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 {{Lowercase_title}}
 {{Expansion|there are a lot more [https://search.nixos.org/options/?query=i3 options]}}
-[https://i3wm.org/ i3] is a tiling window manager for X.
+[https://i3wm.org/ i3] is a tiling window manager for [[Xorg|X Window System]].
 == Enabling ==
-To use i3 set <code>services.xserver.windowManager.i3.enable</code> to <code>true</code>. For example:
+To use i3 set {{nixos:option|services.xserver.windowManager.i3.enable}} to <code>true</code>. For example:
 {{file|/etc/nixos/configuration.nix|nix|
 <nowiki>
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 {
-  ...
-  environment.pathsToLink = [ "/libexec" ]; # links /libexec from derivations to /run/current-system/sw
    ...
    services.xserver = {
      enable = true;
-    desktopManager = {
-      xterm.enable = false;
-    };
-    displayManager = {
-        defaultSession = "none+i3";
-    };
      windowManager.i3 = {
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          i3status # gives you the default i3 status bar
          i3lock #default i3 screen locker
-        i3blocks #if you are planning on using i3blocks over i3status
       ];
      };
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 </nowiki>
 }}
+By default, the path to the i3 configuration file is <code>$HOME/.i3/config</code>. For a full list of i3 options, refer to the {{nixos:option|services.xserver.windowManager.i3}} module options.
 {{Evaluate}}
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 [[Xfce#Using_as_a_desktop_manager_and_not_a_window_manager]].
-===I3-gaps fork===
+== Tips & tricks ==
+=== I3-gaps fork ===
 To use i3-gaps fork, the following line should be added to the configuration.nix:
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 <syntaxhighlight lang="nix" inline>services.xserver.windowManager.i3.package = pkgs.i3-gaps;</syntaxhighlight>
-== Tips & tricks ==
+=== i3blocks ===
-===i3blocks===
-After installing and enabling i3blocks, you may notice that i3block won't work. why?
+After installing and enabling i3blocks, you may find that i3block does not work. This issue occurs because i3blocks reads its contents from a hardcoded path in <code>/etc</code> by default.
-It seems that i3blocks read it's contents from a hardcoded path in /etc by default.
+Since in nixos however, these contents are located within the Nix store at a path similar to:
-Since in nixos, this path look something like:
 {{file|Path of i3blocks in nixos|nix|
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 }}
-And it can't find this path, so we have to create a link to this path by adding this line to configuration.nix file:
+Since i3blocks cannot locate this path, you have to create a link to this path by adding this line to configuration.nix file:
 {{file|/etc/nixos/configuration.nix|nix|
 <nowiki>
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 }}
-Finally, your block may looks like:
+After rebuilding the system, you may configure your block like the following:
 {{file|~/.config/i3/i3blocks.conf|nix|
 <nowiki>
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 }}
-===DConf===
+=== DConf ===
 If your settings aren't being saved for some applications (gtk3 applications, firefox), like the size of file selection windows, or the size of the save dialog, you will need to enable dconf:
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 }}
-===Lxappearance===
+=== Lxappearance ===
 To change the icon and themes you can install lxappearance:
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 === Solve inconsistency between gtk2 and gtk3 themes ===
 If enabling '''dconf''' or installing '''Lxappearance''' but still see inconsistency between themes, you have to manually edit their configurations. In fact, It is possible to install some gtk3 themes but when you start another gtk2 application, your theme not effected properly. It's because there is no .gtkrc-2.0 in your home directory. First create it and paste these lines to it:
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 === Wallpaper ===
 If <code>~/.background-image</code> exists then it will be displayed as a wallpaper. Options <code>services.xserver.desktopManager.wallpaper.combineScreens</code> and <code>.mode</code> control exactly how it is displayed.
-[[Category:Window managers]]
+=== i3status with home-manager ===
-[[Category:Applications]]
+Same as in i3status-rust. Notice: home-manager will not override your existing config, i.e. if the file/folder  <code>~/.config/i3status/config</code>  is present on your system, there won't be any changes after rebuilding.
+External resources that can help you with your setup: [https://home-manager-options.extranix.com/?query=xsession.windowManager.i3.config https://home-manager-options.extranix.com/?query=xsession.windowManager.i3.config]
+==== To enable i3status in home-manager and change some basic options: ====
+{{file|home.nix|nix|
+<nowiki>
+programs.i3status = {
+  enable = true;
+  general = {
+    colors = true;
+    color_good = "#98971a";
+    color_bad  = "#9d0006";
+    interval = 1;
+  };
+};
+</nowiki>
+}}
+==== Adding various modules: ====
+{{file|home.nix|nix|
+<nowiki>
+programs.i3status = {
+  ...
+  modules = {
+    "disk /" = {
+       enable = true;
+       position = 1;
+       settings = {
+         format = "FREE: %free";
+       };
+    };
+    # Current wireless connection (ethernet is pretty much the same)
+    "wireless <replace-with-interface-name>" = {
+      enable = true;
+      position = 2;
+      settings = {
+        format_up = "W: (%quality at %essid) %ip";
+        format_down = "W: down";
+      };
+    };
+    # Battery status
+    "battery 0" = {
+      enable = true;
+      position = 4;
+      settings = {
+        format = "BAT: %status %percentage %remaining %emptytime";
+        format_down = "No battery";
+        status_chr = "CHR";
+        status_bat = "";
+        status_unk = "?";
+        status_full = "FULL";
+        path = "/sys/class/power_supply/BAT1/uevent";
+        low_threshold = 10;
+      };
+    };
+  };
+};
+</nowiki>
+}}
+===== Disabling default i3status modules =====
+After setting up i3status, you may notice it shows two eth- and wifi's. To disable <code>ethernet _first_</code> and <code>wireless _first_</code>, add the following:
+{{file|home.nix|nix|
+<nowiki>
+programs.i3status.modules = {
+  "wireless _first_" = {
+    enable = false;
+  };
+  "ethernet _first_" = {
+    enable = false;
+  };
+};
+</nowiki>
+}}
 === i3status-rust with home-manager ===
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 i3status-rust can be configured through home-manager, but that configuration does not autoamatically update i3 to invoke i3status-rust. Instead <code>xsession.windowManager.i3.config.bars</code> needs to be updated to reference i3status-rust and the config files that the home-manager config produces. Consider the following setup:
-{{file|~/.config/nixpkg/home.nix|nix|
+{{file|home.nix|nix|
 <nowiki>
    xsession.windowManager.i3 = {
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 </nowiki>
 }}
-=== i3status with home-manager ===
-Same as in i3status-rust. Notice: home-manager will not override your existing config, i.e. if the file/folder  <code>~/.config/i3status/config</code>  is present on your system, there won't be any changes after rebuilding.
+[[Category:Window managers]]
+[[Category:Applications]]
-External resources that can help you with your setup: https://home-manager-options.extranix.com/?query=xsession.windowManager.i3.config
+[[Category:Desktop]]
-===== To enable i3status in home-manager and change some basic options: =====
-<syntaxhighlight lang="nix" line="1" start="1">
-programs.i3status = {
-  enable = true;
-  general = {
-    colors = true;
-    color_good = "#98971a";
-    color_bad  = "#9d0006";
-    interval = 1;
-  };
-};
-</syntaxhighlight>
-===== Adding various modules: =====
-<syntaxhighlight lang="nix" line="1" start="1">
-modules = {
-  "disk /" = {
-     enable = true;
-     position = 1;
-     settings = {
-       format = "FREE: %free";
-     };
-  /* Put some of the modules below after this comment */
-  };
-</syntaxhighlight>
-===== Current wireless connection (ethernet is pretty much the same) =====
-<syntaxhighlight lang="nix" line="1" start="1">
-"wireless <replace-with-interface-name>" = {
-  enable = true;
-  position = 2;
-  settings = {
-    format_up = "W: (%quality at %essid) %ip";
-    format_down = "W: down";
-  };
-};
-</syntaxhighlight>
-===== Battery status =====
-<syntaxhighlight lang="nix" line="1" start="1">
-"battery 0" = {
-  enable = true;
-  position = 4;
-  settings = {
-    format = "BAT: %status %percentage %remaining %emptytime";
-    format_down = "No battery";
-    status_chr = "CHR";
-    status_bat = "";
-    status_unk = "?";
-    status_full = "FULL";
-    path = "/sys/class/power_supply/BAT1/uevent";
-    low_threshold = 10;
-  };
-};
-</syntaxhighlight>
-=== Disabling default i3status modules: ===
-After setting up my config, i3status showed two eth- and wifi's. To disable <code>ethernet _first_</code>  and <code>wireless _first_</code>  just add:<syntaxhighlight lang="nix" line="1" start="1">
-"wireless _first_" = {
-  enable = false;
-};
-"ethernet _first_" = {
-  enable = false;
-};
-</syntaxhighlight>

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