i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Fri, 04 Apr 2014 20:36:19 +0000Hide status bar borderhttps://faq.i3wm.org/question/1372/hide-status-bar-border/`hide_edge_borders both` does not appear to apply to i3 status bar. Piping colored conky text into i3bar, works wonderfully, but this pointless border around the status bar is driving me nuts, help! ;-) Just to clarify, as soon as you set the colors block an unwanted border appears: bar{ output xinerama-1 position bottom mode dock workspace_buttons no tray_output none status_command ~/.i3/conky.sh # comment out below and no border colors { background #ffffff statusline #000000 } } So how to make i3 not add a border when supplying custom colors block??Tue, 12 Mar 2013 00:02:08 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1372/hide-status-bar-border/Answer by morgan_greywolf for <p><code>hide_edge_borders both</code> does not appear to apply to i3 status bar.</p> <p>Piping colored conky text into i3bar, works wonderfully, but this pointless border around the status bar is driving me nuts, help! ;-)</p> <p>Just to clarify, as soon as you set the colors block an unwanted border appears:</p> <pre><code>bar{ output xinerama-1 position bottom mode dock workspace_buttons no tray_output none status_command ~/.i3/conky.sh # comment out below and no border colors { background #ffffff statusline #000000 } } </code></pre> <p>So how to make i3 not add a border when supplying custom colors block??</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1372/hide-status-bar-border/?answer=3621#post-id-3621There is a 1 pixel border around the i3bar that is the same color as the i3bar, regardless of whether you set the colors block or not.Fri, 04 Apr 2014 20:36:19 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1372/hide-status-bar-border/?answer=3621#post-id-3621