Create a group for i3/sway containers to easily switch focus between.

Using pip:

pip install i3-focus-group

If you are using Nix, you can install it from NUR.

i3-focus-group will listen at a Unix domain socket for incoming requests. Each request includes a single line of string as the name of command.

The following commands are supported:

You can use any program that supports Unix domain socket to send the request. For example:

echo "add" | socat - $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/i3-focus-group.sock
echo "switch" | socat - $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/i3-focus-group.sock

To use it with i3/sway, simply add keybindings to run the above commands:

bindsym Mod4+Tab exec echo "switch" | socat - $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/i3-focus-group.sock
bindsym Mod4+grave exec echo "toggle" | socat - $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/i3-focus-group.sock
bindsym Mod4+Shift+grave exec echo "clear" | socat - $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/i3-focus-group.sock
bindsym Mod4+comma exec echo "peekPrev" | socat - $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/i3-focus-group.sock
bindsym Mod4+period exec echo "peekNext" | socat - $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/i3-focus-group.sock

For more command-line options, run i3-focus-group -h.

1. To start with, the group with be empty.
2. Then suppose two containers A, B, and C are added to the group and now C is focused. The group becomes [C] B A. (bracket means current focus)
3. Suppose switch command is issued, it will focus on the next container B and promote it to the head. The group becomes [B] C A.
4. Suppose switch command is issued again, the group will become [C] B A.
5. Suppose peekNext is issued. The focus will change to B but without promoting the container. The group becomes C [B] A.
6. Suppose peekNext is issued again. The focus will change to A. The group becomes C B [A].
7. Suppose switch is issued next. A will be promoted first and focus will switch to the next container C. The group becomes [C] A B.

If the current focus not in the group, the next switch or peek command will focus on the first container in the group.

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