This simple program will move selected i3 workspace to the current output, determined either by cursor position or focused window. Three modes are available - see usage section for more information.
usage: pi3-switch [-h] [-f] [-p | -m | -s] WORKSPACE_NAME
Moves selected i3 workspace to the current output (by default determined by
cursor location) and focuses it.
positional arguments:
workspace name of the i3 workspace
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-f, --focus use focused window instead of cursor position to determine the
current output
-p, --push moves replaced workspace to the second output (works only if
there are two outputs, ignored otherwise)
-m, --master same as 'push' but will only move from primary output to the
secondary
-s, --swap (NOT IMPLEMENTED YET) behaves like xmonad, swaps workspaces if
they are on a different output
Install using pipsi (recommended) or pip:
pipsi install pi3-switch
Add keybindings to ~/.config/i3/config and reload i3 (remember to modify flags to your liking):
bindsym $mod+1 exec pi3-switch -p 1 bindsym $mod+2 exec pi3-switch -p 2 bindsym $mod+3 exec pi3-switch -p 3 bindsym $mod+4 exec pi3-switch -p 4 bindsym $mod+5 exec pi3-switch -p 5 bindsym $mod+6 exec pi3-switch -p 6 bindsym $mod+7 exec pi3-switch -p 7 bindsym $mod+8 exec pi3-switch -p 8 bindsym $mod+9 exec pi3-switch -p 9 bindsym $mod+0 exec pi3-switch -p 10
Thanks to Travis Finkenauer for an inspiration (i3-wk-switch) and Tony Crisci for an easy-to-use i3 python library (i3ipc-python).