i3-auto-arrange

Opening and closing many workspaces in i3 can lead to gaps in numbering.

Instead of rearranging them yourself, you can have i3-auto-arrange do it for you.

Installation

This script is available as an AUR package.

You can use an AUR helper such as yay to install it:

yay -S i3-auto-arrange

Or, to install from source:

git clone https://github.com/denis-ismailaj/i3-auto-arrange.git
cd i3-auto-arrange
makepkg
sudo pacman -U i3-auto-arrange-*.pkg.tar.xz

Note

i3-auto-arrange depends on jq in order to parse the outputs of i3-msg

Usage

i3-auto-arrange is most useful when used as a keyboard shortcut.

To do that, open your i3 config file:

vim ~/.config/i3/config  # or ~/.i3/config

and bind your preferred key combination to running i3-auto-arrange:

bindsym <key combination> exec i3-auto-arrange