I just tried new window manager and did a log. This log may be useful for others :). Most of the config files I downloaded from the net and I just modified it.

Dotfiles => Solus i3 config dotfiles

Hope i uploaded everything if anything missing please do let me know.

eopkg install

These are the main packages to install i3wm

sudo eopkg it i3 i3blocks dunst rofi feh compton xprop lxappearance xkill font-awesome-4 

fontawesome

fontawesome for font icons copy the .font folder and place it in $HOME and run below command in terminal.

fc-cache -vrf

lxappearance

Used lxappearance to set the theme. I used the Nordic bluish theme and the link below

Nordic bluish theme

feh

used feh for set the wallpaper (find the setting in i3 config file).It does support setting multimonitor wallpaper display. (change the img folder or img file path in i3 config file)

compton

compton for compositor you need to find which option works for you and set it else use generic one like (comptom -b) with out config file path in i3 config. Please feel free to share the best settings to me :)

xprop

run xprop in terminal and move the mouse pointer to the desired application the xprop will print the details of the application. Find the class name and use it in i3 config and compton. (find a WM_CLASS(STRING) in xprop output)

xprop

volumeicon

copy the volumeicon application file (tray icon) from to_usr_bin folder to /usr/bin

blurlock, i3exit

copy the blurlock and i3exit shell script from to_usr_bin folder to /usr/bin. blurlock is just a fancy looking lock. Finally provide exec permission to all the shell script

 chmod +x /usr/bin/volumeicon
 chmod +x /usr/bin/blurlock
 chmod +x /usr/bin/i3exit

i3 config

its a main config file (~/.config/i3/config) I did set the super/windows key as a mod key (you can change it to other key). Go through the key bindings in the file and remember the keybinding.

mod+0 key to lock/exit/reboot/shutdown

~/.config/i3/config

i3 blocks config

To display the top panel have a look at i3blocks config file

~/.config/i3/i3Blocks.conf

dunst

used dunst to show the notification

I used Papirus-Dark you can change icon theme in dunstrc config file. if icons are not visible then make a soft link in local/share.

cd ~/.local/share
ln -s /usr/share/icons/ icons

dunst config

~/.config/dunst/dunstrc

rofi

rofi run launcher (mod+d key) - screenshot

rofi active window launcher (mod+tab key) - screenshot

rofi calendar mouse click on date/time in top panel - screenshot

Set the alignment in rofi-calendar.sh mainly -yoffset -285 -xoffset 540 \ values

~/.config/i3/scripts/rofi-calendar.sh

rofi signout mouse click on powerbutton in top panel - screenshot

Set the alignment in power-menu.sh mainly -yoffset -285 -xoffset 540 \ values. Please uncomment [poweroff] blocks in i3Blocks.conf file if you want to use it (I am using mod+0)

~/.config/i3/scripts/power-menu.sh

rofi theme file

~/.config/rofi/config

have a look at rofi theme (.rasi) file in rofi folder and .Xresource file for any modification or new themes by default rofi comes with rofi-theme-selector just run the same in terminal and follow the steps.

rofi-theme-selector

morc_menu

Morc menu is an alternative to dmenu i did download manually from morc_menu copy the morc_menu application file to /usr/bin and customised config file in dotfiles folder. or copy from to_usr_bin folder to /usr/bin and finally provide exec permission for morc_menu

 chmod +x /usr/bin/morc_menu

Disable auto login

disable auto login to gnome/kde/budgie

 sudo nano /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf

comment the autologin-user

example:

[Seat:*]
#autologin-user=<username>

Restart the system and you will see the login screen and choose i3

ST

I am using suckless terminal its bit tricky mainly the scrolling. If you dont want to use st please do change in i3 config file search for st and replace with your favorite terminal Thats it for i3. Feel free to make an issue in the github will respond ASAP.