• Create i3 workspaces with custom names on the fly
• Type a few letters to jump to a target workspace using fuzzy matching
• Quick toggle between the two most recently used workspaces
• Bring/send containers to workspaces while doing any of the above

You need this installed for fluidspaces to be useful, of course.

pacman -S i3  # to install on Arch

Refer to the i3 repository docs to install on Ubuntu.

Can be used as a replacement for dmenu. Has a nicer looking menu, displays different prompts for different actions, etc. Not required for fluidspaces to function.

sudo pacman -S rofi  # to install on Arch
sudo apt install rofi  # to install on Ubuntu

From PyPi:

pip install fluidspaces

From source:

git clone https://github.com/mosbasik/fluidspaces.git
cd fluidspaces
pip install .

Using defaults:

bindsym $mod+c            exec "fluidspaces"
bindsym $mod+Shift+c      exec "fluidspaces --send-to"
bindsym $mod+Ctrl+Shift+c exec "fluidspaces --bring-to"

bindsym $mod+Tab          exec "fluidspaces --toggle"
bindsym $mod+Shift+Tab    exec "fluidspaces --toggle --send-to"

Using rofi instead of dmenu:

bindsym $mod+c            exec "fluidspaces --menu=rofi"
bindsym $mod+Shift+c      exec "fluidspaces --menu=rofi --send-to"
bindsym $mod+Ctrl+Shift+c exec "fluidspaces --menu=rofi --bring-to"

# note that toggling bypasses the menu entirely, so no need to define it
bindsym $mod+Tab          exec "fluidspaces --toggle"
bindsym $mod+Shift+Tab    exec "fluidspaces --toggle --send-to"