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i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Wed, 01 May 2013 12:15:06 +0000How can I pass <meta> key presses to a nested instance of i3https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1656/how-can-i-pass-meta-key-presses-to-a-nested-instance-of-i3/I've been running i3 on my bare-bones VM for development and I'm really liking it. However as I'm mostly working on a remote machine I occasionally need to bring up a minimal VNC session for testing X apps (faster than using the X protocol). It would be nice to run i3 in that session as well but how can I run a nested i3 session? Would I have to make the remote i3 session use a different key modifier or can I configure i3 so when I full-screen my VNC session the modifier key is sent across unmolested?Fri, 19 Apr 2013 05:39:20 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1656/how-can-i-pass-meta-key-presses-to-a-nested-instance-of-i3/Answer by joepd for I've been running i3 on my bare-bones VM for development and I'm really liking it. However as I'm mostly working on a remote machine I occasionally need to bring up a minimal VNC session for testing X apps (faster than using the X protocol). It would be nice to run i3 in that session as well but how can I run a nested i3 session? Would I have to make the remote i3 session use a different key modifier or can I configure i3 so when I full-screen my VNC session the modifier key is sent across unmolested? https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1656/how-can-i-pass-meta-key-presses-to-a-nested-instance-of-i3/?answer=1666#post-id-1666Dont think it is possible to do this in a 'nice' way. You could go for a 'toggle Modifier-key to config file; reload i3'-hotkey on your host. But, assuming you are using ssh to do the X-work, I would have a look at the `--compression` option to ssh, and, on a trusted network, fiddle around with types of encryption. Fri, 19 Apr 2013 21:19:46 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1656/how-can-i-pass-meta-key-presses-to-a-nested-instance-of-i3/?answer=1666#post-id-1666Comment by stsquad for Dont think it is possible to do this in a 'nice' way. You could go for a 'toggle Modifier-key to config file; reload i3'-hotkey on your host. But, assuming you are using ssh to do the X-work, I would have a look at the <code>--compression</code> option to ssh, and, on a trusted network, fiddle around with types of encryption. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1656/how-can-i-pass-meta-key-presses-to-a-nested-instance-of-i3/?comment=1690#comment-1690VNC over SSH, although the final bit is X of course there is no X over the network.Tue, 23 Apr 2013 23:41:49 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1656/how-can-i-pass-meta-key-presses-to-a-nested-instance-of-i3/?comment=1690#comment-1690Answer by vandannen for I've been running i3 on my bare-bones VM for development and I'm really liking it. However as I'm mostly working on a remote machine I occasionally need to bring up a minimal VNC session for testing X apps (faster than using the X protocol). It would be nice to run i3 in that session as well but how can I run a nested i3 session? Would I have to make the remote i3 session use a different key modifier or can I configure i3 so when I full-screen my VNC session the modifier key is sent across unmolested? https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1656/how-can-i-pass-meta-key-presses-to-a-nested-instance-of-i3/?answer=1669#post-id-1669Couldn't you just define some kind of pass-through mode in the local i3 instance, which has no keybinding defined except, e.g., escape for switching back to default mode?Sat, 20 Apr 2013 01:14:04 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1656/how-can-i-pass-meta-key-presses-to-a-nested-instance-of-i3/?answer=1669#post-id-1669Comment by stsquad for Couldn't you just define some kind of pass-through mode in the local i3 instance, which has no keybinding defined except, e.g., escape for switching back to default mode? https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1656/how-can-i-pass-meta-key-presses-to-a-nested-instance-of-i3/?comment=1691#comment-1691I thought using the modes would be a way. However there doesn't seem to be much documentation other than the resize mode example in the User guide. For one how do I unbind all the existing keys while in the mode?Tue, 23 Apr 2013 23:43:23 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1656/how-can-i-pass-meta-key-presses-to-a-nested-instance-of-i3/?comment=1691#comment-1691Comment by vandannen for Couldn't you just define some kind of pass-through mode in the local i3 instance, which has no keybinding defined except, e.g., escape for switching back to default mode? https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1656/how-can-i-pass-meta-key-presses-to-a-nested-instance-of-i3/?comment=1735#comment-1735sorry for the late answer. Exisiting keybinding are unbound by default when switching to a mode. So you just need to define the bindings you would like to have. I gave an example for a similar situation here: https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1679/toggle-i3s-listening-behavior/?answer=1681#post-id-1681Wed, 01 May 2013 12:15:06 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1656/how-can-i-pass-meta-key-presses-to-a-nested-instance-of-i3/?comment=1735#comment-1735