i3-gaps
i3-gaps – i3 with more features (forked from https://github.com/i3/i3)
Under BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License
By Airblader
i3-gaps – i3 with more features (forked from https://github.com/i3/i3)
Under BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License
By Airblader
i3-gaps is a fork of i3wm, a tiling window manager for X11. It is kept up to date with upstream, adding a few additional features such as gaps between windows (see below for a complete list).
Please refer to the wiki.
For bug reports or feature requests regarding i3-gaps specifically, open an issue on GitHub. If your issue is with core i3 functionality, please report it upstream.
For support & all other kinds of questions, you can ask your question on the official subreddit /r/i3wm.
Note: In order to use gaps you need to disable window titlebars. This can be done by adding the following line to your config.
```
for_window [class=".*"] border pixel 0
```
Gaps are the namesake feature of i3-gaps and add spacing between windows/containers. Gaps come in two flavors, inner and outer gaps wherein inner gaps are those between two adjacent containers (or a container and an edge) and outer gaps are an additional spacing along the screen edges. Gaps can be configured in your config either globally or per workspace, and can additionally be changed during runtime using commands (e.g., through i3-msg
).
Note: Outer gaps are added to the inner gaps, i.e., the gaps between a screen edge and a container will be the sum of outer and inner gaps.
You can define gaps either globally or per workspace using the following syntax. Note that the gaps configurations should be ordered from least specific to most specific as some directives can overwrite others.
gaps [inner|outer|horizontal|vertical|top|left|bottom|right] <px>
workspace <ws> gaps [inner|outer|horizontal|vertical|top|left|bottom|right] <px>
The inner
and outer
keywords are as explained above. With top
, left
, bottom
and right
you can specify outer gaps on specific sides, and horizontal
and vertical
are shortcuts for the respective sides. <px>
stands for a numeric value in pixels and <ws>
for either a workspace number or a workspace name.
Gaps can be modified at runtime with the following command syntax:
```
gaps inner|outer|horizontal|vertical|top|right|bottom|left current|all set|plus|minus|toggle
gaps inner all set 20
gaps outer current plus 5
gaps horizontal current plus 40
gaps outer current toggle 60
```
With current
or all
you can change gaps either for only the currently focused or all currently existing workspaces (note that this does not affect the global configuration itself).
You can find an example configuration in the wiki.
Gaps can be automatically turned on/off on a workspace in certain scenarios using the following config directives:
```
smart_gaps on
smart_gaps inverse_outer
```
Smart borders will draw borders on windows only if there is more than one window in a workspace. This feature can also be enabled only if the gap size between window and screen edge is 0
.
```
smart_borders on
smart_borders no_gaps
```
This extends i3's hide_edge_borders
with a new option. When set, edge-specific borders of a container will be hidden if it's the only container on the workspace and the gaps to the screen edge is 0
.
```
hide_edge_borders smart_no_gaps
```
The height of an i3bar instance can be specified explicitly by defining the height
key in the bar configuration. If not set, the height will be calculated automatically depending on the font size.
bar {
# Height in pixels
height 25
}