https://raveenkumar.com/tags/desktop-environment/ Recent content in Desktop-Environment on Raveen Kumar Hugo en-US Raveen Kumar Fri, 30 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://raveenkumar.com/posts/2022-09-30-create-and-move-windows-and-containers-to-workspaces-on-the-fly/ Fri, 30 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://raveenkumar.com/posts/2022-09-30-create-and-move-windows-and-containers-to-workspaces-on-the-fly/ <p>I do not know why i3wm does not have this key-bind by default. But this piece of code solves it.</p> <p>This is the task that i want the i3wm to do,</p> <ol> <li>Move window to any existing workspace</li> <li>If the input workspace does not exist create a new one and move the window to it.</li> </ol> <pre tabindex="0"><code> set $custom_command [r]ename workspace [m]ove to workspace [c]reate workspace [q]uit bindsym $mod+c mode &#34;$custom_command&#34; mode &#34;$custom_command&#34; { bindsym r exec i3-input -F &#39;rename workspace to &#34;%s&#34;&#39; -P &#39;New name: &#39;; mode &#34;default&#34; bindsym m exec &#34;bash ~/.scripts/move_window_to_existing_workspace.bash&#34; bindsym c exec i3-input -F &#39;workspace &#34;%s&#34;&#39; -P &#39;New Workspace name: &#39;; mode &#34;default&#34; bindsym q mode &#34;default&#34; } </code></pre><p><code>~/.scripts/move_window_to_existing_workspace.bash</code> file contents</p>