u/Quartz_Knight

I followed the users guide. When copying the autogenerated config file to ~/.i3/config it goes undetected. So I instead copied it to ~/.config/i3/config, and this works, but as soon as I reload i3 with the file there the mod key switches from windows to alt.
I tried adding set $mod Mod4 to the new config file but after reloading the mod key remains alt.
And I'm sure this is the config file that is being used since other changes actually work.

How can I solve this issue? I haven't found any documentation that explains or solves this.