i3-open-next-ws

A companion utility to i3wm for managing workspaces. I found myself wanting to move windows to their own workspaces, without caring which number that workspace has, so I wrote this simple tool to pick first unused workspace automagically.

Installation:

cargo install --git https://github.com/JohnDowson/i3-open-next-ws.git
# add ~/.cargo/bin/ to path

Usage:

i3-open-next-ws [OPTIONS] [WORKSPACE]
OPTIONS:
    -e, --exec <COMMAND>       Execute COMMAND on a new workspace
    -f, --focus                Focus first unused workspace
    -m, --move                 Move focused window to the first unused workspace

This will move currently focused window to first unused workspace:

$ i3-open-next-ws --move

This will focus workspace 5

$ i3-open-next-ws --focus 5

This will open chromium on workspace 3

$ i3-open-next-ws --exec chromium -- 3

Commands can be combined: this will move currently focused window to the first unused workspace AND focus that workspace

$ i3-open-next-ws --focus --move