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I've mostly moved away from i3, for XMonad where I have my workspace keys mapped to alt+qwer...zxcv in a waterfall pattern. That way workspace switching is always on one hand and I don't need to reach for the 10th workspace.

On i3 though, I find myself scrolling through workspaces a lot, especially when I have a trackpoint available. It requires almost no precision to just throw the mouse to the bottom of the display and scroll until you see the thing you want, then continue on your way.

Never once thought about wanting alt+tab, my hatred for inconsistent alt+tab is why I went to tiling wms in the first place.

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I'm very new to i3 but could you not set up a similar set of keybinds with it? What does XMonad add for you?

EDIT: I've just stolen this btw. I was never using the higher workspaces because $mod+number gets less convenient on higher numbers. This pattern works great though, thanks!

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I think I was getting frustrated over how i3 handled it, its certainly possible, but I really liked how XMonad handled multiple mod keys in the config, as well as the dynamic tiling.

It was years ago at this point and i3 was giving me issues binding alt to one of the mods, while retaining super for other shortcuts. I've always been quick to get to get frustrated with config files so it was a nice off-ramp to learn something new.