i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Fri, 10 May 2013 05:52:24 +0000What options exist for finding windows when you have too many?https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1777/what-options-exist-for-finding-windows-when-you-have-too-many/Much as I'm enjoying i3 so far for it's speed and simplicity there are times when I miss some of the things Gnome Shell did. The main one is the overview mode which is very handy when you've got too many windows open. While I'm not expecting the snazzy 3D effects I'm wondering what the options are in i3wm? In the pre-Gnome 3 compiz days there was a handy extension that allowed you to select a window by doing a regex search for it's window title. Is anything like that possible/done?Thu, 09 May 2013 19:05:08 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1777/what-options-exist-for-finding-windows-when-you-have-too-many/Comment by joepd for <p>Much as I'm enjoying i3 so far for it's speed and simplicity there are times when I miss some of the things Gnome Shell did. The main one is the overview mode which is very handy when you've got too many windows open. While I'm not expecting the snazzy 3D effects I'm wondering what the options are in i3wm? In the pre-Gnome 3 compiz days there was a handy extension that allowed you to select a window by doing a regex search for it's window title. Is anything like that possible/done?</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1777/what-options-exist-for-finding-windows-when-you-have-too-many/?comment=1781#comment-1781Question has been asked before. See https://faq.i3wm.org/question/228/how-do-i-find-an-app-buried-in-some-workspace-by-its-title/ and https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1281/application-switcher/Fri, 10 May 2013 05:52:24 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1777/what-options-exist-for-finding-windows-when-you-have-too-many/?comment=1781#comment-1781Answer by badboy_ for <p>Much as I'm enjoying i3 so far for it's speed and simplicity there are times when I miss some of the things Gnome Shell did. The main one is the overview mode which is very handy when you've got too many windows open. While I'm not expecting the snazzy 3D effects I'm wondering what the options are in i3wm? In the pre-Gnome 3 compiz days there was a handy extension that allowed you to select a window by doing a regex search for it's window title. Is anything like that possible/done?</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1777/what-options-exist-for-finding-windows-when-you-have-too-many/?answer=1778#post-id-1778You can use [quickswitch](https://github.com/proxypoke/quickswitch-for-i3) or [simpleswitcher](https://github.com/seanpringle/simpleswitcher) to select windows by a simple search. Also see <https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1281/application-switcher/>Thu, 09 May 2013 21:39:56 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1777/what-options-exist-for-finding-windows-when-you-have-too-many/?answer=1778#post-id-1778