$mod+Shift+e does not work

asked 2015-08-03 14:02:48 +0000

SilverDiamond gravatar image

updated 2015-08-03 16:00:13 +0000

I have been using the i3wm with simple and default configuration, but I have never been able to get the $mod+Shift+e to do what it supposed to. So when I press the key combination, nothing happens, but according to the docs, i3 supposed to exit. I do a line in ~/.i3/config

bindsym $mod+Shift+e exec "i3-nagbar -t warning -m 'You pressed the exit shortcut. Do you really want to exit i3? This will end your X session.' -b 'Yes, exit i3' 'i3  -msg exit'"

This is on Ubuntu 15.04, but it was the same when I ran it on 14.04.

Binary i3 version: 4.9 (2015-02-28, branch "tags/4.9") © 2009-2014 Michael Stapelberg and contributors

When a key combination does not work, is there a way to debug it?

Edit: Answer to first comment:

Entering the following into terminal:

i3-nagbar -t warning -m 'You pressed the exit shortcut. Do you really want to exit i3? This will end your X session.' -b 'Yes, exit i3' 'i3  -msg exit'

Get the following:

button with label *Yes, exit i3* and action *i3  -msg exit*
now 1 buttons
[libi3] libi3/font.c Using X font -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--13-120-75-75-C-70-iso10646-1

Entering:

i3  -msg exit

System does logout.

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Comments

Do you have i3-nagbar installed? Does the shortcut work if you replace the i3-nagbar call with something else?

i3convert gravatar imagei3convert ( 2015-08-03 15:26:39 +0000 )edit

i3convert, not sure how to replace the i3-nagbar with something else, see my edit above. When I type `i3-nagbar --version`, I get `i3-nagbar 4.9 (2015-02-28, branch "tags/4.9")`. Please see my edit, I added more possibly relative info.

SilverDiamond gravatar imageSilverDiamond ( 2015-08-03 16:03:11 +0000 )edit