I changed the config, but I see no changes

[Airblader]

I have made some changes to my i3 config file. However, when I reload the configuration, nothing seems to happen.

[Airblader]

i3 looks for a config file in a few different places. Please make sure you're editing the correct file by looking at i3 --more-version. This will tell you the location of the config file currently being used:

$ i3 --more-version

…
Loaded i3 config: /home/me/.i3/config (…)
…

If this is correct, try completely logging out and back in as there are differences between reload, restart and a completely new session.

[EllaTheCat]

Regolith is quite a popular distribution that provides i3. Apropos of the i3 config file it does things slightly differently which has lead to confusion in the past over on reddit.

See https://regolith-linux.org/docs/interface/system/

I don't use Regolith, this is just something I've learnt about. This is also a test posting following the PSA over on reddit.