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Moving to the last visited workspace

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 02:39:04 +0000

how can I set up i3 for move to the last visited workspace when the current workspace is empty?

Answer by mschaefer for
how can I set up i3 for move to the last visited workspace when the current workspace is empty?

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 08:49:48 +0000

In your config, set the option workspace\_auto\_back\_and\_forth yes. When you are on, say, workspace 1 now and switch to 4 (which is empty), another $mod+4 takes you back to workspace 1. I think this is kind of what you want?

Comment by killown for
In your config, set the option `workspace_auto_back_and_forth yes`. When you are on, say, workspace 1 now and switch to 4 (which is empty), another $mod+4 takes you back to workspace 1. I think this is kind of what you want?

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 13:22:47 +0000

thanks for the reply, but the problem with workspace_auto_back_and_forth is when for example I use Mod1+Enter it will move to the workspace terminals and open a terminal, and if I use Mod1+Enter one more time it will back to the last visited workspace and the terminal will be opened there .

Comment by vandannen for
In your config, set the option `workspace_auto_back_and_forth yes`. When you are on, say, workspace 1 now and switch to 4 (which is empty), another $mod+4 takes you back to workspace 1. I think this is kind of what you want?

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 20:55:44 +0000

in the case of mod+enter, you could still check whether you already are on the "terminals"-workspace before issuing the command to move there. See ipc guide: http://i3wm.org/docs/ipc.html#_workspaces_reply

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Moving to the last visited workspace

Answer by mschaefer for how can I set up i3 for move to the last visited workspace when the current workspace is empty?

Comment by killown for In your config, set the option workspace_auto_back_and_forth yes. When you are on, say, workspace 1 now and switch to 4 (which is empty), another $mod+4 takes you back to workspace 1. I think this is kind of what you want?

Comment by vandannen for In your config, set the option workspace_auto_back_and_forth yes. When you are on, say, workspace 1 now and switch to 4 (which is empty), another $mod+4 takes you back to workspace 1. I think this is kind of what you want?

Answer by mschaefer for
how can I set up i3 for move to the last visited workspace when the current workspace is empty?

Comment by killown for
In your config, set the option `workspace_auto_back_and_forth yes`. When you are on, say, workspace 1 now and switch to 4 (which is empty), another $mod+4 takes you back to workspace 1. I think this is kind of what you want?

Comment by vandannen for
In your config, set the option `workspace_auto_back_and_forth yes`. When you are on, say, workspace 1 now and switch to 4 (which is empty), another $mod+4 takes you back to workspace 1. I think this is kind of what you want?