Switching to next window. [closed]

asked Mar 29 '15

faust gravatar image

I expected i3 to provide the ability to toggle between windows as quickly as one can toggle between workspaces.

I certainly don't find this to be the case by attempting to awkwardly combine [SUPER + n].

Is there a next window command that is undocumented or can this be scripted/mapped?

Closed for the following reason duplicate question by Michael
close date 2015-03-31 07:19:15.969560

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I am not sure, if I understand your question correctly. Do you look for a way to directly address each and every window, just like with workspaces. Or are you looking for a way to go through all windows with just on shortcut (e.g. Alt+Tab as in Windows)?

Adaephon gravatar imageAdaephon (Mar 30 '15)edit

I don't use Microsoft Windows so I can't speak to that, but in Xubuntu, I press CTRL + ALT + RIGHT ARROW to increment to the next window. I could find nothing in the docs or otherwise stating how to do this in i3.

faust gravatar imagefaust (Mar 30 '15)edit

This is not a duplicate. Alt+Tab in Windows switches the focus between open programs. Windows does not have the concept of Gnome's Workspaces - which is different than the concept of workspaces in i3 - which are essentially tmux panels.

faust gravatar imagefaust (Mar 31 '15)edit

windows in i3 are equivalent to workspaces in Gnome. And in Gnome you can iterate to the next workspace with ctrl + alt + right arrow. i3 seems to make you explicitly enter the number of the workspace/window - which is rather absurd.

faust gravatar imagefaust (Mar 31 '15)edit