Re: [i3] Change focus in i3-tree

  • From: Marcus Crestani <crestani@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: Discussions/Questions about the i3 window manager <i3-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2011 21:50:58 +0200

Thanks for the quick reply!

"MS" == Michael Stapelberg <michael+i3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
MS> Yes, the command looks like this: "focus parent; focus left" :).

I should've tried this syntax instead of all the variations I've
actually tried that didn't work...

How to sequence commands would be a great addition to the User's Guide.

Also, couldn't i3-migrate-config-to-v4.pl translate the 'with container'
commands to the navigate parent equivalent (i.e. "wch" -> "focus parent;
focus left"), instead of complaining "'with container' commands are
obsolete in 4.x"?

Another question: Is there a way to prevent the focus commands from
moving focus to outside the parent's subtree?

Let's assume I have this configuration:

h-split
/ \
tabbed tabbed
/ \ / \
t1 t2 t3 t4

Starting from t1 with "focus right" moves focus to t2, another "focus
right" moves focus to t3. What I'd like to see is that a "focus right"
from t2 cycles focus back to t1 instead. Is this possible?

By the way, "focus left" from t1 moves the focus to t2, what I see as
the "correct" behaviour, since focus stays within the parent's subtree,
but with the above described behaviour I would expect it to move the
focus to t4. This differing behaviour puzzles me.

--
Marcus

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