i3relativewindow

What?

This is a simple bash script which its only goal is to toggle a window and move it to a position relative to the focused workspace monitor. This is designed to work for dual monitors too, positions must be in percentage format since its going to be shown relatively

Why?

• I wanted a quick access general purpose terminal everywhere and anywhere
• I wanted to toggle an i3 floating window relatively to the current focused monitor
• I was bored and needed a ton of sleep, so i bashed (ehm..)
• I didn't want to use python or i3wm IPC
• Because why not?!

Prerequisites

• jq

How?

mv i3relativewindow.sh ~/.local/bin/i3relativewindow # Or to your favorite bin location
chmod +x i3relativewindow

Arguments

Arguments must be passed in this order

1. instance: Your window instance name
2. window X: Window X position in percentage
3. window Y: Window Y position in percentage
4. window width: Window configured width
5. window height: Window configured height

for example:

i3relativewindow quick-terminal 50 50 500 500

Example

Check example directory for an example i3wm config