Re: [i3] Multiwindow-Apps (Gnome, Inkscape, xchat and others) in i3

  • From: oliver <oliver@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: Discussions/Questions about the i3 window manager <i3-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2013 20:02:14 +0100

Hey,


On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 03:26:20PM +0100, Emanuel Guével wrote:

Hi,

try to create for_window rules that force the mentioned windows to
tiled mode (floating disable), like:

for_window[title="GNU Image*"] floating disable

You can use xprop to help you doing this:

1. Run `xprop|grep WM_CLASS` in a terminal and click the
target window.

2. This would give, for example:
WM_CLASS(STRING) = "inkscape", "Inkscape"

3. Then add a line to your i3 config file:
for_window[instance="^inkscape$" class="^Inkscape$"] floating disable
[...]


Yes, that works :-)

Thanks so much :-)

Now the new window is opened as a tile.
I can see my original window, and possibly switch
the opened tile to a seperate workspace :-)

If I understand correctly, it should be possible to do even that
by using the i3-config....

Ciao,
Oliver



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