i3-input(1)

NAME

   i3-input - interactively take a command for i3 window manager

SYNOPSIS

   i3-input [-s <socket>] [-F <format>] [-l <limit>] [-P <prompt>] [-f
   <font>] [-v]

DESCRIPTION

   i3-input is a tool to take commands (or parts of a command) composed by
   the user, and send it/them to i3. This is useful, for example, for the
   mark/goto command.

   You can press Escape to close i3-input without sending any commands.

OPTIONS

   -s <socket>
       Specify the path to the i3 IPC socket (it should not be necessary
       to use this option, i3-input will figure out the path on its own).

   -F <format>
       Every occurrence of "%s" in the <format> string is replaced by the
       user input, and the result is sent to i3 as a command. Default
       value is "%s".

   -l <limit>
       Set the maximum allowed length of the user input to <limit>
       characters. i3-input will automatically issue the command when the
       user input reaches that length.

   -P <prompt>
       Display the <prompt> string in front of user input text field. The
       prompt string is not included in the user input/command.

   -f <font>
       Use the specified X11 core font (use xfontsel to chose a font).

   -v
       Show version and exit.

EXAMPLES

   Mark a container with a single character:

       i3-input -F 'mark %s' -l 1 -P 'Mark: '

   Go to the container marked with above example:

       i3-input -F '[con_mark="%s"] focus' -l 1 -P 'Go to: '

ENVIRONMENT

   I3SOCK
   i3-input handles the different sources of socket paths in the following
   order:

   *   I3SOCK environment variable

   *   I3SOCK gets overwritten by the -s parameter, if specified

   *   if neither are available, i3-input reads the socket path from the
       X11 property, which is the recommended way

   *   if everything fails, i3-input tries /tmp/i3-ipc.sock

   The socket path is necessary to connect to i3 and actually issue the
   command.

SEE ALSO

   i3(1)

AUTHOR

   Michael Stapelberg and contributors

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