i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Mon, 05 Oct 2015 06:25:51 +0000How can we move focus between tiling and floating windowshttps://faq.i3wm.org/question/58/how-can-we-move-focus-between-tiling-and-floating-windows/Whenever I get a window that is floating and with focus, I can not get the focus to the other tiled windows without moving the mouse. Is there any way to achieve that with keyboard?Wed, 06 Jun 2012 08:55:07 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/58/how-can-we-move-focus-between-tiling-and-floating-windows/Answer by bruno.braga for <p>Whenever I get a window that is floating and with focus, I can not get the focus to the other tiled windows without moving the mouse. Is there any way to achieve that with keyboard?</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/58/how-can-we-move-focus-between-tiling-and-floating-windows/?answer=59#post-id-59This wm is amazing... I ended up finding the answer when writing this question... (laughs). It is defined in .i3/config (by default) as: # toggle tiling / floating bindsym $mod+Shift+space floating toggle # change focus between tiling / floating windows bindsym $mod+space focus mode_toggle So to move the focus from floating to tiled windows, use $mod+Shift+space! (this was bothering me for a month!)Wed, 06 Jun 2012 08:58:23 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/58/how-can-we-move-focus-between-tiling-and-floating-windows/?answer=59#post-id-59Comment by YetAnotherAccount for <p>This wm is amazing... I ended up finding the answer when writing this question... (laughs). It is defined in .i3/config (by default) as:</p> <pre><code># toggle tiling / floating bindsym $mod+Shift+space floating toggle # change focus between tiling / floating windows bindsym $mod+space focus mode_toggle </code></pre> <p>So to move the focus from floating to tiled windows, use $mod+Shift+space!</p> <p>(this was bothering me for a month!)</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/58/how-can-we-move-focus-between-tiling-and-floating-windows/?comment=6809#comment-6809Definitely useful, thanksMon, 05 Oct 2015 06:25:51 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/58/how-can-we-move-focus-between-tiling-and-floating-windows/?comment=6809#comment-6809Comment by bruno.braga for <p>This wm is amazing... I ended up finding the answer when writing this question... (laughs). It is defined in .i3/config (by default) as:</p> <pre><code># toggle tiling / floating bindsym $mod+Shift+space floating toggle # change focus between tiling / floating windows bindsym $mod+space focus mode_toggle </code></pre> <p>So to move the focus from floating to tiled windows, use $mod+Shift+space!</p> <p>(this was bothering me for a month!)</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/58/how-can-we-move-focus-between-tiling-and-floating-windows/?comment=60#comment-60Sorry for posting this here, as it may sound like regurgitating the documentation, but I felt that some keywords from the question might help people find this problem.Wed, 06 Jun 2012 08:59:26 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/58/how-can-we-move-focus-between-tiling-and-floating-windows/?comment=60#comment-60