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edge resistance or window snapping

asked 2013-01-14 19:51:06 +0000

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I searched everywhere for an edge resistance option. Is this possible in i3? I find it hard to position my floating windows.

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answered 2013-01-15 19:01:50 +0000

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updated 2013-01-15 19:12:10 +0000

There are some other window managers around that have specialized on floating. i3 as of yet is not such a window manager ;)

BTW: I needed to look at this video to be able to interpret your question.

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I don't want another window manager and I don't want a floating window manager. I like i3 very much. For the last three or so days I have worked hard on configuring every little thing about it. It's the best I've tried, and I tried almost all of them. I wanted edge resistance for pidgin & skype etc.

naq gravatar imagenaq ( 2013-01-15 22:37:00 +0000 )edit

Allright. Don't know if a patch would be accepted. If so, i am sure the maintainers are not interested enough in this feature to write it themselves.

joepd gravatar imagejoepd ( 2013-01-16 06:22:30 +0000 )edit

Maybe two better alternative questions would be: How do you deal with Skype/Pidgin in i3? ;)

joepd gravatar imagejoepd ( 2013-01-16 06:24:03 +0000 )edit

A chat workspace could look like this: http://i.imgur.com/7bzl2.png

spion gravatar imagespion ( 2013-01-16 10:53:01 +0000 )edit

Thank you both of you for the answers.

naq gravatar imagenaq ( 2013-01-16 23:54:10 +0000 )edit
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answered 2013-01-16 21:38:59 +0000

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For skype I have a simple setup that works for me. I give it a dedicated workspace when I use it, and this thing in my config: for_window [class="^Skype"] move right. I manually make the first chat window a vertical split, and manually move the border between the contact list and the other windows.

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