https://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Fri, 27 Sep 2013 20:29:35 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2615/insert-new-workspace/Hi all, I'm a new i3 user. I switched from fluxbox a couple of weeks ago and I'm really happy with i3! My question: Is it possible to insert a new workspace between existing workspaces? Say I have stuff on workspaces 1, 2, 3 and 4. For some reason I'd like to push some window from workspace 2 to the workspace next to it, i.e. to workspace 3. However, I don't want my new window to be on workspace 3 mixed with all the other junk I had there. Rather I want my new window to be on a clean workspace 3, and the old workspaces 3 and 4 to be renumbered to 4 and 5. Thanks!Thu, 26 Sep 2013 21:31:42 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2615/insert-new-workspace/https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2615/insert-new-workspace/?answer=2621#post-id-2621Ok! I'll give it a try and post here once I've sort of got it. Update! (Dec 8 2013) Hi again, today I looked into this and wrote the following code using i3-py. It does what I want, but I'm sure it can be done simpler. I haven't used python before why I am appreciating any comments for improving that. import imp i3=imp.load_source('i3','/home/urban/i3/i3-py/i3-py-master/i3.py') # get current workspace no workspaces = i3.get_workspaces() for workspace in workspaces: if (workspace['visible']): currentno=workspace['num'] # next workspace no nextno=currentno+1 exists=i3.filter(num=nextno) # get focused windows focused=i3.filter(nodes=[],focused=True) # loop over all workspaces with higher number than the current one if # nextno has windows if exists for workspace in reversed(workspaces): if (workspace['num']>currentno): i3.command('workspace',str(workspace['num'])) i3.command('rename','workspace','to',str(workspace['num']+1)) # move focused windows to next workspace for window in focused: i3.focus(con_id=window['id']) i3.command('move','window','to','workspace',str(nextno)) # go to next (optional) i3.command('workspace',str(nextno)) Fri, 27 Sep 2013 20:29:35 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2615/insert-new-workspace/?answer=2621#post-id-2621https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2615/insert-new-workspace/?answer=2618#post-id-2618You can do that using the IPC interface, for example with this sequence of commands: i3-msg workspace 4 i3-msg rename workspace to 5 i3-msg workspace 3 i3-msg rename workspace to 4 i3-msg workspace 3 Of course you should add some sanity checking and edge case handling, this is only to give you a rough idea.Fri, 27 Sep 2013 06:15:47 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2615/insert-new-workspace/?answer=2618#post-id-2618