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Automatically map named workspaces to numbers

Fri, 28 Aug 2015 11:11:08 +0000

I am using named workspaces most of the time. Is there any way to automatically number them in a consecutive fashion so that I can use meta+ to switch to individual ones. What I want to prevent is having to set the number manually. So I suspect some kind of script would be necessary which automatically creates the implicit numbering.

Answer by SpicyCat for
I am using named workspaces most of the time. Is there any way to automatically number them in a consecutive fashion so that I can use meta+<number> to switch to individual ones.

What I want to prevent is having to set the number manually. So I suspect some kind of script would be necessary which automatically creates the implicit numbering.

Fri, 11 Sep 2015 12:06:42 +0000

I think you need [named workspace with number prefix](http://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html#_changing_named_workspaces_moving_to_workspaces) . Check **6.5.1. Named workspaces** If you dislike number prefix, you can [strip them](http://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html#_strip_workspace_numbers)

Answer by languitar for
I am using named workspaces most of the time. Is there any way to automatically number them in a consecutive fashion so that I can use meta+<number> to switch to individual ones.

What I want to prevent is having to set the number manually. So I suspect some kind of script would be necessary which automatically creates the implicit numbering.

Fri, 28 Aug 2015 12:38:08 +0000

Ok, I achieved this by implementing a custom workspace switcher in python. It is available here: https://github.com/languitar/i3-workspace-switch