I want to switch all windows from the current workspace with the windows on a given workspace. For example all windows from the current workspace should be moved to workspace 2 and all windows from workspace 2 should be moved to the current workspace.
How can I approach that? Is there a method for referencing all windows and containers on a given workspace?
You can use the rename workspace command (see its description in the i3 User's Guide). Say, you want to swap workspaces 1 and 2. If "temporary" is an unused workspace name, you can issue the following command from the command line:
i3-msg "rename workspace 1 to temporary; rename workspace 2 to 1; rename workspace temporary to 2"
You can of course write a script for this or even create a key binding if you do this often.
Just rename both workspaces, that way the layout will stay the same, too.
Shift+Mode+Workspace_number
Asked: 2015-10-16 14:36:38 +0000
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Last updated: Oct 16
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