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i3 is a tiling window manager, completely written from scratch. The target platforms are GNU/Linux and BSD operating systems, our code is Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) under the BSD license. i3 is primarily targeted at advanced users and developers. See https://i3wm.org for more info.

i3 is a tiling window manager, completely written from scratch. The target platforms are GNU/Linux and BSD operating systems, our code is Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) under the BSD license. i3 is primarily targeted at advanced users and developers. See i3wm.org for more info.

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How to get a system tray icon for Teams when started as a Chromium app?

I am running i3 as a window manager together with Polybar. I need to run Teams for work, but have some issues with the Teams application when running Arch in a VM. Regardless, I would like to run Teams by just starting it as a Chromium application…
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i3wm: Duplicate workspace to new monitor

I'm looking for a way to duplicate a workspace to another monitor (i3wm). I'm using arandr (screen layout manager), but workspaces are always split between screens. Let's say I'm making a presentation and workspace1 gets captured, then I can't see…
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Running a bash script that calls R from within i3 does not work, but running it directly from the terminal works. Not sure if issue is i3 or not

I have a bash script that calls on R, and is mapped to a keyboard shortcut in my i3 config, like this: bindsym $mod+q exec --no-startup-id test-r-not-working-from-within.sh Here is a simple example that is easily verifiable, as it creates a file…
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Can't change font, i3

I'm using i3 on ArchCraft. I previously successfully set my font to Terminus, now I want to change it to Google Sans. I tried: set font option in i3 config to "font pango:IBM Plex Mono Italic 10", "font pango:Google Sans Regular", etc. Although it…
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xss-lock turns the screen black before running the lockscreen script

In my i3 config I have this line to lock the screen using i3lock. exec --no-startup-id xss-lock --transfer-sleep-lock -- ~/scripts/lockscreen.sh The script checks if I am watching YouTube or something like that and skips the lock-screen if so, and…
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Activating lockscreen using systemd doesn't work

I'm trying to activate the betterlockscreen every time I close my laptop using this systemd service file: [Unit] Description = Lock screen when going to…
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i3 - bigger borders on floating windows

I frequently switch my windows to/from floating when using i3, either by float toggle or when I'm using scratchpad. However, when I do this I want the borders of the windows to become larger - mainly since I want to be able to easily click the…
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Linux Mint : Switching window managers corrupts web browser auto-login and auto-fill

I run Linux Mint 19, but this problem has also occurred on Ubuntu (LTS). Besides the MATE desktop manager, there is also i3, KDE, and LXQt. The problem: When switching from one window manager to another (typically from MATE to i3 and back to MATE,…
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how to keep a window open while pressing a shortcut

Is there anyway of making floating window show up while a shortcut is pressed and closing the window/application when the shortcut is released? The goal of this is to make cheatsheets show up depending on a shortcut pressed
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How can firefox/xorg/??? preserve something rendered on my screen weeks ago?

Something rather strange happened, I opened my laptop (it was sleeping) and I saw my screen render the firefox browser with some old tabs, including one with zoom open and an image of me & my friend having a call (which happened cca 10 days…
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Pycharm's top is cut off in i3wm

I recently installed i3 (without a desktop environment) and everything is working fine except for Pycharm. The top border seems to be cut off, since it is lower and doesn't have rounded corners. Pycharm alone Pycharm next to Alacritty Sometimes, the…
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i3 crashes into gdm when trying to login

So I previously used i3 on ubuntu so I do know the basics and how to change desktop/window manager. I just recently switch to nixos and tried installing i3 through the configuration.nix. Configuration.nix: # Edit this configuration file to define…
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xmodmap holding a key vs pressing

I want xmodmap to make the Caps Lock key act as if I were pressing the Escape key if I only press and release it, but to act as an i3 mod key if I hold it and press another key. This would allow me to use the Caps Lock key in both vim and for…
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All terminals in i3 WM share the same input

I am trying out i3 tiling window manager on Ubuntu 20.04. All terminals started with $mod+Enter share the same input: i.e. if I type something on one terminal, the same gets printed on another. This is not an expected behavoir :) What's strange, if…
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i3 fully nested windows

Is it possible to fully nest or stack a window within another window with a tiling window manager. The goal is to have window 1 be 'wrapper' so to speak around another window. Window 2 is running a GUI application that takes up the entire…
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