i3wm move window to adjacent workspace regardless of whether workspace is empty or not

Question

I'm trying to figure out how to quickly send the window with focus to the next workspace numerically.

Using the following lines in my ~/.config/i3/config file, I'm able to bind Super [ and Super ] to move the currently focused window to the previous and next workspace.

# use brackets to move window to adjacent workspace
bindsym $mod+bracketright move to workspace prev
bindsym $mod+bracketleft  move to workspace next

However, only workspaces with windows currently in them are candidates for receiving the window.

In particular, if only one workspace is currently non-empty, Super [ and Super ] can't be used to declutter the current workspace by moving windows to an adjacent workspace.

Does i3 expose the ability to send a window to workspace n+1 or n-1 regardless of whether the workspace is empty or not?

Answer 1

This should do what you want (amongst other things).

i3-ws.py move 3

It's here: http://bhepple.com/doku/doku.php?id=unixscripts:0-intro

$ i3-ws.py -h 

i3-ws.py [up|down|next|prev] [go|move]
i3-ws.py [go|move] number
i3-ws.py open
i3-ws.py dynamic [go|move]

'open' uses dmenu to prompt for an application to run
'dynamic' uses dmenu to prompt for a workspace number

Answer 2

Use $Mod + Shift + '<Your Workspace Number>' to move the window to specified workspace !!!

Answer 3

bindsym $mod+ctrl+Shift+Left move to workspace prev
bindsym $mod+ctrl+Shift+Right move to workspace next

This did the job for me.