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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, 04 Jun 2015 18:44:49 +0000Is there any way to use "hot corners" to execute a command?https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6030/is-there-any-way-to-use-hot-corners-to-execute-a-command/I'd like to be able to trigger an action (exec) by moving the mouse to a corner. I think this would be handy, for example, to trigger skippy-xd for functionality similar to gnome-shell. Is this possible in i3?Fri, 29 May 2015 14:41:42 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6030/is-there-any-way-to-use-hot-corners-to-execute-a-command/Answer by Airblader for I'd like to be able to trigger an action (exec) by moving the mouse to a corner. I think this would be handy, for example, to trigger skippy-xd for functionality similar to gnome-shell. Is this possible in i3? https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6030/is-there-any-way-to-use-hot-corners-to-execute-a-command/?answer=6033#post-id-6033 No, i3 does not offer anything like that. However, you can use `xdotool` to do that. Check out `man xdotool` for `behave_screen_edge`. Excerpt: Examples: # Activate google-chrome when you move the mouse to the bottom-left corner: xdotool behave_screen_edge bottom-left \ search --class google-chrome windowactivate # Go to the next workspace (right). Known to work in GNOME (metacity and compiz) xdotool behave_screen_edge --delay 500 bottom-right key XF86Forward # Activate firefox and do a web search in a new tab for text in your clipboard xdotool behave_screen_edge --delay 1000 top-left \ search --classname Navigator \ windowactivate --sync key --delay 250 ctrl+t ctrl+k ctrl+v Return Note that this only works on the corners of the root window, so if you use multiple outputs, it may not be quite as useful depending on your setup.Fri, 29 May 2015 17:00:52 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6030/is-there-any-way-to-use-hot-corners-to-execute-a-command/?answer=6033#post-id-6033Comment by Airblader for No, i3 does not offer anything like that. However, you can use <code>xdotool</code> to do that. Check out <code>man xdotool</code> for <code>behave_screen_edge</code>. Excerpt: <pre><code>Examples: # Activate google-chrome when you move the mouse to the bottom-left corner: xdotool behave_screen_edge bottom-left \ search --class google-chrome windowactivate # Go to the next workspace (right). Known to work in GNOME (metacity and compiz) xdotool behave_screen_edge --delay 500 bottom-right key XF86Forward # Activate firefox and do a web search in a new tab for text in your clipboard xdotool behave_screen_edge --delay 1000 top-left \ search --classname Navigator \ windowactivate --sync key --delay 250 ctrl+t ctrl+k ctrl+v Return </code></pre> Note that this only works on the corners of the root window, so if you use multiple outputs, it may not be quite as useful depending on your setup. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6030/is-there-any-way-to-use-hot-corners-to-execute-a-command/?comment=6064#comment-6064Yep :) https://github.com/Airblader/xedgewarp I already opened this as an issue as well.Thu, 04 Jun 2015 18:44:49 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6030/is-there-any-way-to-use-hot-corners-to-execute-a-command/?comment=6064#comment-6064Comment by curious_one for No, i3 does not offer anything like that. However, you can use <code>xdotool</code> to do that. Check out <code>man xdotool</code> for <code>behave_screen_edge</code>. Excerpt: <pre><code>Examples: # Activate google-chrome when you move the mouse to the bottom-left corner: xdotool behave_screen_edge bottom-left \ search --class google-chrome windowactivate # Go to the next workspace (right). Known to work in GNOME (metacity and compiz) xdotool behave_screen_edge --delay 500 bottom-right key XF86Forward # Activate firefox and do a web search in a new tab for text in your clipboard xdotool behave_screen_edge --delay 1000 top-left \ search --classname Navigator \ windowactivate --sync key --delay 250 ctrl+t ctrl+k ctrl+v Return </code></pre> Note that this only works on the corners of the root window, so if you use multiple outputs, it may not be quite as useful depending on your setup. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6030/is-there-any-way-to-use-hot-corners-to-execute-a-command/?comment=6063#comment-6063@Airblader Sounds interesting. Do you have it on github or anything?Thu, 04 Jun 2015 18:34:28 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6030/is-there-any-way-to-use-hot-corners-to-execute-a-command/?comment=6063#comment-6063Comment by Airblader for No, i3 does not offer anything like that. However, you can use <code>xdotool</code> to do that. Check out <code>man xdotool</code> for <code>behave_screen_edge</code>. Excerpt: <pre><code>Examples: # Activate google-chrome when you move the mouse to the bottom-left corner: xdotool behave_screen_edge bottom-left \ search --class google-chrome windowactivate # Go to the next workspace (right). Known to work in GNOME (metacity and compiz) xdotool behave_screen_edge --delay 500 bottom-right key XF86Forward # Activate firefox and do a web search in a new tab for text in your clipboard xdotool behave_screen_edge --delay 1000 top-left \ search --classname Navigator \ windowactivate --sync key --delay 250 ctrl+t ctrl+k ctrl+v Return </code></pre> Note that this only works on the corners of the root window, so if you use multiple outputs, it may not be quite as useful depending on your setup. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6030/is-there-any-way-to-use-hot-corners-to-execute-a-command/?comment=6036#comment-6036I wrote a tool called xedgewarp which could do this even with external monitors. It would have to be implemented, though.Sat, 30 May 2015 10:25:00 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6030/is-there-any-way-to-use-hot-corners-to-execute-a-command/?comment=6036#comment-6036Comment by curious_one for No, i3 does not offer anything like that. However, you can use <code>xdotool</code> to do that. Check out <code>man xdotool</code> for <code>behave_screen_edge</code>. Excerpt: <pre><code>Examples: # Activate google-chrome when you move the mouse to the bottom-left corner: xdotool behave_screen_edge bottom-left \ search --class google-chrome windowactivate # Go to the next workspace (right). Known to work in GNOME (metacity and compiz) xdotool behave_screen_edge --delay 500 bottom-right key XF86Forward # Activate firefox and do a web search in a new tab for text in your clipboard xdotool behave_screen_edge --delay 1000 top-left \ search --classname Navigator \ windowactivate --sync key --delay 250 ctrl+t ctrl+k ctrl+v Return </code></pre> Note that this only works on the corners of the root window, so if you use multiple outputs, it may not be quite as useful depending on your setup. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6030/is-there-any-way-to-use-hot-corners-to-execute-a-command/?comment=6035#comment-6035That works well on my laptop's display. Unfortunately, I'm using external monitors about 90% of the time, and I cannot get xdotool to do anything with 'behave_screen_edge' on those monitors. Thanks for the tip though; xdotool looks like a very useful tool for i3 users.Sat, 30 May 2015 02:33:25 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6030/is-there-any-way-to-use-hot-corners-to-execute-a-command/?comment=6035#comment-6035