## Installation for debian or ubuntu linux run this command : ```bash sudo apt install i3 sudo apt install polybar ``` ## Download Nerd Fonts download [UbuntuMono Nerd Font](https://www.nerdfonts.com/font-downloads) extract it to this folder `~/.fonts` if not exists create it with ```bash mkdir ~/.fonts ``` then refresh font cache with this command : ```bash fc-cache -fv ``` ## My Configuration edit this file `~/.config/i3/config` ``` # This file has been auto-generated by i3-config-wizard(1). # It will not be overwritten, so edit it as you like. # # Should you change your keyboard layout some time, delete # this file and re-run i3-config-wizard(1). # # i3 config file (v4) # # Please see https://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html for a complete reference! set $mod Mod4 # Font for window titles. Will also be used by the bar unless a different font # is used in the bar {} block below. #font pango:monospace 8 font pango:UbuntuMono Nerd Font 11 # This font is widely installed, provides lots of unicode glyphs, right-to-left # text rendering and scalability on retina/hidpi displays (thanks to pango). #font pango:DejaVu Sans Mono 8 # Start XDG autostart .desktop files using dex. See also # https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/XDG_Autostart exec --no-startup-id dex --autostart --environment i3 # The combination of xss-lock, nm-applet and pactl is a popular choice, so # they are included here as an example. Modify as you see fit. # xss-lock grabs a logind suspend inhibit lock and will use i3lock to lock the # screen before suspend. Use loginctl lock-session to lock your screen. exec --no-startup-id xss-lock --transfer-sleep-lock -- i3lock --nofork # NetworkManager is the most popular way to manage wireless networks on Linux, # and nm-applet is a desktop environment-independent system tray GUI for it. exec --no-startup-id nm-applet # Use pactl to adjust volume in PulseAudio. set $refresh_i3status killall -SIGUSR1 i3status bindsym XF86AudioRaiseVolume exec --no-startup-id pactl set-sink-volume @DEFAULT_SINK@ +10% && $refresh_i3status bindsym XF86AudioLowerVolume exec --no-startup-id pactl set-sink-volume @DEFAULT_SINK@ -10% && $refresh_i3status bindsym XF86AudioMute exec --no-startup-id pactl set-sink-mute @DEFAULT_SINK@ toggle && $refresh_i3status bindsym XF86AudioMicMute exec --no-startup-id pactl set-source-mute @DEFAULT_SOURCE@ toggle && $refresh_i3status # Use Mouse+$mod to drag floating windows to their wanted position floating_modifier $mod # start a terminal #bindsym $mod+Return exec i3-sensible-terminal bindsym $mod+Return exec /home/ubuntu/.local/kitty.app/bin/kitty # kill focused window bindsym $mod+Shift+q kill # start dmenu (a program launcher) #bindsym $mod+d exec --no-startup-id dmenu_run bindsym $mod+d exec "rofi run -show drun" # A more modern dmenu replacement is rofi: # bindcode $mod+40 exec "rofi -modi drun,run -show drun" # There also is i3-dmenu-desktop which only displays applications shipping a # .desktop file. It is a wrapper around dmenu, so you need that installed. # bindcode $mod+40 exec --no-startup-id i3-dmenu-desktop # start browser #bindsym $mod+b exec "firefox" bindsym $mod+b exec "/usr/local/zen/zen.AppImage" # start text editor bindsym $mod+t exec "zed" # change focus bindsym $mod+j focus left bindsym $mod+k focus down bindsym $mod+l focus up bindsym $mod+semicolon focus right # alternatively, you can use the cursor keys: bindsym $mod+Left focus left bindsym $mod+Down focus down bindsym $mod+Up focus up bindsym $mod+Right focus right # move focused window bindsym $mod+Shift+j move left bindsym $mod+Shift+k move down bindsym $mod+Shift+l move up bindsym $mod+Shift+semicolon move right # alternatively, you can use the cursor keys: bindsym $mod+Shift+Left move left bindsym $mod+Shift+Down move down bindsym $mod+Shift+Up move up bindsym $mod+Shift+Right move right # split in horizontal orientation bindsym $mod+h split h # split in vertical orientation bindsym $mod+v split v # enter fullscreen mode for the focused container bindsym $mod+f fullscreen toggle # change container layout (stacked, tabbed, toggle split) bindsym $mod+s layout stacking bindsym $mod+w layout tabbed bindsym $mod+e layout toggle split # toggle tiling / floating bindsym $mod+Shift+space floating toggle # change focus between tiling / floating windows bindsym $mod+space focus mode_toggle # focus the parent container bindsym $mod+a focus parent # focus the child container #bindsym $mod+d focus child # 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 number $ws1 bindsym $mod+2 workspace number $ws2 bindsym $mod+3 workspace number $ws3 bindsym $mod+4 workspace number $ws4 bindsym $mod+5 workspace number $ws5 bindsym $mod+6 workspace number $ws6 bindsym $mod+7 workspace number $ws7 bindsym $mod+8 workspace number $ws8 bindsym $mod+9 workspace number $ws9 bindsym $mod+0 workspace number $ws10 # move focused container to workspace bindsym $mod+Shift+1 move container to workspace number $ws1 bindsym $mod+Shift+2 move container to workspace number $ws2 bindsym $mod+Shift+3 move container to workspace number $ws3 bindsym $mod+Shift+4 move container to workspace number $ws4 bindsym $mod+Shift+5 move container to workspace number $ws5 bindsym $mod+Shift+6 move container to workspace number $ws6 bindsym $mod+Shift+7 move container to workspace number $ws7 bindsym $mod+Shift+8 move container to workspace number $ws8 bindsym $mod+Shift+9 move container to workspace number $ws9 bindsym $mod+Shift+0 move container to workspace number $ws10 # reload the configuration file bindsym $mod+Shift+c reload # restart i3 inplace (preserves your layout/session, can be used to upgrade i3) bindsym $mod+Shift+r restart # exit i3 (logs you out of your X session) bindsym $mod+Shift+e exec "i3-nagbar -t warning -m 'You pressed the exit shortcut. Do you really want to exit i3? This will end your X session.' -B 'Yes, exit i3' 'i3-msg exit'" # resize window (you can also use the mouse for that) mode "resize" { # These bindings trigger as soon as you enter the resize mode # Pressing left will shrink the window’s width. # Pressing right will grow the window’s width. # Pressing up will shrink the window’s height. # Pressing down will grow the window’s height. bindsym j resize shrink width 10 px or 10 ppt bindsym k resize grow height 10 px or 10 ppt bindsym l resize shrink height 10 px or 10 ppt bindsym semicolon resize grow width 10 px or 10 ppt # same bindings, but for the arrow keys bindsym Left resize shrink width 10 px or 10 ppt bindsym Down resize grow height 10 px or 10 ppt bindsym Up resize shrink height 10 px or 10 ppt bindsym Right resize grow width 10 px or 10 ppt # back to normal: Enter or Escape or $mod+r bindsym Return mode "default" bindsym Escape mode "default" bindsym $mod+r mode "default" } bindsym $mod+r mode "resize" # class border bground text indicator child_border client.focused #6272A4 #6272A4 #F8F8F2 #6272A4 #6272A4 client.focused_inactive #44475A #44475A #F8F8F2 #44475A #44475A client.unfocused #282A36 #282A36 #BFBFBF #282A36 #282A36 client.urgent #44475A #FF5555 #F8F8F2 #FF5555 #FF5555 client.placeholder #282A36 #282A36 #F8F8F2 #282A36 #282A36 client.background #F8F8F2 # Start i3bar to display a workspace bar (plus the system information i3status # finds out, if available) #bar { # font pango: UbuntuMono Nerd Font 9 # i3bar_command i3bar # output primary # position top # #status_command i3status # status_command i3blocks # strip_workspace_numbers yes # tray_output nonprimary # # colors { # background #282A36 # statusline #F8F8F2 # separator #44475A # # focused_workspace #44475A #44475A #F8F8F2 # active_workspace #282A36 #44475A #F8F8F2 # inactive_workspace #282A36 #282A36 #BFBFBF # urgent_workspace #FF5555 #FF5555 #F8F8F2 # binding_mode #FF5555 #FF5555 #F8F8F2 # } #} exec --no-startup-id feh --bg-scale ~/Pictures/wallpaper.jpg exec_always --no-startup-id polybar example --config=~/.config/polybar/config.ini ``` edit this file `~/.config/polybar/config.ini` ``` ;========================================================== ; ; THIS IS AN EXAMPLE CONFIGURATION FILE! ; IT IS NOT SUPPOSED TO WORK OUT OF THE BOX SINCE IS CONTAINS ; SETTINGS THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO THE MACHINE WHICH WAS USED ; TO GENERATE IT. ; Please refer to the web documentation hosted at: ; https://github.com/polybar/polybar#configuration ; and ; https://github.com/polybar/polybar/wiki/Configuration ; if you want to automatically generate one for you. ; ;========================================================== ; ; ; ██████╗ ██████╗ ██╗ ██╗ ██╗██████╗ █████╗ ██████╗ ; ██╔══██╗██╔═══██╗██║ ╚██╗ ██╔╝██╔══██╗██╔══██╗██╔══██╗ ; ██████╔╝██║ ██║██║ ╚████╔╝ ██████╔╝███████║██████╔╝ ; ██╔═══╝ ██║ ██║██║ ╚██╔╝ ██╔══██╗██╔══██║██╔══██╗ ; ██║ ╚██████╔╝███████╗██║ ██████╔╝██║ ██║██║ ██║ ; ╚═╝ ╚═════╝ ╚══════╝╚═╝ ╚═════╝ ╚═╝ ╚═╝╚═╝ ╚═╝ ; ; ; To learn more about how to configure Polybar ; go to https://github.com/polybar/polybar ; ; The README contains a lot of information ; ;========================================================== [colors] ;background = ${xrdb:color0:#222} background = #222 background-alt = #444 ;foreground = ${xrdb:color7:#222} foreground = #dfdfdf foreground-alt = #555 primary = #ffb52a secondary = #e60053 alert = #bd2c40 [bar/example] ;monitor = ${env:MONITOR:HDMI-1} width = 100% height = 27 ;offset-x = 1% ;offset-y = 1% radius = 6.0 fixed-center = false background = ${colors.background} foreground = ${colors.foreground} line-size = 3 line-color = #f00 border-size = 4 border-color = #00000000 padding-left = 0 padding-right = 2 module-margin-left = 1 module-margin-right = 2 font-0 = "UbuntuMono Nerd Font:style=Regular:size=10" ;font-0 = fixed:pixelsize=10;1 ;font-1 = unifont:fontformat=truetype:size=8:antialias=false;0 ;font-2 = siji:pixelsize=10;1 modules-left = bspwm i3 modules-center = mpd ;modules-right = filesystem xbacklight alsa pulseaudio xkeyboard memory cpu wlan eth battery temperature date powermenu modules-right = filesystem xbacklight pulseaudio memory cpu battery date wlan eth powermenu tray-position = right tray-padding = 2 ;tray-background = #0063ff ;wm-restack = bspwm ;wm-restack = i3 ;override-redirect = true ;scroll-up = bspwm-desknext ;scroll-down = bspwm-deskprev ;scroll-up = i3wm-wsnext ;scroll-down = i3wm-wsprev cursor-click = pointer cursor-scroll = ns-resize [module/xwindow] type = internal/xwindow label = %title:0:30:...% [module/xkeyboard] type = internal/xkeyboard blacklist-0 = num lock format-prefix = " " format-prefix-foreground = ${colors.foreground-alt} format-prefix-underline = ${colors.secondary} label-layout = %layout% label-layout-underline = ${colors.secondary} label-indicator-padding = 2 label-indicator-margin = 1 label-indicator-background = ${colors.secondary} label-indicator-underline = ${colors.secondary} [module/filesystem] type = internal/fs interval = 25 mount-0 = / label-mounted = %{F#0a81f5}%mountpoint%%{F-}: %percentage_used%% label-unmounted = %mountpoint% not mounted label-unmounted-foreground = ${colors.foreground-alt} [module/bspwm] type = internal/bspwm label-focused = %index% label-focused-background = ${colors.background-alt} label-focused-underline= ${colors.primary} label-focused-padding = 2 label-occupied = %index% label-occupied-padding = 2 label-urgent = %index%! label-urgent-background = ${colors.alert} label-urgent-padding = 2 label-empty = %index% label-empty-foreground = ${colors.foreground-alt} label-empty-padding = 2 ; Separator in between workspaces ; label-separator = | [module/i3] type = internal/i3 format =

index-sort = true wrapping-scroll = false ; Only show workspaces on the same output as the bar ;pin-workspaces = true label-mode-padding = 2 label-mode-foreground = #000 label-mode-background = ${colors.primary} ; focused = Active workspace on focused monitor label-focused = %index% label-focused-background = ${colors.background-alt} label-focused-underline= ${colors.primary} label-focused-padding = 2 ; unfocused = Inactive workspace on any monitor label-unfocused = %index% label-unfocused-padding = 2 ; visible = Active workspace on unfocused monitor label-visible = %index% label-visible-background = ${self.label-focused-background} label-visible-underline = ${self.label-focused-underline} label-visible-padding = ${self.label-focused-padding} ; urgent = Workspace with urgency hint set label-urgent = %index% label-urgent-background = ${colors.alert} label-urgent-padding = 2 ; Separator in between workspaces ; label-separator = | [module/mpd] type = internal/mpd format-online =

icon-prev =  icon-stop =  icon-play =  icon-pause =  icon-next =  label-song-maxlen = 25 label-song-ellipsis = true [module/xbacklight] type = internal/xbacklight format = label = BL bar-width = 10 bar-indicator = | bar-indicator-foreground = #fff bar-indicator-font = 2 bar-fill = ─ bar-fill-font = 2 bar-fill-foreground = #9f78e1 bar-empty = ─ bar-empty-font = 2 bar-empty-foreground = ${colors.foreground-alt} [module/backlight-acpi] inherit = module/xbacklight type = internal/backlight card = intel_backlight [module/cpu] type = internal/cpu interval = 2 format-prefix = " " format-prefix-foreground = ${colors.foreground-alt} format-underline = #f90000 label = %percentage:2%% [module/memory] type = internal/memory interval = 2 format-prefix = " " format-prefix-foreground = ${colors.foreground-alt} format-underline = #4bffdc label = %percentage_used%% [module/wlan] type = internal/network interface = wlp2s0 interval = 3.0 format-connected =

format-connected-underline = #9f78e1 label-connected = %essid% format-disconnected = ;format-disconnected = ;format-disconnected-underline = ${self.format-connected-underline} ;label-disconnected = %ifname% disconnected ;label-disconnected-foreground = ${colors.foreground-alt} ramp-signal-0 =  ramp-signal-1 =  ramp-signal-2 =  ramp-signal-3 =  ramp-signal-4 =  ramp-signal-foreground = ${colors.foreground-alt} [module/eth] type = internal/network interface = enp0s31f6 interval = 3.0 format-connected-underline = #55aa55 format-connected-prefix = " " format-connected-prefix-foreground = ${colors.foreground-alt} label-connected = %local_ip% format-disconnected = ;format-disconnected = ;format-disconnected-underline = ${self.format-connected-underline} ;label-disconnected = %ifname% disconnected ;label-disconnected-foreground = ${colors.foreground-alt} [module/date] type = internal/date interval = 5 date = " %Y-%m-%d" date-alt = " %Y-%m-%d" time = %H:%M:%S time-alt = %H:%M:%S format-prefix =  format-prefix-foreground = ${colors.foreground-alt} format-underline = #0a6cf5 label = %date% %time% [module/pulseaudio] type = internal/pulseaudio format-volume =

label-volume = VOL %percentage%% label-volume-foreground = ${root.foreground} label-muted = 🔇 muted label-muted-foreground = #666 bar-volume-width = 10 bar-volume-foreground-0 = #55aa55 bar-volume-foreground-1 = #55aa55 bar-volume-foreground-2 = #55aa55 bar-volume-foreground-3 = #55aa55 bar-volume-foreground-4 = #55aa55 bar-volume-foreground-5 = #f5a70a bar-volume-foreground-6 = #ff5555 bar-volume-gradient = false bar-volume-indicator = | bar-volume-indicator-font = 2 bar-volume-fill = ─ bar-volume-fill-font = 2 bar-volume-empty = ─ bar-volume-empty-font = 2 bar-volume-empty-foreground = ${colors.foreground-alt} [module/alsa] type = internal/alsa format-volume =

label-volume = VOL label-volume-foreground = ${root.foreground} format-muted-prefix = " " format-muted-foreground = ${colors.foreground-alt} label-muted = sound muted bar-volume-width = 10 bar-volume-foreground-0 = #55aa55 bar-volume-foreground-1 = #55aa55 bar-volume-foreground-2 = #55aa55 bar-volume-foreground-3 = #55aa55 bar-volume-foreground-4 = #55aa55 bar-volume-foreground-5 = #f5a70a bar-volume-foreground-6 = #ff5555 bar-volume-gradient = false bar-volume-indicator = | bar-volume-indicator-font = 2 bar-volume-fill = ─ bar-volume-fill-font = 2 bar-volume-empty = ─ bar-volume-empty-font = 2 bar-volume-empty-foreground = ${colors.foreground-alt} [module/battery] type = internal/battery battery = BAT0 adapter = AC full-at = 98 format-charging =

format-charging-underline = #ffb52a format-discharging =

format-discharging-underline = ${self.format-charging-underline} format-full-prefix = " " format-full-prefix-foreground = ${colors.foreground-alt} format-full-underline = ${self.format-charging-underline} ramp-capacity-0 =  ramp-capacity-1 =  ramp-capacity-2 =  ramp-capacity-foreground = ${colors.foreground-alt} animation-charging-0 =  animation-charging-1 =  animation-charging-2 =  animation-charging-foreground = ${colors.foreground-alt} animation-charging-framerate = 750 animation-discharging-0 =  animation-discharging-1 =  animation-discharging-2 =  animation-discharging-foreground = ${colors.foreground-alt} animation-discharging-framerate = 750 ;[module/temperature] ;type = internal/temperature ;thermal-zone = 0 ;warn-temperature = 60 ;format = ;format-underline = #f50a4d ;format-warn =

;format-warn-underline = ${self.format-underline} ;label = %temperature-c% ;label-warn = %temperature-c% ;label-warn-foreground = ${colors.secondary} ;ramp-0 =  ;ramp-1 =  ;ramp-2 =  ;ramp-foreground = ${colors.foreground-alt} [module/powermenu] type = custom/menu expand-right = true format-spacing = 1 label-open =  label-open-foreground = ${colors.secondary} label-close =  cancel label-close-foreground = ${colors.secondary} label-separator = | label-separator-foreground = ${colors.foreground-alt} menu-0-0 = reboot menu-0-0-exec = menu-open-1 menu-0-1 = power off menu-0-1-exec = menu-open-2 menu-1-0 = cancel menu-1-0-exec = menu-open-0 menu-1-1 = reboot menu-1-1-exec = sudo reboot menu-2-0 = power off menu-2-0-exec = sudo poweroff menu-2-1 = cancel menu-2-1-exec = menu-open-0 [settings] screenchange-reload = true ;compositing-background = xor ;compositing-background = screen ;compositing-foreground = source ;compositing-border = over ;pseudo-transparency = false [global/wm] margin-top = 0 margin-bottom = 0 ; vim:ft=dosini ```

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