i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Sun, 02 Jun 2013 10:29:31 +0000toggle show/hide of i3barhttps://faq.i3wm.org/question/1428/toggle-showhide-of-i3bar/hey, currently I am using i3bar configured with mode=hide to only show when a dedicated key is pressed. But this does not come in handy when using a tray in the i3bar, because pressing a key while moving a mouse to access some menu in the tray is not comfortable. Is there any known way to toggle between showing and hiding the bar by pressing the corresponding modifier key? Greetings and thanks in advanceSun, 17 Mar 2013 15:14:12 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1428/toggle-showhide-of-i3bar/Answer by Michael for <p>hey,</p> <p>currently I am using i3bar configured with mode=hide to only show when a dedicated key is pressed. But this does not come in handy when using a tray in the i3bar, because pressing a key while moving a mouse to access some menu in the tray is not comfortable. Is there any known way to toggle between showing and hiding the bar by pressing the corresponding modifier key? </p> <p>Greetings and thanks in advance</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1428/toggle-showhide-of-i3bar/?answer=1434#post-id-1434There is a patch in progress for that, see http://cr.i3wm.org/patch/88 for the latest version.Mon, 18 Mar 2013 07:05:05 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1428/toggle-showhide-of-i3bar/?answer=1434#post-id-1434Comment by gehidore for <p>There is a patch in progress for that, see <a href="http://cr.i3wm.org/patch/88">http://cr.i3wm.org/patch/88</a> for the latest version.</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1428/toggle-showhide-of-i3bar/?comment=1746#comment-1746Will it ever be an option to show hide based on mouse location OR modifier key? eg I do track down with the mouse for a mousefull purpose and the bar snaps back up?Sat, 04 May 2013 18:28:54 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1428/toggle-showhide-of-i3bar/?comment=1746#comment-1746Comment by vandannen for <p>There is a patch in progress for that, see <a href="http://cr.i3wm.org/patch/88">http://cr.i3wm.org/patch/88</a> for the latest version.</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1428/toggle-showhide-of-i3bar/?comment=1935#comment-1935you can control whether i3bar is hidden through the new i3 `bar` commands available in git-next. When i3bar's hide mode is activated, the following would then allow to somehow emulate active corners for the bar to pop up: http://pastebin.com/if1gepNYSun, 02 Jun 2013 10:29:31 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1428/toggle-showhide-of-i3bar/?comment=1935#comment-1935