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Change focus to a diferent monitor then put there a certain workspace

asked 2015-04-27 16:44:20 +0000

reikaze gravatar image

updated 2015-04-27 20:21:25 +0000

While having my focus on my left-display in xmonad I use Mod+E to change to the right-display and Mod+Number to put there certain workspace.

With focus output left/right I can achieve the former behaviour but when I change the workspace in my focused monitor, that workspace will be called into the monitor where it was first opened.

I can work around this with move workspace to output right if that workspace appeared on my left monitor, but it quickly become troublesome:

  1. Wherever my focus is, call the workspace I want to move with Mod+Number
  2. Observe where it appeared, then Think and Understand where it is, and where I want it to be next.
  3. Move it. Done

That 2nd step is what I want to avoid since confuses me and breaks my workflow. There's a way to this?

  1. Select the monitor where I want the workspace.
  2. Call it. Done
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i3 itself doesn't support this, but you can write a simple IPC script that filters the active output from the `get_outputs` command.

Airblader gravatar imageAirblader ( 2015-04-27 19:18:52 +0000 )edit

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answered 2015-04-29 05:16:33 +0000

i3convert gravatar image

I think what you are after is i3-wk-switcher, which provides xmonad-style desktop switching.

P.S. I did not try it, but if you do, please share your experience.

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It's exactly the droid I'm looking. It works like expected.

reikaze gravatar imagereikaze ( 2015-04-30 17:10:08 +0000 )edit

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