change request of numbers key bindings

[KarlZeilhofer]

Thank you very much for your config and install files, seems to be very great and easy to install!

One thing is really annoying. I'm using the German keyboard layout, and therefore all the bindings for the workspaces don't work as expected.

The i3 default config suggests

# switch to workspace
bindcode $mod+10 workspace 1
bindcode $mod+11 workspace 2
bindcode $mod+12 workspace 3
bindcode $mod+13 workspace 4
bindcode $mod+14 workspace 5
bindcode $mod+15 workspace 6
bindcode $mod+16 workspace 7
bindcode $mod+17 workspace 8
bindcode $mod+18 workspace 9
bindcode $mod+19 workspace 10

# move focused container to workspace
bindcode $mod+Shift+10 move container to workspace 1
bindcode $mod+Shift+11 move container to workspace 2
bindcode $mod+Shift+12 move container to workspace 3
bindcode $mod+Shift+13 move container to workspace 4
bindcode $mod+Shift+14 move container to workspace 5
bindcode $mod+Shift+15 move container to workspace 6
bindcode $mod+Shift+16 move container to workspace 7
bindcode $mod+Shift+17 move container to workspace 8
bindcode $mod+Shift+18 move container to workspace 9
bindcode $mod+Shift+19 move container to workspace 10

This seems to be independent of the keyboard layout. Could you pleas replace this in your config?

Greets, Karl

[erikdubois]

is this a troll?? mod + 10 - 19?

[KarlZeilhofer]

no it isn't. I just tried it out, and it does what it is supposed to. Just have a look into /etc/i3/config.keycodes

[KarlZeilhofer]

you can also have a look with xmodmap -pk

[AxxL]

Can confirm that your configuration is based on a keyboard layout that doesn't work "here" (in Germany). The default values from i3 are the following and bind it simply to the numbers (1-10, not 10-19). Also moving the containers is bind to these numbers.

# Define names for default workspaces for which we configure key bindings later on.
# We use variables to avoid repeating the names in multiple places.
set $ws1 "1"
set $ws2 "2"
set $ws3 "3"
set $ws4 "4"
set $ws5 "5"
set $ws6 "6"
set $ws7 "7"
set $ws8 "8"
set $ws9 "9"
set $ws10 "10"

# switch to workspace
bindsym $mod+1 workspace $ws1
bindsym $mod+2 workspace $ws2
bindsym $mod+3 workspace $ws3
bindsym $mod+4 workspace $ws4
bindsym $mod+5 workspace $ws5
bindsym $mod+6 workspace $ws6
bindsym $mod+7 workspace $ws7
bindsym $mod+8 workspace $ws8
bindsym $mod+9 workspace $ws9
bindsym $mod+0 workspace $ws10

# move focused container to workspace
bindsym $mod+Shift+1 move container to workspace $ws1
bindsym $mod+Shift+2 move container to workspace $ws2
bindsym $mod+Shift+3 move container to workspace $ws3
bindsym $mod+Shift+4 move container to workspace $ws4
bindsym $mod+Shift+5 move container to workspace $ws5
bindsym $mod+Shift+6 move container to workspace $ws6
bindsym $mod+Shift+7 move container to workspace $ws7
bindsym $mod+Shift+8 move container to workspace $ws8
bindsym $mod+Shift+9 move container to workspace $ws9
bindsym $mod+Shift+0 move container to workspace $ws10