i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Tue, 27 Oct 2015 18:03:16 +0000Moving a leaf to another containerhttps://faq.i3wm.org/question/7063/moving-a-leaf-to-another-container/ I am in this situation, where the "desktop container" has four children (leaves): 1. Window One 2. Window Two 3. Window Three 4. Window Four How can I make it have two children, having Window One and Two inside a Vertical split, and the same for Windows Three and Four? With pictures, I want to go from this: [Picture 1](http://imgur.com/bP56OMM) ![from-this](http://imgur.com/bP56OMM) to this: [Picture 2](http://imgur.com/m2rdUs3) ![to-this](http://imgur.com/m2rdUs3) Making Windows Two and Four floating and drag'n'dropping on the titlebars of One and Three would be a nice feature I suppose.Tue, 27 Oct 2015 00:44:20 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/7063/moving-a-leaf-to-another-container/Answer by i3convert for <p>I am in this situation, where the "desktop container" has four children (leaves):</p> <ol> <li>Window One</li> <li>Window Two</li> <li>Window Three</li> <li>Window Four</li> </ol> <p>How can I make it have two children, having Window One and Two inside a Vertical split, and the same for Windows Three and Four?</p> <p>With pictures, I want to go from this: <a href="http://imgur.com/bP56OMM">Picture 1</a> <img alt="from-this" src="http://imgur.com/bP56OMM"/></p> <p>to this: <a href="http://imgur.com/m2rdUs3">Picture 2</a> <img alt="to-this" src="http://imgur.com/m2rdUs3"/></p> <p>Making Windows Two and Four floating and drag'n'dropping on the titlebars of One and Three would be a nice feature I suppose.</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/7063/moving-a-leaf-to-another-container/?answer=7064#post-id-7064(I'll use standard keybindings and specify corresponding i3 commands.) You can do this as follows: 1. Repeat `$mod+Left` until you focus Window One (command `focus left`) 2. Press `$mod+v` to split in vertical orientation (command `split v`) 3. Press `$mod+Right` to focus Window Two (command `focus right`) 4. Press `$mod+Shift+Left` to move Window Two left, which will put it under Window One (command `move left`) Then you can repeat this with Windows 3 and 4.Tue, 27 Oct 2015 02:16:03 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/7063/moving-a-leaf-to-another-container/?answer=7064#post-id-7064Comment by constantine for <p>(I'll use standard keybindings and specify corresponding i3 commands.)</p> <p>You can do this as follows:</p> <ol> <li>Repeat <code>$mod+Left</code> until you focus Window One (command <code>focus left</code>)</li> <li>Press <code>$mod+v</code> to split in vertical orientation (command <code>split v</code>)</li> <li>Press <code>$mod+Right</code> to focus Window Two (command <code>focus right</code>)</li> <li>Press <code>$mod+Shift+Left</code> to move Window Two left, which will put it under Window One (command <code>move left</code>)</li> </ol> <p>Then you can repeat this with Windows 3 and 4.</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/7063/moving-a-leaf-to-another-container/?comment=7074#comment-7074Wow! At last, I have finally made it! And now I can also put 2 on top of 1 in the vertical split by focusing 1 and then `$mod+Left` and `$mod+Right`. Thanks!Tue, 27 Oct 2015 18:03:16 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/7063/moving-a-leaf-to-another-container/?comment=7074#comment-7074