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i3 Window Manager Cheat Sheet (DRAFT) by

a cheat sheet for the popular window manager i3wm for Linux.

This is a draft cheat sheet. It is a work in progress and is not finished yet.

Preface

Throughout this guide, the 
Alt
will be used to refer to the configured modifier. This is the Alt key (Mod1) by default, with ⌘/Win (Mod4) being a popular altern­ative.

Basics

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