focusdir

Function	Expected argument	Default keybinding
focusdir	0, 1, 2 and 3	Super+<arrow key>

The focusdir function allows focus to change in a directional manner by calculating the best suitable candidate based on the position and size of all visible windows.

This may be desirable for grid layouts or the fibonacci spiral / dwindle layouts rather than simply focusing on clients up and down the stack.

Features

• focus on the next client in any direction (up, down, left, right)
• focus wraps around within the same monitor (as opposed to focus drifting to an adjacent monitor)
• supports focusing on stacked clients (e.g. deck layout)
• focus restricted to floating or tiled windows only (depending on the state of the currently focused client)

This is accessible through Super+<arrow> directional keys.

External commands:

duskc run_command focusdir 0  # Left
duskc run_command focusdir 1  # Right
duskc run_command focusdir 2  # Up
duskc run_command focusdir 3  # Down

Also see placedir.

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