"Multitask, prioritize, and execute effectively with i3wm"
Most special combinations involve the key called Mod4 or Super or Windows.
To exit your i3 session:
Mod4 + e or Mod4 + Pause to enter System Mode, then...
l to logout
r to reboot
s to shut down
Get out of resize mode: Enter or ESC
To bring up Rofi, the window list and application menu:
Mod4 + r or right click on the i3 bar
To start...
...Web Browser: Mod4 + i
...Video Player: Mod4 + m
...Audio Player: Mod4 + d
...Volume Control: Mod4 + v (Alsamixer)
...Volume Control2: Mod4 + Shift + v (Pavucontrol)
...Terminal: Mod4 + Enter or Ctrl + Alt + t
...Bit Torrent Mod4 + q
...Screenshot Mod4 + Print
To kill a focused window: Mod4 + Shift + q or Ctrl + q
To drag a window: Mod4 + left mouse button and drag it.
To reload the i3 configuration: Mod4 + Shift + c
To restart i3 inplace: Mod4 + Shift + r
Tiled layout: Mod4 + e
Stacked layout: Mod4 + s
Tabbed layout: Mod4 + w
To change layouts from tiled to split-horiz to split-vert to tabbed:
Mod4 + g toggles through the layouts.
To toggle a window between floating and tiled: Mod4 + Shift + Space
You do not minimize in i3, but there is a special "scratchpad workspace":
Hide a focused window on the scratchpad: Mod4 + Shift + F1
Retrieve windows from the scratchpad: Mod4 + F1 repeat as necessary.
There may be up to 10 workspaces, (numbered 0 through 9)...
Switch to a workspace: Mod4 + number
Move focused container to a workspace: Mod4 + Shift + number
Resize Mode to change window size: Mod4 + z
Shrink laterally; h or left arrow key
Expand laterally: l or right arrow key
Expand vertically: j or down arrow key
Shrink vertically: k or up arrow key
Get out of resize mode: Enter or ESC
To keep focus, but move a tab within a container:
Mod4 + Tab + n next (or right, down, n, r, d)
Mod4 + Shift + Tab + p prev (or left, up, l, u)
To move focused windows among containers:
left Mod4 + Shift + h
down Mod4 + Shift + j
up Mod4 + Shift + k
right Mod4 + Shift + l
To change focus to another window:
left Mod4 + h
down Mod4 + j
up Mod4 + k
right Mod4 + l
There is much more to i3wm than this. Find good online resources and study
the efficacy and power of tiling window managers.
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