[Feature request] Set the split on the top (or on the left) of the current window
Author: SpheerysCreated Jun 25, 2015Updated Sep 18, 2026
Labelsenhancementaccepted4.10requires-configuration
By default, i3wm can divide a screen horizontally or vertically. With the correct key binding, you mark the split respectively on the right (or on the bottom) of the current window. But when I split horizontally a window, I don't always want to split it on the right side : sometimes I want it on the left side ! For now I do it classically, but I have to move the new window on the left side. It's too much effort for me (i3wm makes me very, very lazy ^^).
We could do for example :
bindsym $win+Shift+v focus up, split v
bindsym $win+Shift+h focus left, split hCould we imagine this improvement in a future version ?
Source: i3/i3