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+i3 is a tiling display manager for Linux based systems. Sometimes, there are handy options you can add to the config which I will list here.
+====== i3 config ======
+Trying to configure i3 but missing common functionality? Here are some helper commands I use!
+===== Open certain programs in floating mode =====
+This is useful for some programs like 'pavucontrol' or 'qt5ct'. Use this template for other programs as well
+<code>for_window [class="SMPlayer"] floating enable
+for_window [class="qt5ct"] floating enable sticky enable border normal
+</code>
+===== Set desktop background color =====
+Don't want to stare at your DM as your wallpaper?
+  exec --no-startup-id xsetroot -solid "#333333" &
+Just pick the background color.
+Or use feh.
+===== Pick which monitor gets the i3bar icons =====
+Programs that stay in the tray on i3bar usually default to one of your monitors.
+To change this, just tell i3 which monitor to put the tray on.
+<code>bar {
+        status_command i3status
+        tray_output primary
+}
+</code>
+Where primary defaults to your primary monitor. This can be a single monitor as well.
+===== Use rofi instead of dmenu =====
+Rofi is a program launcher with some more features.
+Just bind the key used to launch dmenu to rofi instead.
+  bindsym Mod1+d exec exec rofi -combi-modi window#drun#ssh -theme gruvbox-dark -font "hack 10" -show combi
+===== Change monitor brightness (laptops) =====
+On laptops, it is handy to have a way to change monitor brightness.
+This can be done with a number of tools, I currently use light. -A is up, -U is down, don't ask me why.
+<code>
+bindsym XF86MonBrightnessUp exec light -A 5
+bindsym XF86MonBrightnessDown exec light -U 5
+</code>
+On desktops, one can use ddcci to change the brightness of external displays.