i3-swap-focus

i3/sway script to toggle between last windows. For older Python version (<3.7), use this branch.

Requirements

i3ipc

Install

pip install --upgrade i3-swap-focus

i3/sway config example

exec i3-swap-focus
bindsym $mod+Tab exec pkill -USR1 -F "${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}/swap_focus.pid"

Features

Ignore windows

To ignore some windows (e.g windows that belong to scratchpad), just mark them with ignore_focus in your config :

# Put a term in scratchpad
exec alacritty --class scratchpad_term

# i3 :
for_window [instance="scratchpad_term"] mark "ignore_focus", move scratchpad

# sway :
for_window [app_id="scratchpad_term"] mark "ignore_focus", move scratchpad

Stay in workspace

This script accepts a --stay-in-workspace flag if you do not wish to focus on a different workspace :

exec i3-swap-focus --stay-in-workspace