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.\"    Manual: i3 Manual
.\"    Source: i3 4.16.1
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.TH "I3\-MSG" "1" "01/27/2019" "i3 4\&.16\&.1" "i3 Manual"
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.SH "NAME"
i3-msg \- send messages to i3 window manager
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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i3\-msg [\-q] [\-v] [\-h] [\-s socket] [\-t type] [message]
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
\fB\-q, \-\-quiet\fR
.RS 4
Only send ipc message and suppress the output of the response\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-v, \-\-version\fR
.RS 4
Display version number and exit\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-h, \-\-help\fR
.RS 4
Display a short help\-message and exit\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-s, \-\-socket\fR \fIsock_path\fR
.RS 4
i3\-msg will use the environment variable I3SOCK or the socket path given here\&. If both fail, it will try to get the socket information from the root window and then try /tmp/i3\-ipc\&.sock before exiting with an error\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-t\fR \fItype\fR
.RS 4
Send ipc message, see below\&. This option defaults to "command"\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-m\fR, \fB\-\-monitor\fR
.RS 4
Instead of exiting right after receiving the first subscribed event, wait indefinitely for all of them\&. Can only be used with "\-t subscribe"\&. See the "subscribe" IPC message type below for details\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBmessage\fR
.RS 4
Send ipc message, see below\&.
.RE
.SH "IPC MESSAGE TYPES"
.PP
command
.RS 4
The payload of the message is a command for i3 (like the commands you can bind to keys in the configuration file) and will be executed directly after receiving it\&.
.RE
.PP
get_workspaces
.RS 4
Gets the current workspaces\&. The reply will be a JSON\-encoded list of workspaces\&.
.RE
.PP
get_outputs
.RS 4
Gets the current outputs\&. The reply will be a JSON\-encoded list of outputs (see the reply section of docs/ipc, e\&.g\&. at
\m[blue]\fBhttps://i3wm\&.org/docs/ipc\&.html#_receiving_replies_from_i3\fR\m[])\&.
.RE
.PP
get_tree
.RS 4
Gets the layout tree\&. i3 uses a tree as data structure which includes every container\&. The reply will be the JSON\-encoded tree\&.
.RE
.PP
get_marks
.RS 4
Gets a list of marks (identifiers for containers to easily jump to them later)\&. The reply will be a JSON\-encoded list of window marks\&.
.RE
.PP
get_bar_config
.RS 4
Gets the configuration (as JSON map) of the workspace bar with the given ID\&. If no ID is provided, an array with all configured bar IDs is returned instead\&.
.RE
.PP
get_binding_modes
.RS 4
Gets a list of configured binding modes\&.
.RE
.PP
get_version
.RS 4
Gets the version of i3\&. The reply will be a JSON\-encoded dictionary with the major, minor, patch and human\-readable version\&.
.RE
.PP
get_config
.RS 4
Gets the currently loaded i3 configuration\&.
.RE
.PP
send_tick
.RS 4
Sends a tick to all IPC connections which subscribe to tick events\&.
.RE
.PP
subscribe
.RS 4
The payload of the message describes the events to subscribe to\&. Upon reception, each event will be dumped as a JSON\-encoded object\&. See the \-m option for continuous monitoring\&.
.RE
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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i3\-msg is a sample implementation for a client using the unix socket IPC interface to i3\&.
.SH "EXAMPLES"
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.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
# Use 1\-px border for current client
i3\-msg "border 1pixel"

# You can leave out the quotes
i3\-msg border normal

# Dump the layout tree
i3\-msg \-t get_tree

# Monitor window changes
i3\-msg \-t subscribe \-m \*(Aq[ "window" ]\*(Aq
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.SH "ENVIRONMENT"
.SS "I3SOCK"
.sp
If no ipc\-socket is specified on the commandline, this variable is used to determine the path, at which the unix domain socket is expected, on which to connect to i3\&.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.sp
i3(1)
.SH "AUTHOR"
.sp
Michael Stapelberg and contributors