Here’s a cheat sheet for i3, a tiling window manager for X11:
Basic Keybindings
- Mod Key:
- Default Mod key is
Mod4(Windows/Super key). You can customize it.
- Default Mod key is
- Launching Applications:
- Open terminal:
Mod + Enter - Run prompt:
Mod + D
- Open terminal:
- Focus and Movement:
- Switch focus between windows:
Mod + Arrow keys - Move focused container:
Mod + Shift + Arrow keys
- Switch focus between windows:
- Layouts:
- Split horizontally:
Mod + H - Split vertically:
Mod + V - Toggle between horizontal and vertical splits:
Mod + E - Toggle fullscreen:
Mod + F
- Split horizontally:
- Workspaces:
- Switch to workspace:
Mod + [1-9] - Move container to workspace:
Mod + Shift + [1-9]
- Switch to workspace:
Windows Management
- Tabbed Mode:
- Switch to tabbed mode:
Mod + W - Switch to stacked mode:
Mod + S - Switch to default (tiled) mode:
Mod + E
- Switch to tabbed mode:
- Container Focus:
- Focus parent container:
Mod + A - Focus child container:
Mod + D
- Focus parent container:
- Resize Containers:
- Resize container horizontally:
Mod + Rfollowed by arrow keys - Resize container vertically:
Mod + Shift + Rfollowed by arrow keys
- Resize container horizontally:
- Floating Windows:
- Toggle floating:
Mod + Shift + Space - Move floating window:
Mod + Left mouse button - Resize floating window:
Mod + Right mouse button
- Toggle floating:
Advanced Features
- i3bar and Status Command:
- Restart i3bar:
Mod + Shift + R - Reload i3 configuration:
Mod + Shift + C
- Restart i3bar:
- Screenshots:
- Take a screenshot:
Mod + Print - Take a screenshot and copy to clipboard:
Mod + Shift + Print
- Take a screenshot:
- Custom Commands:
- Create custom keybindings in the i3 configuration file (
~/.config/i3/config).
- Create custom keybindings in the i3 configuration file (
- Move Workspace to Output:
- Move workspace to a different output:
Mod + Shift + [1-9]
- Move workspace to a different output:
Configuration
- Edit Configuration File:
- Edit i3 configuration file:
Mod + Shift + E
- Edit i3 configuration file:
- Reload Configuration:
- Reload i3 configuration:
Mod + Shift + C
- Reload i3 configuration:
Useful Commands
- Run Command Prompt:
- Open command prompt:
Mod + D
- Open command prompt:
- Exit i3:
- Exit i3 session:
Mod + Shift + Q
- Exit i3 session:
- Lock Screen:
- Lock screen:
Mod + Shift + X
- Lock screen:
This cheat sheet covers some fundamental i3 keybindings. Customize and extend it according to your preferences. For more details, refer to the official i3 User’s Guide.