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Focus qwertz with jklö (similar to jkl; on querty)

asked Mar 2 '13

IcantReed gravatar image

I just installed i3 and i´m quite excited. I´m trying to use jklö for navigating between the different tiles with my quertz-keyboard. (similar to jkl; on querty) So far, jkl are working well but I don´t get it working to be able to focus right with Mod1+ö.

I tried different things in /etc/i3/config: Changing bindsym Mod1+semicolon to bindsym Mod1+ö did not work as well as changing it to bind Mod1+47 (found out keycode 47 via xev as described in the userguide.

Can anybody tell me how it´s possible to use the umlaut ö for focusing tiles.

Thank you in advance for your efforts.

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In your question you write 'bind' for keycodes, but it must be 'bindcode'. If this typo is also in your config, this should solve the issue. I'm using exactly that, namely 'bindcode $mod+47' to move focus right and here it is working!

mschaefer gravatar imagemschaefer (Mar 12 '13)edit

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answered Mar 13 '13

Michael gravatar image

The following should work:

bindsym Mod1+odiaeresis

You can use xev(1) to find out the X11 names for keys.

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answered Mar 12 '13

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Now, i was able to fix it by myself. Two things, that i did wrong:

  1. I always was editing /etc/i3/config instead of /home/myuser/.i3/config :-/
  2. You have to change bindsym Mod1+semicolon to bindcode $mod+47 focus right

So now I´m able to focus the windows with Modifier + jklö.

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