[Solved] Right Arrow key will not move Windows in i3WM

tolbiac110 · 2014-12-14 06:31:17

Hey everyone,

Tonight I was getting ready to work on some stuff when I realized that using Mod+Shift+Right in i3 would not move a window to the right. All other keys (Mod+Shift+Left, etc.) would work just fine except for right. The right arrow key itself works as it will move the cursor in a text editor, can change the focus of a window in i3 and in general just work how it should. I dug through my i3 config over and over to see if something was causing a problem, but nothing else was using 'move right' in the file. I reinstalled i3, made extra sure the arrow key is working, but to no avail; it will not specifically move a window with Mod+Shift+Right. It will move it with other assigned bindings however it will work if I use right-shift and then the right arrow key, but I really prefer using the arrow keys with left-shift.

I'm wondering if anyone else is having this problem and if its something messed up with the latest version of i3, and if anyone has a solution.

My Machine:

Lenovo ThinkPad E545
AMD A6-5350M Processor
Arch Linux x86_64

Thanks. (Also, this is my first post)

Last edited by tolbiac110 (2015-02-27 03:10:28)

ajbibb · 2014-12-15 03:23:40

I don't see anything in your config file that looks out of order. Found this in the i3 FAQ which might help you work around:
https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3985/how- … eft-shift/

The i3 users guide also discusses using xev and xmodmap to figure out keybindings. I've used both when working on my config file and they are quite helpful. Might also be worth testing to see if putting the bindsym on --release helps.

When testing make sure to restart i3 (Mod+shift+r in your config file) before trying out your changes.

In the "for what it is worth" department, there are funky keyboards out there. Had one myself where many standard key bindings would not work while keyboard was fully functional in every other application. Swapped out the keyboards and all the bindsym lines worked fine. For this problem it may be easiest to get the bindcode for the problem key and be done with it.

tolbiac110 · 2014-12-15 14:09:32

ajbibb wrote:

I don't see anything in your config file that looks out of order. Found this in the i3 FAQ which might help you work around:
https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3985/how- … eft-shift/
The i3 users guide also discusses using xev and xmodmap to figure out keybindings. I've used both when working on my config file and they are quite helpful. Might also be worth testing to see if putting the bindsym on --release helps.
When testing make sure to restart i3 (Mod+shift+r in your config file) before trying out your changes.
In the "for what it is worth" department, there are funky keyboards out there. Had one myself where many standard key bindings would not work while keyboard was fully functional in every other application. Swapped out the keyboards and all the bindsym lines worked fine. For this problem it may be easiest to get the bindcode for the problem key and be done with it.

Thanks, I'll keep this saved when I get back on the keyboard issue.

wu5Vdx · 2014-12-17 16:56:37

Hi *,
I have the same problem on my Gentoo Linux machine with i3 4.7.2 running on a Lenovo ThinkPad Edge e130:
- mod + "left shift" + left: works
- mod + "left shift" + up: works
- mod + "left shift" + down: works
- mod + "left shift" + right: doesn't work
- mod + "right shift" + left: works
- mod + "right shift" + up: works
- mod + "right shift" + down: works
- mod + "right shift" + right: works

pocek · 2015-12-21 11:46:58

Same here. How was this solved?

WorMzy · 2015-12-21 20:41:41

pocek, please don't necrobump old threads. Presumably the information in the link ajbibb posted solved it for tolbiac110. If the same information doesn't help you, then open a new thread about your problem.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fo … bumping.22

Closing.

Arch Linux

#1 2014-12-14 06:31:17

[Solved] Right Arrow key will not move Windows in i3WM

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