https://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Sun, 04 Jan 2015 17:47:50 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5299/can-i-force-creation-of-new-workspaces-for-move-container-to-workspace-next/The setup: I have two containers open on workspace 1, and I'd like to send one to workspace 2. I can, of course, just "move container to workspace 2" -- but I want a *relative* command like "move container to workspace next", which works wherever I am. The trouble is that if workspace 2 doesn't exist yet (i.e. is empty, has no content), it won't be created by "move container to workspace next". Is there a way to get around this behavior? More generally, I wouldn't mind just showing a fixed number of workspaces all the time (say, 4 of them), with no special treatment for those that happen to be empty. Is there a way to accomplish this? Thanks!Sun, 04 Jan 2015 02:09:44 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5299/can-i-force-creation-of-new-workspaces-for-move-container-to-workspace-next/https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5299/can-i-force-creation-of-new-workspaces-for-move-container-to-workspace-next/?answer=5300#post-id-5300https://github.com/OliverUv/quickswitch-for-i3 (?)Sun, 04 Jan 2015 03:10:14 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5299/can-i-force-creation-of-new-workspaces-for-move-container-to-workspace-next/?answer=5300#post-id-5300https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5299/can-i-force-creation-of-new-workspaces-for-move-container-to-workspace-next/?comment=5302#comment-5302From the docs.... Those who have configured i3 to display workspaces on specific monitors can use -E/--nextempty to go to the first empty workspace with a number higher than the workspace they are currently on. -- I believe you are looking for something like 'quickswitch -jE' Sun, 04 Jan 2015 10:52:03 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5299/can-i-force-creation-of-new-workspaces-for-move-container-to-workspace-next/?comment=5302#comment-5302https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5299/can-i-force-creation-of-new-workspaces-for-move-container-to-workspace-next/?comment=5301#comment-5301Thanks! That's interesting and a good project to know about -- but I don't think it answers my question (unless I'm missing something). Quote from readme: "-n and -p will only jump to existing workspaces, and if you go beyond the beginning or end of the numbered workspace list, it will wrap". Sun, 04 Jan 2015 05:21:55 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5299/can-i-force-creation-of-new-workspaces-for-move-container-to-workspace-next/?comment=5301#comment-5301https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5299/can-i-force-creation-of-new-workspaces-for-move-container-to-workspace-next/?comment=5303#comment-5303I appreciate the deep dive (and I'm now happily using quickswitch.py, so thanks again for the pointer). But this still isn't quite what I'm asking about: I want the next workspace, regardless of whether it's empty. That is to say: create it if it doesn't exist, or use it if it does exist.Sun, 04 Jan 2015 17:47:50 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5299/can-i-force-creation-of-new-workspaces-for-move-container-to-workspace-next/?comment=5303#comment-5303