i3-move

Move i3 window manager containers using a container id (con_id).

You can use the related i3-query (but the same other) to get container ids. The logic for this code is in i3-query - this exists for discoverability.

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Motivation

I was trying to deal with orphaned containers but what having difficulty debugging code so started making "easier" tools for this.

Installation

pipx install i3-move

Usage

Move containers by their con_id:

# Move focused window to container with ID 12345
i3-move focused 12345

# Move container 67890 to container 12345
i3-move 67890 12345

How it works

i3 doesn't have a direct "move to con_id" command, so i3-move handles the mark-based workaround for you:

1. Marks the target container with a temporary mark
2. Moves the source container to that mark
3. Removes the mark

This is the official i3 way to move containers to specific container IDs.

Alternatives and prior work

You can do this programmatically using i3ipc