====================================== i3 (window manager) keyboard shortcuts ====================================== First published at 2/15/2019 on https://defkey.com/i3-window-manager-shortcuts i3 is a tiling window manager designed for X11. i3 supports tiling, stacking, and tabbing layouts. i3 was initially released in March 2009. i3 (window manager) has 27 shortcuts and we have listed all of them below. Basic shortcuts --------------- Alt + Enter Open new terminal Alt + J Focus left Alt + K Focus down Alt + L Focus up Alt + ; Focus right Alt + A Focus parent Alt + Space Toggle focus mode Moving windows -------------- Alt + Shift + J Move window left Alt + Shift + K Move window down Alt + Shift + L Move window up Alt + Shift + ; Move window right Modifying windows ----------------- Alt + F Toggle fullscreen Alt + V Split a window vertically Alt + H Split a window horizontally Alt + R Resize mode For more information, take a look at the “Resizing containers / windows” section of the user guide. Changing the container layout ----------------------------- Alt + E Default Alt + S Stacking Alt + W Tabbed Floating -------- Alt + Shiift + Space Toggle floating Alt + Left click Drag floating Using workspaces ---------------- Alt + [0 - 9] Switch to another workspace Alt + Shift + [0 - 9] Move a window to another workspace Opening applications / Closing windows -------------------------------------- Alt + D Open application launcher (dmenu) Alt + Shift + Q Kill a window Restart / Exit -------------- Alt + Shift + C Reload the configuration file Alt + Shift + R Restart i3 in place Alt + Shift + E Exit i3 Source: i3wm.org Last modified on(UTC): Wednesday, December 25, 2019 Defkey © All rights reserved.