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i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Mon, 27 May 2013 18:15:41 +0000Open in specific windowhttps://faq.i3wm.org/question/1814/open-in-specific-window/Hello, There are some websites that I like to keep running in their own windows (instead of tabs), and dedicate a workspace for them (a music workspace, a webmail workspace, etc.). Therefore, I have created simple shell scripts such as #!/bin/bash firefox -new-window www.jazzradio.com/guitarjazz to launch them and added them to my `PATH`. On my `config` file, however, I already have assign [class="Firefox"] 2. www which opens generic Firefox on the `2. www` workspace. How could I configure i3 to open these specific pages in the right workspaces? I though about using `i3-msg`, but I figured that even if I change to the correct workspace, when I launch the script it will recognize it as Firefox window and will apply the `assign` configured in the `config` file.Wed, 15 May 2013 14:36:16 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1814/open-in-specific-window/Comment by iomartin for Hello, There are some websites that I like to keep running in their own windows (instead of tabs), and dedicate a workspace for them (a music workspace, a webmail workspace, etc.). Therefore, I have created simple shell scripts such as <pre><code>#!/bin/bash firefox -new-window www.jazzradio.com/guitarjazz </code></pre> to launch them and added them to my <code>PATH</code>. On my <code>config</code> file, however, I already have <pre><code>assign [class="Firefox"] 2. www </code></pre> which opens generic Firefox on the <code>2. www</code> workspace. How could I configure i3 to open these specific pages in the right workspaces? I though about using <code>i3-msg</code>, but I figured that even if I change to the correct workspace, when I launch the script it will recognize it as Firefox window and will apply the <code>assign</code> configured in the <code>config</code> file. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1814/open-in-specific-window/?comment=1822#comment-1822I'm not sure I got what you mean. Yes, I want to spread my browser windows across workspaces, one for a radio web application, one for webmail and another for general browsing.Thu, 16 May 2013 12:47:42 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1814/open-in-specific-window/?comment=1822#comment-1822Comment by dosimple for Hello, There are some websites that I like to keep running in their own windows (instead of tabs), and dedicate a workspace for them (a music workspace, a webmail workspace, etc.). Therefore, I have created simple shell scripts such as <pre><code>#!/bin/bash firefox -new-window www.jazzradio.com/guitarjazz </code></pre> to launch them and added them to my <code>PATH</code>. On my <code>config</code> file, however, I already have <pre><code>assign [class="Firefox"] 2. www </code></pre> which opens generic Firefox on the <code>2. www</code> workspace. How could I configure i3 to open these specific pages in the right workspaces? I though about using <code>i3-msg</code>, but I figured that even if I change to the correct workspace, when I launch the script it will recognize it as Firefox window and will apply the <code>assign</code> configured in the <code>config</code> file. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1814/open-in-specific-window/?comment=1823#comment-1823sorry for the abiguity, i meant reconsidering the `assign [class="Firefox"] 2. www` line altogether, to be direct.Thu, 16 May 2013 13:08:21 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1814/open-in-specific-window/?comment=1823#comment-1823Comment by dosimple for Hello, There are some websites that I like to keep running in their own windows (instead of tabs), and dedicate a workspace for them (a music workspace, a webmail workspace, etc.). Therefore, I have created simple shell scripts such as <pre><code>#!/bin/bash firefox -new-window www.jazzradio.com/guitarjazz </code></pre> to launch them and added them to my <code>PATH</code>. On my <code>config</code> file, however, I already have <pre><code>assign [class="Firefox"] 2. www </code></pre> which opens generic Firefox on the <code>2. www</code> workspace. How could I configure i3 to open these specific pages in the right workspaces? I though about using <code>i3-msg</code>, but I figured that even if I change to the correct workspace, when I launch the script it will recognize it as Firefox window and will apply the <code>assign</code> configured in the <code>config</code> file. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1814/open-in-specific-window/?comment=1821#comment-1821generally, have you considered spreading your browser windows across your workspaces (like treating any website as an application)? because, first, you want to have a radio web application seperated, next can be anything?Thu, 16 May 2013 12:36:51 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1814/open-in-specific-window/?comment=1821#comment-1821Answer by badboy_ for Hello, There are some websites that I like to keep running in their own windows (instead of tabs), and dedicate a workspace for them (a music workspace, a webmail workspace, etc.). Therefore, I have created simple shell scripts such as <pre><code>#!/bin/bash firefox -new-window www.jazzradio.com/guitarjazz </code></pre> to launch them and added them to my <code>PATH</code>. On my <code>config</code> file, however, I already have <pre><code>assign [class="Firefox"] 2. www </code></pre> which opens generic Firefox on the <code>2. www</code> workspace. How could I configure i3 to open these specific pages in the right workspaces? I though about using <code>i3-msg</code>, but I figured that even if I change to the correct workspace, when I launch the script it will recognize it as Firefox window and will apply the <code>assign</code> configured in the <code>config</code> file. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1814/open-in-specific-window/?answer=1815#post-id-1815As specified in [command_criteria](http://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html#command_criteria) you can also match on `title`: [class="Firefox" title="(?i)jazzradio.com"] 3.jazzradioWed, 15 May 2013 14:43:21 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1814/open-in-specific-window/?answer=1815#post-id-1815Comment by iomartin for As specified in <a href="http://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html#command_criteria">command_criteria</a> you can also match on <code>title</code>: <pre><code>[class="Firefox" title="(?i)jazzradio.com"] 3.jazzradio </code></pre> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1814/open-in-specific-window/?comment=1901#comment-1901I removed Vimperator, but that didn't solve it. Assigning based on the title doesn't work, since Firefox always creates the windows as "Mozilla Firefox" and only later changes their name - but by then i3 has already catched the window and placed it in the appropriate (current) window.Mon, 27 May 2013 13:30:07 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1814/open-in-specific-window/?comment=1901#comment-1901Comment by iomartin for As specified in <a href="http://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html#command_criteria">command_criteria</a> you can also match on <code>title</code>: <pre><code>[class="Firefox" title="(?i)jazzradio.com"] 3.jazzradio </code></pre> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1814/open-in-specific-window/?comment=1818#comment-1818Actually, I just realized that this was throwing all my Firefox instances to the jazzradio workspace. I think this is related to the fact that I use Vimperator, as noted in the documentation.Wed, 15 May 2013 17:27:51 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1814/open-in-specific-window/?comment=1818#comment-1818Comment by iomartin for As specified in <a href="http://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html#command_criteria">command_criteria</a> you can also match on <code>title</code>: <pre><code>[class="Firefox" title="(?i)jazzradio.com"] 3.jazzradio </code></pre> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1814/open-in-specific-window/?comment=1816#comment-1816great, thanks! I just had to change the regex a little to match it.Wed, 15 May 2013 15:33:37 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1814/open-in-specific-window/?comment=1816#comment-1816Answer by iomartin for Hello, There are some websites that I like to keep running in their own windows (instead of tabs), and dedicate a workspace for them (a music workspace, a webmail workspace, etc.). Therefore, I have created simple shell scripts such as <pre><code>#!/bin/bash firefox -new-window www.jazzradio.com/guitarjazz </code></pre> to launch them and added them to my <code>PATH</code>. On my <code>config</code> file, however, I already have <pre><code>assign [class="Firefox"] 2. www </code></pre> which opens generic Firefox on the <code>2. www</code> workspace. How could I configure i3 to open these specific pages in the right workspaces? I though about using <code>i3-msg</code>, but I figured that even if I change to the correct workspace, when I launch the script it will recognize it as Firefox window and will apply the <code>assign</code> configured in the <code>config</code> file. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1814/open-in-specific-window/?answer=1903#post-id-1903Not exactly pretty, but what I did was to remove the Firefox assignment from the `config`. Then I modified my shell script to the following CURRENT_WORKSPACE=$(i3_current_workspace_focused.py) i3-msg "workspace 10. ♪" firefox -new-window www.jazzradio.com/guitarjazz sleep 1 i3-msg "workspace $CURRENT_WORKSPACE" where `i3_current_workspace_focused,py` is #!/usr/bin/python from commands import getoutput import json workspaces = getoutput("i3-msg -t get_workspaces") workspaces = json.loads(workspaces) for w in workspaces: if w['visible'] == True and w['focused'] == True: print w['name'] breakMon, 27 May 2013 18:15:41 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1814/open-in-specific-window/?answer=1903#post-id-1903