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FreeBSD-desktop-i3WM-customization
March 19th, 2023
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I am using i3wm for a few years now. I like the efficient and
effective work environment. Even if the default color scheme is
good looking and pleasant I felt that I could have some fun by
altering some of the parameters that control the look of my i3wm
installtion.
For i3wm most of the customization happens in .confic/i3/config
I selected #F3B1BB as the featured color for the custom look of i3wm.
Borders are slightly lighter to give a 3D feeling so I came up with
#FCBDC7 as the lighter tone for the color scheme.
I noted the changes that I made in .config/i3/config in the order
that they appear in the file.
# # # # #
# dmenu #
# # # # #
At the line that launches dmenu add -sb '#F3B1BB'
This assigns the certain color to the "selected background" variable
and the config file line becomes:
bindsym Mod4+d exec --no-startup-id dmenu_run -sb '#f3b1bb'
# # # # # # # # # #
# focused window #
# # # # # # # # # #
At the colors section add the following line to assign the colors of
preference to the frame of the focused window
# class border bground text indicator child_border
client.focused #fcbdc7 #f3b1bb #ffffff #fcbdc7 #f3b1bb
# # # # # # # # # # #
# focused workspace #
# # # # # # # # # # #
The focused workspace tab is part of the i3bar application.
Add the colors section and the focused workspace parameter with the
desired color codes for background and border.
bar {
colors {
focused_workspace #fcbdc7 #f3b1bb #ffffff
}
}
# # # # # #
# i3lock #
# # # # # #
Set key stroke combination to lock screen with i3lock.
bindsym Mod4+Ctrl+Shift+l exec --no-startup-id i3lock i- .config/i3lock/cherry_blossom_1920x1080.png
I had good time learning and adjusting i3wm config. It was a nice
little project for the weekend.
Special thanks to
https://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html
https://thevaluable.dev/i3-config-mouseless//
