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BushMan_01

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Registered: 2019-06-30

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[SOLVED] Having trouble creating hotkey for firefox in i3-gaps

What seems to be the culprit:

ERROR: CONFIG: Line 43: binsym Mod4+i exec firefox
ERROR: CONFIG:             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
ERROR: FYI: You are using i3 version 4.16.1 (2019-01-27)
ERROR: Could not translate string to key symbol: "cpc"
ERROR: Received ConfigureNotify for unknown window 0x00800000
ERROR: Received ExposeEvent for unknown window 0x00800000
(this repeats for a bit, and towards the bottom of the error message the number changes to 0x00800001, and then in the bottom 3 lines it becomes 0x00800002)

Please help, I hope I have provided enough information. Sorry that I couldn't put in the whole message, as the "nagbar" window that opens on a bad config doesn't seem to have any copy and paste capabilities.

The hotkey seems to follow the gist of what I found on the i3 user's guide:
bindsym f exec firefox

(corrected based on later comments, as this is not a direct copy and paste)

Last edited by BushMan_01 (2019-07-01 15:47:27)

2ManyDogs

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Re: [SOLVED] Having trouble creating hotkey for firefox in i3-gaps

Every i3 config example I have seen uses $mod (not Mod4). Does it work if you replace Mod4 with $mod?

If not, please post your entire i3 config file (use [ code ] tags or a pastebin client).

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Co … s_and_code
https://bbs.archlinux.org/help.php#bbcode

BushMan_01

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Re: [SOLVED] Having trouble creating hotkey for firefox in i3-gaps

My termite hotkey works with Mod4, but I tested with $mod and it didn't work either.

# i3 config file (v4)
#
# Please see https://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html for a complete reference!
#
# This config file uses keycodes (bindsym) and was written for the QWERTY
# layout.
#
# To get a config file with the same key positions, but for your current
# layout, use the i3-config-wizard
#

# 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

# 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

# Before i3 v4.8, we used to recommend this one as the default:
# font -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--13-120-75-75-C-70-iso10646-1
# The font above is very space-efficient, that is, it looks good, sharp and
# clear in small sizes. However, its unicode glyph coverage is limited, the old
# X core fonts rendering does not support right-to-left and this being a bitmap
# font, it doesn't scale on retina/hidpi displays.

# Brightness controls
bindsym XF86MonBrightnessUp exec xbacklight -inc 20
bindsym XF86MonBrightnessDown exec xbacklight -dec 20

# Pulseaudio volume controls
bindsym XF86AudioRaiseVolume exec --no-startup-id pactl set-sink-volume 0 +5%
bindsym XF86AudioLowerVolume exec --no-startup-id pactl set-sink-volume 0 -5%
bindsym XF86AudioMute exec pactl --no-startup-id set-sink-mute 0 toggle

#Media player controls
bindsym XF86AudioPlay exec --no-startup-id playerctl play-pause
bindsym XF86AudioNext exec --no-startup-id playerctl next
bindsym XF86AudioPrev exec --no-startup-id playerctl previous

#Application hotkeys
bindsym Mod4+t exec termite
binsym Mod4+i exec firefox

# use these keys for focus, movement, and resize directions when reaching for
# the arrows is not convenient
set $up l
set $down k
set $left j
set $right semicolon

# use Mouse+Mod4 to drag floating windows to their wanted position
floating_modifier Mod4

# kill focused window
bindsym Mod4+Shift+q kill

# start dmenu (a program launcher)
bindsym Mod4+d exec dmenu_run
# There also is the (new) i3-dmenu-desktop which only displays applications
# shipping a .desktop file. It is a wrapper around dmenu, so you need that
# installed.
# bindsym Mod4+d exec --no-startup-id i3-dmenu-desktop

# change focus
bindsym Mod4+$left focus left
bindsym Mod4+$down focus down
bindsym Mod4+$up focus up
bindsym Mod4+$right focus right

# alternatively, you can use the cursor keys:
bindsym Mod4+Left focus left
bindsym Mod4+Down focus down
bindsym Mod4+Up focus up
bindsym Mod4+Right focus right

# move focused window
bindsym Mod4+Shift+$left move left
bindsym Mod4+Shift+$down move down
bindsym Mod4+Shift+$up move up
bindsym Mod4+Shift+$right move right

# alternatively, you can use the cursor keys:
bindsym Mod4+Shift+Left move left
bindsym Mod4+Shift+Down move down
bindsym Mod4+Shift+Up move up
bindsym Mod4+Shift+Right move right

# split in horizontal orientation
bindsym Mod4+h split h

# split in vertical orientation
bindsym Mod4+v split v

# enter fullscreen mode for the focused container
bindsym Mod4+f fullscreen toggle

# change container layout (stacked, tabbed, toggle split)
bindsym Mod4+s layout stacking
bindsym Mod4+w layout tabbed
bindsym Mod4+e layout toggle split

# toggle tiling / floating
bindsym Mod4+Shift+space floating toggle

# change focus between tiling / floating windows
bindsym Mod4+space focus mode_toggle

# focus the parent container
bindsym Mod4+p focus parent

# focus the child container
bindsym Mod4+cpc focus child

# move the currently focused window to the scratchpad
bindsym Mod4+Shift+minus move scratchpad

# Show the next scratchpad window or hide the focused scratchpad window.
# If there are multiple scratchpad windows, this command cycles through them.
bindsym Mod4+minus scratchpad show

# 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 Mod4+1 workspace $ws1
bindsym Mod4+2 workspace $ws2
bindsym Mod4+3 workspace $ws3
bindsym Mod4+4 workspace $ws4
bindsym Mod4+5 workspace $ws5
bindsym Mod4+6 workspace $ws6
bindsym Mod4+7 workspace $ws7
bindsym Mod4+8 workspace $ws8
bindsym Mod4+9 workspace $ws9
bindsym Mod4+0 workspace $ws10

# move focused container to workspace
bindsym Mod4+Shift+1 move container to workspace $ws1
bindsym Mod4+Shift+2 move container to workspace $ws2
bindsym Mod4+Shift+3 move container to workspace $ws3
bindsym Mod4+Shift+4 move container to workspace $ws4
bindsym Mod4+Shift+5 move container to workspace $ws5
bindsym Mod4+Shift+6 move container to workspace $ws6
bindsym Mod4+Shift+7 move container to workspace $ws7
bindsym Mod4+Shift+8 move container to workspace $ws8
bindsym Mod4+Shift+9 move container to workspace $ws9
bindsym Mod4+Shift+0 move container to workspace $ws10

# reload the configuration file
bindsym Mod4+Shift+c reload
# restart i3 inplace (preserves your layout/session, can be used to upgrade i3)
bindsym Mod4+Shift+r restart
# exit i3 (logs you out of your X session)
bindsym Mod4+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<E2><80><99>s width.
        # Pressing right will grow the window<E2><80><99>s width.
        # Pressing up will shrink the window<E2><80><99>s height.
        # Pressing down will grow the window<E2><80><99>s height.
        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

        # 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 Mod4+r
        bindsym Return mode "default"
        bindsym Escape mode "default"
        bindsym Mod4+r mode "default"
}

bindsym Mod4+r mode "resize"

# Start i3bar to display a workspace bar (plus the system information i3status
# finds out, if available)
bar {
        status_command i3status
}

#######################################################################
# automatically start i3-config-wizard to offer the user to create a
# keysym-based config which used their favorite modifier (alt or windows)
#
# i3-config-wizard will not launch if there already is a config file
# in ~/.i3/config.
#
# Please remove the following exec line:
#######################################################################

Last edited by BushMan_01 (2019-07-01 15:45:35)

2ManyDogs

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Re: [SOLVED] Having trouble creating hotkey for firefox in i3-gaps

#binsym Mod4+i exec firefox

This is not what you posted in your original question. Do you see the typo?

BushMan_01

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Re: [SOLVED] Having trouble creating hotkey for firefox in i3-gaps

#binsym Mod4+i exec firefox

This is not what you posted in your original question. Do you see the typo?

I do that so I can run i3 and not get errors (so I can actually access this site). I would like to uncomment it, but I get the error described in OP every time I do. I will remove the # from the post so that it is clear that the broken version is shown.

EDIT: Oh no, I see the typo now xD
Is it obvious that I did badly in English class in school?

Thank you for your help

Last edited by BushMan_01 (2019-07-01 15:54:30)

2ManyDogs

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Re: [SOLVED] Having trouble creating hotkey for firefox in i3-gaps

You're welcome, and looking again at your first post, you had the typo there too and I missed it. In any event, thanks for marking this solved.

BushMan_01

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Re: [SOLVED] Having trouble creating hotkey for firefox in i3-gaps

I actually added the typo into the first post retroactively as I must have made a mistake in typing it in originally.