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So I do have i3 window manager on my Manjaro Linux. When I want to focus the windows on the left/right I just prest mod+left/right arrow and thats it. But now I launched 4 terminal windows (2 at the top, and 2 at the bottom). When I am for example in the left upper corner window, and I go to the window below it with cmd+down arrow it focuses the left lower corner window, thats correct. But when I want to then switch to the windows on the right side, so that would be the windows in the right lower corner I press mod+right arrow but it switches to right upper corner window, so then I have to press mod+down arrow to get to the window I wanted to. Can I somehow make it switch to the correct window?
minecraftplayer1234
Posted 2017-02-28T18:50:35.463
Reputation: 145
not really. the order in which you open the windows can affect which arrows "work properly always". but crossing a certain container boundary always activates the last-used-window-in-that-container instead of the position you want. (try a 2x3 layout instead to see.) i think this issue describes (poorly) the bug you're seeing.
– quixotic – 2017-02-28T19:46:25.280@quixotic The linked bug actually describes an issue where
i3may not focus the last used window in a different container, but the nearest window. This can only happen with multiple displays and certain container constellations and configuration settings. – Adaephon – 2017-03-01T14:30:52.213@Adaephon sure, possibly. it's a very poor description. if that's not the same bug a new issue should be raised. – quixotic – 2017-03-01T16:11:27.807
The way I understand the question, the issue seems to be that instead of moving focus "intuitively",
i3always focuses the last active window when moving focus between containers. This would not be a bug but intentional. – Adaephon – 2017-03-01T16:20:38.417