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i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Thu, 12 Jun 2014 06:53:50 +0000less agressive for "move up|down" commandhttps://faq.i3wm.org/question/3954/less-agressive-for-move-updown-command/I am a big fan of i3 window manager and I use i3 for everyday tasks, however I do not know much about programming and internal stuffs of i3. I would like to as for features as follows: (1) An option to make all new windows as "floating". Not using the condition "for_window [class=".*"] ..." which unexpectedly turn a "tiled window" into floating. (2) Make command "move up|down" less "agressive", which is as follows. Example, all three windows are "tabbed" in a workplace: .------------------------------------------+ | 1 | 2 | 3 | |------------------------------------------| | | | | | window 3 contents | | | | | +------------------------------------------' fig.1 Then after "move right", "focus left", it becomes .--------------------+---------------------+ | 1 | 2 | 3 | |--------------------+---------------------| | | | | | | | window 2 | window 3 | | contents | contents | | (current) | | | | | +--------------------+---------------------' fig.2 Now, currently, after "move down", it would becomes as follows, which is "too agressive": .--------------------+---------------------+ | 1 | 3 | |--------------------+---------------------| | | | | | | +--------------------+---------------------+ | 2 | |--------------------+---------------------| | | | | +--------------------+---------------------' fig.3 I'd suggest that, it should be as follow, which is "less agressive" .--------------------+---------------------+ | 1 | 3 | |--------------------+---------------------| | | | | | | +--------------------| | | 2 | | |--------------------| | | | | | | | +--------------------+---------------------' fig.4 The reason is that it would be much easier to "rearrange" windows. In "less agressive" way, it is easy to transform from fig.4 to fig.3 just by pressing "move down" again (on window 2). But current "too agressive" way, there is no way to transform from fig.3 or fig.2 to fig.4 Thu, 12 Jun 2014 01:21:33 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3954/less-agressive-for-move-updown-command/Answer by Adaephon for I am a big fan of i3 window manager and I use i3 for everyday tasks, however I do not know much about programming and internal stuffs of i3. I would like to as for features as follows: (1) An option to make all new windows as "floating". Not using the condition "for_window [class=".*"] ..." which unexpectedly turn a "tiled window" into floating. (2) Make command "move up|down" less "agressive", which is as follows. Example, all three windows are "tabbed" in a workplace: <pre><code>.------------------------------------------+ | 1 | 2 | 3 | |------------------------------------------| | | | | | window 3 contents | | | | | +------------------------------------------' </code></pre> fig.1 Then after "move right", "focus left", it becomes <pre><code>.--------------------+---------------------+ | 1 | 2 | 3 | |--------------------+---------------------| | | | | | | | window 2 | window 3 | | contents | contents | | (current) | | | | | +--------------------+---------------------' </code></pre> fig.2 Now, currently, after "move down", it would becomes as follows, which is "too agressive": <pre><code>.--------------------+---------------------+ | 1 | 3 | |--------------------+---------------------| | | | | | | +--------------------+---------------------+ | 2 | |--------------------+---------------------| | | | | +--------------------+---------------------' </code></pre> fig.3 I'd suggest that, it should be as follow, which is "less agressive" <pre><code>.--------------------+---------------------+ | 1 | 3 | |--------------------+---------------------| | | | | | | +--------------------| | | 2 | | |--------------------| | | | | | | | +--------------------+---------------------' </code></pre> fig.4 The reason is that it would be much easier to "rearrange" windows. In "less agressive" way, it is easy to transform from fig.4 to fig.3 just by pressing "move down" again (on window 2). But current "too agressive" way, there is no way to transform from fig.3 or fig.2 to fig.4 https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3954/less-agressive-for-move-updown-command/?answer=3957#post-id-3957It is possible: To get from *fig.2* to *fig.4* use layout splitv To get from *fig.2* to *fig.4*, assuming focus is on *window 3* use move right move right or move up move right or move down move right ---- That being said, I agree that the behaviour is at times not very obvious. For example, the reason why you have to move *window 3* twice in *fig.3* is, because it is (alone) inside a container that is in turn in a container together with the container with *window 1*. [[[ window1 ], [ window3 ]], [ window2 ]] The first `move` moves it out of its own container and either in the same one as *window 1*'s parent container (`move right`), [[[ window1 ], window3 ], [ window2 ]] in in the same container surrounding *window 1*'s parent container and *window 2*'s parent container (`move up`) [ window3, [ window1 ], [ window2 ]] or in the same container as *window 2* (`move down`) [[ window1 ], [ window2, window3 ]] Thu, 12 Jun 2014 06:22:50 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3954/less-agressive-for-move-updown-command/?answer=3957#post-id-3957Comment by triplc for It is possible: To get from fig.2 to fig.4 use <pre><code>layout splitv </code></pre> To get from fig.2 to fig.4, assuming focus is on window 3 use <pre><code>move right move right </code></pre> or <pre><code>move up move right </code></pre> or <pre><code>move down move right </code></pre> <hr/> That being said, I agree that the behaviour is at times not very obvious. For example, the reason why you have to move window 3 twice in fig.3 is, because it is (alone) inside a container that is in turn in a container together with the container with window 1. <pre><code>[[[ window1 ], [ window3 ]], [ window2 ]] </code></pre> The first <code>move</code> moves it out of its own container and either in the same one as window 1's parent container (<code>move right</code>), <pre><code>[[[ window1 ], window3 ], [ window2 ]] </code></pre> in in the same container surrounding window 1's parent container and window 2's parent container (<code>move up</code>) <pre><code>[ window3, [ window1 ], [ window2 ]] </code></pre> or in the same container as window 2 (<code>move down</code>) <pre><code>[[ window1 ], [ window2, window3 ]] </code></pre> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3954/less-agressive-for-move-updown-command/?comment=3959#comment-3959Actually, I use the tiling wm is to treat the workspace as an IDE (like Eclips) where desktops are devided in contanters, which contains tabbed windows. I start "tabbed" as default layout. Then move windows across the cells. That's the idea. Breaking in|out + split would destroy the sizes. Thu, 12 Jun 2014 06:53:50 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3954/less-agressive-for-move-updown-command/?comment=3959#comment-3959Comment by triplc for It is possible: To get from fig.2 to fig.4 use <pre><code>layout splitv </code></pre> To get from fig.2 to fig.4, assuming focus is on window 3 use <pre><code>move right move right </code></pre> or <pre><code>move up move right </code></pre> or <pre><code>move down move right </code></pre> <hr/> That being said, I agree that the behaviour is at times not very obvious. For example, the reason why you have to move window 3 twice in fig.3 is, because it is (alone) inside a container that is in turn in a container together with the container with window 1. <pre><code>[[[ window1 ], [ window3 ]], [ window2 ]] </code></pre> The first <code>move</code> moves it out of its own container and either in the same one as window 1's parent container (<code>move right</code>), <pre><code>[[[ window1 ], window3 ], [ window2 ]] </code></pre> in in the same container surrounding window 1's parent container and window 2's parent container (<code>move up</code>) <pre><code>[ window3, [ window1 ], [ window2 ]] </code></pre> or in the same container as window 2 (<code>move down</code>) <pre><code>[[ window1 ], [ window2, window3 ]] </code></pre> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3954/less-agressive-for-move-updown-command/?comment=3958#comment-3958Thanks for clear explaination. I am sorry having said "not possible". What I mean is to rearrange windows using "move left|right|up|down" easier.Thu, 12 Jun 2014 06:49:51 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3954/less-agressive-for-move-updown-command/?comment=3958#comment-3958