i3 assign number to window and move to number

Question

I am totally new to i3 and am coming from tilix. So far I love i3. In tilix I used to jump from windows to window using the $mod+numberOfWindow. But I can't find out how to

assign each window a number
focus windows by number.

With workspaces it automaticly assigns numbers and we can jump to them. How can I activate this for windows?

greetings!

Did you find what you were looking for ? – chinmay_manas Aug 31 '21 at 18:21 — chinmay_manas, Aug 31 '21 at 18:21
I've updated my answer. Check in Edit 2 – chinmay_manas Aug 31 '21 at 18:36 — chinmay_manas, Aug 31 '21 at 18:36

shadofren · Answer 1 · 2020-08-09T17:08:30.240

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Put this in your i3 config at ~/.config/i3/config

I don't really the concept of numbered windows. When we have multiple windows you can move around with focus.

bindsym $mod+Left   focus left
bindsym $mod+Down   focus down
bindsym $mod+Up     focus up
bindsym $mod+Right  focus right

edited Aug 09 '20 at 17:08

answered Aug 03 '20 at 11:23

shadofren

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thanks for the comment. But I am talking about windows and not workspaces. :/ – xddq Aug 04 '20 at 20:02
please see the edit if that is what you wanted. @xddq – shadofren Aug 09 '20 at 17:09

chinmay_manas · Answer 2 · 2021-08-31T18:38:39.827

In i3, we have workspaces displayed in i3bar displayed by numbers You can jump to that workspace using
$mod+number

When we have multiple workspaces, then I use these bindings to move left and right workspaces

bindsym $mod+bracketleft workspace prev
bindsym $mod+bracketright workspace next
bindsym $mod+Left workspace prev
bindsym $mod+Right workspace next

In each workspace, we have different windows. I personally prefer to use vim keybindings to jump to different windows

# change focus
bindsym $mod+h focus left
bindsym $mod+j focus down
bindsym $mod+k focus up
bindsym $mod+l focus right

For urgent workspace, use
bindsym $mod+x [urgent=latest] focus

Edit 1

I've found further options for assigning workspace names along with numbers. There is also one rust script, which I found on github. It names the workspaces based on what application is opened in that workspace. It can be found on github at github.com/roosta/i3wsr
Also, there's one issue here. Make sure to check it out.

Edit 2

For naming windows, there are vim like marks, well documented in i3wm's documentation. Here's the link
I personally prefer, something like github.com/svenstaro/wmfocus It works similar to chrome extension Vimium.

i3 assign number to window and move to number

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