https://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Wed, 08 May 2013 15:26:17 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1763/assign-directive-messes-up-my-workspace-label-system/So I have a config with workspace labels: bindsym $mod+1 workspace 1:www bindsym $mod+2 workspace 2:dev-www bindsym $mod+7 workspace 3:comm bindsym $mod+8 workspace 4:music Now yesterday I found something very interesting: assign assign [class="Google-chrome"] 1:www assign [class="Chromium-browser"] 1:www assign [class="Firefox"] 2:dev-www assign [class="Skype"] 3:comm assign [class="Guayadeque"] 4:music This works fine. So I start firefox and it's opening on workspace 2:dev-www, I start chromium and it opens at 1:www, skype at 3:comm - great, I really love this. However, assuming I am at workspace 3:comm, and chromium is running, when I now press $mod+1, a new workspace 1:www opens and I don't get to the one where chromium is running. This happens with all the other workspaces mapped with 'assign'. This is quite annoying. Any idea how I can fix that? Maybe I don't need the bindsym if I have an assign? Wed, 08 May 2013 15:07:37 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1763/assign-directive-messes-up-my-workspace-label-system/https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1763/assign-directive-messes-up-my-workspace-label-system/?answer=1764#post-id-1764Most likely trailing whitespace or some other difference in your config between those lines.Wed, 08 May 2013 15:16:21 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1763/assign-directive-messes-up-my-workspace-label-system/?answer=1764#post-id-1764https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1763/assign-directive-messes-up-my-workspace-label-system/?comment=1766#comment-1766Indeed :) all those lines were having a single space at the end :)Wed, 08 May 2013 15:26:17 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1763/assign-directive-messes-up-my-workspace-label-system/?comment=1766#comment-1766