These work for me. I suggest you open an issue on Github and include log
files.
Make sure to restart i3, then press the shortcuts and then take the log
file, that way the file stays relatively small.
Ingo
On 07/02/2015 11:54 AM, Jeff Abrahamson wrote:
> I said that wrong in the subject, let me try in more than one line:
>
> I have a somewhat modal idea of how to interact with a window manager, so
> my i3 config binds very little at global level, the rest is in modes. One
> mode I call "focus", because the items in that mode I might want to do
> without leaving the mode, mostly moving between windows. In mode "i3",
> most of the bindings end with a mode command, often back to "default".
>
> I have this in my $HOME/i3/.config:
>
> set $mod Mod1
> bindsym $mod+Tab mode "i3"
>
> mode "i3" {
> # Some things I might want to do.
> # Includes a transition to focus mode.
>
> # The mode is long, but here's an example:
> bindsym c exec urxvt; mode "default"
> }
>
> mode "focus" {
> # A handful of actions that I want in a separate mode.
>
> # And then there's a bunch of move/resize bindings, and then:
>
> # If I forget where I am, do the right thing.
> bindsym $mod+Tab mode "i3"
>
> # Get me out of here.
> bindsym Return mode "default"
> bindsym Escape mode "default"
> bindsym Control+g mode "default"
> }
>
> This works great but for two bindings in "focus" mode:
>
> 1. The $mod+Tab binding I would expect to drop me into "i3" mode, but it
> has no effect.
>
> 2. The ESC and C-G bindings exit "focus" mode correctly, but RET has no
> effect.
>
> Any suggestions what I've done wrong?
>
> Jeff Abrahamson
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>
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