Re: [i3] creating new containers

  • From: Michael Stapelberg <michael@xxxxxxxx>
  • To: i3-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2012 19:20:03 +0100

Hi Oliver,

Thanks for sharing your impressions.

On Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:04:46 +0100 Oliver Kiddle <okiddle@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

It seems the split command, either vertical, or horizontal is
essentially the command to create a new container and move the current
window down into that comtainer. Moving the current window isn't
always really what I want (I want existing windows left alone).
Furthermore, I think of the splits as being much like the other
layouts and would prefer if the interface allowed me to create a
container that is initially tabbed or stacked. Similarly, why not
allow a parameter to the layout command of vertical or horizontal?
There is a ticket for this feature request:
http://bugs.i3wm.org/464

What I'd really like is the concept of an empty container. I could
There is a command "open", which creates a new empty container.
However, the user interface for this is not quite ready (which is why
it’s undocumented).

then configure my preferred basic layout in .i3/config without having
to startup any applications. Closing the last application in a
This is called "layout saving" or even "session saving", and is planned.

container might leave the empty container and so avoid the issue of
the rest of the screen being reorganised. It would also mean that
when you hit mod+v or mod+h in default mode something would actually
happen on the screen: currently nothing visible happens.
In the current development version of i3, you’ll get a visual indicator
telling you where the next window will appear.

Best regards,
Michael

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