Re: [i3] creating new containers

  • From: Oliver Kiddle <okiddle@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: Discussions/Questions about the i3 window manager <i3-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 00:49:10 +0200

One thing I notice is that if I start an xterm in an empty workspace and
then press Mod-A followed by Mod-W repeatedly it is somehow creating
more containers at the top of the tree. Once there are about 20, the
whole thing hangs so there must be a bug in this somewhere even if it is
intended behaviour.

On 22 Mar, Michael Stapelberg wrote:

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).

I can see it isn't ready because the empty container isn't drawn
properly but it is already very useful. Would be especially good if
closing the last window in a container leaves an empty container.

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.

That sounds good, as long as I can simply configure a fixed session,
consisting of nothing more than empty containers instead of having it
remember by session from when I last logged out.

Thanks

Oliver

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