Thanks, Marco. I had found that discussion before asking my question, in
fact. It's not quite the direction I want to go.
I now have this working. I do
bindsym Shift+w mode "workspace"
and then
mode "workspace" {
# Switch to workspace.
# This depends on my having set up odd workspaces on the left monitor
# and even workspaces on the right monitor.
bindsym a workspace 1; workspace 2; mode "default"
bindsym b workspace 3; workspace 4; mode "default"
bindsym c workspace 5; workspace 6; mode "default"
bindsym d workspace 7; workspace 8; mode "default"
bindsym e workspace 9; workspace 10; mode "default"
}
(Interestingly, "W" does not work on bindsym while "Shift+w" does.)
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On 5 March 2015 at 10:14, Marco Hunsicker <i...@hunsicker.de> wrote:
> Hello Jeff,
>
> On my desktop, I typically pair workspaces, and if I change the left one,
>> I'm about to change the right one.
>>
>> Does i3 have native support for this? (I don't see it?) Or should I
>> write
>> a script that does both changes for me (not hard)? Or is there a better
>> way?
>>
>
> There's another way: fake-outputs!
>
> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1659/force-one-i3-instanceworkspace-across-
> multiple-monitors/
>
> It's not supported nor recommended by Michael and therefore goes
> unmentioned in the docs (it only exists for the testsuite), but I happily
> use it with a 3 monitor setup without issues. Your mileage may vary of
> course, and Michael mentions possible shortcomings in this thread:
>
> http://infra.in.zekjur.net/pipermail/i3-discuss/2014-November/001948.html
>
> Cheers,
> Marco
>
>
