with Shift. Okay, maybe my post was a bit mistakable. I did not put a "bindsym $mod+Shift+1 ..." into my config file; I just wanted to say that I press these buttons :-) Nevertheless, you post brings me to the bottom of the problem. Instead of that what you posted, my config file (which comes from i3-config-wizard) has the sequence of characters on a german keyboard (exclam,quotedbl,section,...) which explains the malfunction as well as the strange behaviour on some numbers. So as I see it my setting can never work with Shift. For the moment I exchanged Shift with CTRL which now works perfectly! P.S.: Is it possible to mark a question as "solved" or something?Tue, 05 Mar 2013 15:33:05 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1312/problem-with-moving-windows-between-workspaces-on-us-keyboard-layout/?answer=1318#post-id-1318Comment by MeanEYE for First of all, thank you for the fast reply :-) You mention not to use numbers together with Shift. Okay, maybe my post was a bit mistakable. I did not put a "bindsym $mod+Shift+1 ..." into my config file; I just wanted to say that I press these buttons :-) Nevertheless, you post brings me to the bottom of the problem. Instead of that what you posted, my config file (which comes from i3-config-wizard) has the sequence of characters on a german keyboard (exclam,quotedbl,section,...) which explains the malfunction as well as the strange behaviour on some numbers. So as I see it my setting can never work with Shift. For the moment I exchanged Shift with CTRL which now works perfectly! P.S.: Is it possible to mark a question as "solved" or something? https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1312/problem-with-moving-windows-between-workspaces-on-us-keyboard-layout/?comment=1323#comment-1323Yup, it is. Click on checked signed near the answer you find satisfying.Tue, 05 Mar 2013 15:38:14 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1312/problem-with-moving-windows-between-workspaces-on-us-keyboard-layout/?comment=1323#comment-1323Comment by MeanEYE for First of all, thank you for the fast reply :-) You mention not to use numbers together with Shift. Okay, maybe my post was a bit mistakable. I did not put a "bindsym $mod+Shift+1 ..." into my config file; I just wanted to say that I press these buttons :-) Nevertheless, you post brings me to the bottom of the problem. Instead of that what you posted, my config file (which comes from i3-config-wizard) has the sequence of characters on a german keyboard (exclam,quotedbl,section,...) which explains the malfunction as well as the strange behaviour on some numbers. So as I see it my setting can never work with Shift. For the moment I exchanged Shift with CTRL which now works perfectly! P.S.: Is it possible to mark a question as "solved" or something? https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1312/problem-with-moving-windows-between-workspaces-on-us-keyboard-layout/?comment=1321#comment-1321Glad you solved it. :DTue, 05 Mar 2013 15:36:20 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1312/problem-with-moving-windows-between-workspaces-on-us-keyboard-layout/?comment=1321#comment-1321