<p>Edit .config/i3/config and add:</p> <pre><code># change focus bindsym $mod+h focus left bindsym $mod+j focus down bindsym $mod+k focus up bindsym $mod+l focus right

split in horizontal orientation

bindsym $mod+Shift+v split h

split in vertical orientation

bindsym $mod+v split v </code></pre>

<p>From https: //faq.i3wm.org/question/2294/vim-and-keybinds.1.html</p>