Some bindings no longer work after upgrading to Ubuntu 18.04

Question

It seems some binding no longer work, in particular $mod+q and $mod+v.

bindsym --release $mod+q kill
bindsym $mod+v split v

Other bindings still work fine. Any ideas?

Ubuntu has switched from Unity to Gnome as the Desktop not sure if this is a factor.

• i3 4.14.1
• ubuntu 18.0.4 upgraded from 16.04 (xenial) LTS.
• full config: https://github.com/krisleech/ansible-desktop/blob/master/templates/i3_config

Answer 1

You declare bindsym $mod+v twice in your config.

Once here: bindsym --release $mod+v exec --no-startup-id xdotool key --clearmodifiers ctrl+v

and again here:bindsym $mod+v split v

bindsym only listens to the first of duplicate declarations after some testing (ie: xdotool). Change the key to get results