using the very nice i3 window manager and asked something today on the irc channel, found that you can have container moving by copying /etc/X11/i3/config to ~/.i3/config and changing the lines so that
[sourcecode] bindsym Mod1+Left wch bindsym Mod1+Down wcj bindsym Mod1+Up wck bindsym Mod1+Right wcl [/sourcecode]