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Features
aloysius edited this page Mar 19, 2021
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This list contains all of the features not included in the default XMonad experience. Key sequences are modal with M representing your left super, S- means shift plus the following button and C- is control plus whatever follows it
Feature | Description | Access |
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EWMH | Simpler control over X | always on |
Dynamic Projects | Each workspace is a 'project' with default applications launched on entry if empty | always on |
Easy theming | Nominate your 16 base colours and preferred fonts and they appear everywhere | always on |
Modal keybindings | Vim style keybind sequences | always on |
Tabbed layout | For when you want lots of containers on one workspace and clickable tabs | always on |
Custom event hooks | FIFO for easy piping of event text to outside applications | always on |
Media keys | Using media keys via playerctl | always on |
Maximise on single window | Inspired by the i3-gaps treatment where gaps don't appear for single windows, this applies to all non-float layouts | always on |
Named Scratchpad | Pop over terminal similar to quake/yakuake | M ` |
Go-to window | X.A.WindowBringer - go to windows dmenu prompt for quick jumping between workspaces | M w g or click on workspaces on polybar |
Bring window | As above, but this time brings a window to your current workspace | M w b |
Search selected | Launch a web search for the currently selected text* | M / s <search option> |
Search prompt | Launch a dmenu prompt to launch a web search* | M / p <search option> |
Toggling DPMS | Polybar clickable icon to toggle xset +-dpms and xset s on/off
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click on dot in right 'tray' of polybar |
Lock screen | Provided by i3lock-color & used in lock and suspend | M q l or lock in polybar |
Dedicated floating window workspace | A workspace where all windows float (workspace 8 by default) | M 8 |
Navigation2D | Swap windows on workspaces, go to windows and go to screens with keyboard shortcuts | M { ,S-,C-} <arrow keys> |
XMonad prompt | Prompt to run lesser used xmonad actions | M / / |
- Search options
- g: duckduckgo
- h: hoogle
- w: wikipedia