i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Mon, 03 Mar 2014 05:45:18 +0000Navigating across floating windowshttps://faq.i3wm.org/question/3457/navigating-across-floating-windows/Hi, sometimes, I have to float specific windows. And this makes navigation difficult, because I am not able to navigate to/from floating windows using keyboard shortcuts. Is it possible to navigate across floating windows using keys ??Fri, 28 Feb 2014 14:29:25 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3457/navigating-across-floating-windows/Answer by Adaephon for <p>Hi,</p> <p>sometimes, I have to float specific windows. And this makes navigation difficult, because I am not able to navigate to/from floating windows using keyboard shortcuts.</p> <p>Is it possible to navigate across floating windows using keys ??</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3457/navigating-across-floating-windows/?answer=3458#post-id-3458You can navigate between several floating windows with `focus left` and `focus right`. Switching focus between floating and tiling is done with `focus mode_toggle`.Fri, 28 Feb 2014 14:40:30 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3457/navigating-across-floating-windows/?answer=3458#post-id-3458Comment by Adaephon for <p>You can navigate between several floating windows with <code>focus left</code> and <code>focus right</code>. Switching focus between floating and tiling is done with <code>focus mode_toggle</code>.</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3457/navigating-across-floating-windows/?comment=3464#comment-3464It is deliberate. The distance in pixel can be supplied after the direction: `move left 100 px`. See the [section on layout manipulation in the User's Guide](http://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html#_manipulating_layout)Mon, 03 Mar 2014 05:45:18 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3457/navigating-across-floating-windows/?comment=3464#comment-3464Comment by KJ44 for <p>You can navigate between several floating windows with <code>focus left</code> and <code>focus right</code>. Switching focus between floating and tiling is done with <code>focus mode_toggle</code>.</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3457/navigating-across-floating-windows/?comment=3463#comment-3463I don't know if this is deliberate, but you can move a floating window with the same bindings that move a tiled window within a container. The steps are quite small and well chosen. I do hope this feature stays in i3.Sun, 02 Mar 2014 17:16:41 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3457/navigating-across-floating-windows/?comment=3463#comment-3463