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i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Wed, 05 Jun 2013 23:15:08 +0000Make HUD work together with i3https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1845/make-hud-work-together-with-i3/Is there any way to make HUD (from unity) to work together with i3? If not, is there any alternative to HUD which works with i3?Sun, 19 May 2013 07:38:08 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1845/make-hud-work-together-with-i3/Comment by bruno.braga for Is there any way to make HUD (from unity) to work together with i3? If not, is there any alternative to HUD which works with i3? https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1845/make-hud-work-together-with-i3/?comment=1854#comment-1854Depending on the feature you like the most, you can find alternatives that are more i3 style...Mon, 20 May 2013 23:24:55 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1845/make-hud-work-together-with-i3/?comment=1854#comment-1854Comment by student for Is there any way to make HUD (from unity) to work together with i3? If not, is there any alternative to HUD which works with i3? https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1845/make-hud-work-together-with-i3/?comment=1928#comment-1928Synapse doesn't have the menu functionality of HUD, but here is a feature request: https://bugs.launchpad.net/synapse-project/+bug/989476Thu, 30 May 2013 20:52:34 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1845/make-hud-work-together-with-i3/?comment=1928#comment-1928Comment by bruno.braga for Is there any way to make HUD (from unity) to work together with i3? If not, is there any alternative to HUD which works with i3? https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1845/make-hud-work-together-with-i3/?comment=1960#comment-1960the idea is to find apps, so you can type any hint (like db will show sqlite) to lead you, I think much better than navigate through menus... but that's just me.Wed, 05 Jun 2013 23:15:08 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1845/make-hud-work-together-with-i3/?comment=1960#comment-1960Comment by bruno.braga for Is there any way to make HUD (from unity) to work together with i3? If not, is there any alternative to HUD which works with i3? https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1845/make-hud-work-together-with-i3/?comment=1848#comment-1848I don't think so. Why do you need this working with i3?Sun, 19 May 2013 11:07:02 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1845/make-hud-work-together-with-i3/?comment=1848#comment-1848Comment by student for Is there any way to make HUD (from unity) to work together with i3? If not, is there any alternative to HUD which works with i3? https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1845/make-hud-work-together-with-i3/?comment=1850#comment-1850Just because I like both i3 and HUD :-)Sun, 19 May 2013 13:13:48 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1845/make-hud-work-together-with-i3/?comment=1850#comment-1850Comment by student for Is there any way to make HUD (from unity) to work together with i3? If not, is there any alternative to HUD which works with i3? https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1845/make-hud-work-together-with-i3/?comment=1870#comment-1870For example if you use gimp and you want to use a feature where you have to click though x submenus. In HUD you can just use your keyboard to smartly find this menu-entry of gimp... that's what I want and I think this fits to the philosophy of every tiling window manager....Thu, 23 May 2013 09:18:25 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1845/make-hud-work-together-with-i3/?comment=1870#comment-1870Comment by Scrabz for Is there any way to make HUD (from unity) to work together with i3? If not, is there any alternative to HUD which works with i3? https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1845/make-hud-work-together-with-i3/?comment=1857#comment-1857@bruno.braga: Can you list some alternatives?Tue, 21 May 2013 09:32:28 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1845/make-hud-work-together-with-i3/?comment=1857#comment-1857Comment by bruno.braga for Is there any way to make HUD (from unity) to work together with i3? If not, is there any alternative to HUD which works with i3? https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1845/make-hud-work-together-with-i3/?comment=1909#comment-1909I use synapse for finding apps, files, etc... works pretty well for me, even though it is not i3 perfect (most prefer dmenu). Tue, 28 May 2013 05:25:13 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1845/make-hud-work-together-with-i3/?comment=1909#comment-1909Answer by buro9 for Is there any way to make HUD (from unity) to work together with i3? If not, is there any alternative to HUD which works with i3? https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1845/make-hud-work-together-with-i3/?answer=1895#post-id-1895I can't upvote as I'm new, but I registered to say that I would like this too. My scenario is simply the use of Alt to produce the Unity HUD, which flattens the list of menu and sub-menu items in the currently activated application. This is basically then filtered by the search term and selectable, which activates that menu option within the application. Example: Sublime Text 2, hit Alt in Unity, the HUD appears, start typing "sing" and the menus are all filtered and the matching sub-menu item is "View > Layout > Single Column" which saved ALT, V > L and the use of ^ and v to navigate and then Enter to select. It also saves having to remember the sub-menus that contain the option you want. To me... this is to make application alt options act identically to the i3 dmenu. It would be consistent, and a really nice improvement. I'd rather not actually have it extend the Unity HUD, but to be some standalone thing that any distro could use.Sun, 26 May 2013 09:01:17 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1845/make-hud-work-together-with-i3/?answer=1895#post-id-1895Comment by bruno.braga for I can't upvote as I'm new, but I registered to say that I would like this too. My scenario is simply the use of Alt to produce the Unity HUD, which flattens the list of menu and sub-menu items in the currently activated application. This is basically then filtered by the search term and selectable, which activates that menu option within the application. Example: Sublime Text 2, hit Alt in Unity, the HUD appears, start typing "sing" and the menus are all filtered and the matching sub-menu item is "View > Layout > Single Column" which saved ALT, V > L and the use of ^ and v to navigate and then Enter to select. It also saves having to remember the sub-menus that contain the option you want. To me... this is to make application alt options act identically to the i3 dmenu. It would be consistent, and a really nice improvement. I'd rather not actually have it extend the Unity HUD, but to be some standalone thing that any distro could use. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1845/make-hud-work-together-with-i3/?comment=1910#comment-1910check synapseTue, 28 May 2013 05:27:39 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1845/make-hud-work-together-with-i3/?comment=1910#comment-1910