How to create and move windows and containers to workspaces on the fly in i3wm

Fri, 30 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000

I do not know why i3wm does not have this key-bind by default. But this piece of code solves it.

This is the task that i want the i3wm to do,

Move window to any existing workspace
If the input workspace does not exist create a new one and move the window to it.

    set $custom_command [r]ename workspace [m]ove to workspace [c]reate workspace [q]uit
    bindsym $mod+c mode "$custom_command"
    
    mode "$custom_command" {
        bindsym r exec i3-input -F 'rename workspace to "%s"' -P 'New name: '; mode "default"
        bindsym m exec "bash ~/.scripts/move_window_to_existing_workspace.bash"
        bindsym c exec i3-input -F 'workspace "%s"' -P 'New Workspace name: '; mode "default"
    
        bindsym q mode "default"
    }

~/.scripts/move_window_to_existing_workspace.bash file contents

Battery information in i3 status bar

Tue, 27 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000

First create battery block,

battery 0 {
  format = " %status %percentage %remaining "
  format_down = " no battery "  
  last_full_capacity = false
  integer_battery_capacity = true  
  hide_seconds = true    
  status_chr = ""
  status_bat = "☉"
  status_full = "☻"
  low_threshold = 10
  threshold_type = percentage
  path = "/sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/uevent"
}

then add it to the order array,

order += "battery 0"

Make sure to check the path of the battery first. In my case it was /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/uevent. It might be different for other laptops.

I3wm on Raveen Kumar

How to create and move windows and containers to workspaces on the fly in i3wm

Battery information in i3 status bar