i3 vertical master & stack layout

Includes swapping functionality

Adapted from Christian Tenllado and YourArmpitStinks.

Installation

1. Download and place the files master-stack and swapper in your ~/.config/i3 directory.

2. Add the following lines to your ~/.config/i3/config

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# AUTOSTART #
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exec --no-startup-id $HOME/.config/i3/master-stack


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# BINDINGS #
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bindsym $mod+Tab exec --no-startup-id $HOME/.config/i3/swapper

3. You may have to restart i3 or log out and log back in for the changes to take effect.

Usage

The layout consists of a master window and a stack.

┌────────┬───────┐
│        │       │
│ Master │ Stack │
│        │       │
└────────┴───────┘

Opening a new window will set it as the master window, while consecutive windows will be automatically inserted into the stack.

┌────────┬───────┐
│        │ Stack │
│ Master │┄┄┄┄┄┄┄│
│        │   +   │
└────────┴───────┘

Pressing the swapping keybind $mod+Tab will swap the focused window and the master window.

┌───────┬───────┐    ┏━━━━━━━┓───────┐
│       │   2   │    ┃       ┃   2   │
│   1   ┢━━━━━━━┪ -> ┃   3   ┠───────┤
│       ┃   3   ┃    ┃       ┃   1   │
└───────┗━━━━━━━┛    ┗━━━━━━━┹───────┘