i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Thu, 26 Sep 2013 16:56:37 +0000semantics of move commandhttps://faq.i3wm.org/question/2586/semantics-of-move-command/Can you elaborate on the semantics of the "move" commands? it is not entirely clear to me how the movement relate to the tree structure. I figured out that move left/right will either replace the container with its sibling, or get absorbed into the sibling, depending on the split mode of the sibling (is that correct?) But I am really confused as to what move up/down do, as far as the tree structure is concerned.Wed, 25 Sep 2013 20:11:12 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2586/semantics-of-move-command/Answer by Michael for <p>Can you elaborate on the semantics of the "move" commands? it is not entirely clear to me how the movement relate to the tree structure.</p> <p>I figured out that move left/right will either replace the container with its sibling, or get absorbed into the sibling, depending on the split mode of the sibling (is that correct?)</p> <p>But I am really confused as to what move up/down do, as far as the tree structure is concerned.</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2586/semantics-of-move-command/?answer=2588#post-id-2588See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWA8Pl57UBY and toy around with it, and/or read the source.Wed, 25 Sep 2013 20:17:29 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2586/semantics-of-move-command/?answer=2588#post-id-2588Comment by yoav for <p>See <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWA8Pl57UBY">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWA8Pl...</a> and toy around with it, and/or read the source.</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2586/semantics-of-move-command/?comment=2589#comment-2589Thanks. It seems like the move/focus commands are mostly about "doing the right thing" with respect to the screen layout, but is not very well defined intuitively (at least for my intuition) for tree manipulation... I'd like to play with more direct tree manipulation -- is it possible via ipc?Wed, 25 Sep 2013 20:40:14 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2586/semantics-of-move-command/?comment=2589#comment-2589Comment by yoav for <p>See <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWA8Pl57UBY">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWA8Pl...</a> and toy around with it, and/or read the source.</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2586/semantics-of-move-command/?comment=2610#comment-2610Will you consider adding an IPC command that will receive a new json tree and replace the existing one? (or is the internal representation more complex than what is exposed?)Thu, 26 Sep 2013 16:56:37 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2586/semantics-of-move-command/?comment=2610#comment-2610Comment by Michael for <p>See <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWA8Pl57UBY">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWA8Pl...</a> and toy around with it, and/or read the source.</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2586/semantics-of-move-command/?comment=2604#comment-2604It’s not. The commands that are exposed via the IPC interface are exactly what is documented in the userguide, i.e. what is available for you to bind on your keys.Thu, 26 Sep 2013 16:43:41 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2586/semantics-of-move-command/?comment=2604#comment-2604