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i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Tue, 15 Dec 2015 18:48:40 +0000Scrolling trough workspaceshttps://faq.i3wm.org/question/7528/scrolling-trough-workspaces/ I want to scroll through my open workspaces. This is possible when hovering over the i3-bar I want to enable this feature when i press Ctrl+ScrollUp or ScrollDown. Is it possible to add something like this in my i3 config file.Wed, 02 Dec 2015 14:28:21 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/7528/scrolling-trough-workspaces/Answer by luytsm for I want to scroll through my open workspaces. This is possible when hovering over the i3-bar I want to enable this feature when i press Ctrl+ScrollUp or ScrollDown. Is it possible to add something like this in my i3 config file. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/7528/scrolling-trough-workspaces/?answer=7688#post-id-7688I've finally got back to this issue. The following i3 bindsym are the answer to my question. bindsym --whole-window $mod+button4 workspace next_on_output bindsym --whole-window $mod+button5 workspace prev_on_output The problem was i was use MOUSE instead of BUTTON, which i3 didn't see as a wrong key or unknow key. This will only work when a windows is active on the workspace.Tue, 15 Dec 2015 14:09:50 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/7528/scrolling-trough-workspaces/?answer=7688#post-id-7688Comment by Airblader for I've finally got back to this issue. The following i3 bindsym are the answer to my question. <pre><code>bindsym --whole-window $mod+button4 workspace next_on_output bindsym --whole-window $mod+button5 workspace prev_on_output </code></pre> The problem was i was use MOUSE instead of BUTTON, which i3 didn't see as a wrong key or unknow key. This will only work when a windows is active on the workspace. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/7528/scrolling-trough-workspaces/?comment=7695#comment-7695The patch to make it work on empty workspaces has been merged now.Tue, 15 Dec 2015 18:48:40 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/7528/scrolling-trough-workspaces/?comment=7695#comment-7695Comment by Airblader for I've finally got back to this issue. The following i3 bindsym are the answer to my question. <pre><code>bindsym --whole-window $mod+button4 workspace next_on_output bindsym --whole-window $mod+button5 workspace prev_on_output </code></pre> The problem was i was use MOUSE instead of BUTTON, which i3 didn't see as a wrong key or unknow key. This will only work when a windows is active on the workspace. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/7528/scrolling-trough-workspaces/?comment=7690#comment-7690Please note my comment below. This only works when there is a window on the workspace. For empty workspaces, this will work only once #2097 is implemented (patch is pending) and then starting with i3 4.12.Tue, 15 Dec 2015 14:37:37 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/7528/scrolling-trough-workspaces/?comment=7690#comment-7690Answer by Airblader for I want to scroll through my open workspaces. This is possible when hovering over the i3-bar I want to enable this feature when i press Ctrl+ScrollUp or ScrollDown. Is it possible to add something like this in my i3 config file. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/7528/scrolling-trough-workspaces/?answer=7531#post-id-7531Just bind those keys to "workspace next" and "workspace prev". You may want to use "next\_on\_output" and "prev\_on\_output" to fully mirror the i3bar behavior. Wed, 02 Dec 2015 14:57:53 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/7528/scrolling-trough-workspaces/?answer=7531#post-id-7531Comment by Airblader for Just bind those keys to "workspace next" and "workspace prev". You may want to use "next_on_output" and "prev_on_output" to fully mirror the i3bar behavior. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/7528/scrolling-trough-workspaces/?comment=7579#comment-7579I've filed a feature request to make this work on the root window as well. It has been accepted, but it needs to be implemented first: https://github.com/i3/i3/issues/2097Mon, 07 Dec 2015 07:56:35 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/7528/scrolling-trough-workspaces/?comment=7579#comment-7579Comment by Airblader for Just bind those keys to "workspace next" and "workspace prev". You may want to use "next_on_output" and "prev_on_output" to fully mirror the i3bar behavior. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/7528/scrolling-trough-workspaces/?comment=7548#comment-7548It works fine for me. Make sure you are running the latest version of i3 (4.11, run i3 --version to find out). Also note that the binding only works on a window – it won't work when the mouse is on an empty workspace.Thu, 03 Dec 2015 20:32:27 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/7528/scrolling-trough-workspaces/?comment=7548#comment-7548Comment by luytsm for Just bind those keys to "workspace next" and "workspace prev". You may want to use "next_on_output" and "prev_on_output" to fully mirror the i3bar behavior. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/7528/scrolling-trough-workspaces/?comment=7546#comment-7546bindsym --whole-window $mod+mouse4 workspace next_on_output This keybind is not working. What am I doing wrong?Thu, 03 Dec 2015 19:39:39 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/7528/scrolling-trough-workspaces/?comment=7546#comment-7546