Control i3 Windows - Send i3 Messages | Online Free DevTools by Hexmos

Control i3 windows with i3-msg. Send commands to i3, manage workspaces, and query layout trees. Free online tool, no registration required.

i3-msg

Send messages to a running instance of i3 using IPC. See https://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html#list_of_commands for available commands. More information: https://manned.org/i3-msg.

  • Run an i3 command:

i3-msg {{command}}

  • Print a list of workspaces in JSON:

i3-msg -t get_workspaces

  • Print a layout tree of all open windows, containers, outputs, and workspaces in JSON:

i3-msg -t get_tree