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i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Sat, 08 Jun 2013 16:54:08 +0000give i3 a zen mode?https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1953/give-i3-a-zen-mode/It'd be nice if i3 had a keybinding to toggle zen mode - which is to hide/disable a defined list of distracting workspaces: e-mail, messenger or whatnot. I find myself toggling through these all the time because it's so quick and easy to do, even with no urgency hint active. Obviously urgency hints coming from hidden workspaces should also be hidden in zen mode. If there's nothing built into i3 right now, is anybody maybe achieving this with some external tools?Tue, 04 Jun 2013 10:19:45 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1953/give-i3-a-zen-mode/Comment by bruno.braga for It'd be nice if i3 had a keybinding to toggle zen mode - which is to hide/disable a defined list of distracting workspaces: e-mail, messenger or whatnot. I find myself toggling through these all the time because it's so quick and easy to do, even with no urgency hint active. Obviously urgency hints coming from hidden workspaces should also be hidden in zen mode. If there's nothing built into i3 right now, is anybody maybe achieving this with some external tools? https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1953/give-i3-a-zen-mode/?comment=1959#comment-1959you mean something similar to pyroom?Wed, 05 Jun 2013 23:13:06 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1953/give-i3-a-zen-mode/?comment=1959#comment-1959Comment by lkraav for It'd be nice if i3 had a keybinding to toggle zen mode - which is to hide/disable a defined list of distracting workspaces: e-mail, messenger or whatnot. I find myself toggling through these all the time because it's so quick and easy to do, even with no urgency hint active. Obviously urgency hints coming from hidden workspaces should also be hidden in zen mode. If there's nothing built into i3 right now, is anybody maybe achieving this with some external tools? https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1953/give-i3-a-zen-mode/?comment=1955#comment-1955That's different. Stopping-launching multiple apps all the time is just annoying.Wed, 05 Jun 2013 20:54:44 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1953/give-i3-a-zen-mode/?comment=1955#comment-1955Comment by joepd for It'd be nice if i3 had a keybinding to toggle zen mode - which is to hide/disable a defined list of distracting workspaces: e-mail, messenger or whatnot. I find myself toggling through these all the time because it's so quick and easy to do, even with no urgency hint active. Obviously urgency hints coming from hidden workspaces should also be hidden in zen mode. If there's nothing built into i3 right now, is anybody maybe achieving this with some external tools? https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1953/give-i3-a-zen-mode/?comment=1954#comment-1954Would removing those applications from your startup script help? ;)Wed, 05 Jun 2013 20:41:44 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1953/give-i3-a-zen-mode/?comment=1954#comment-1954Answer by Michael for It'd be nice if i3 had a keybinding to toggle zen mode - which is to hide/disable a defined list of distracting workspaces: e-mail, messenger or whatnot. I find myself toggling through these all the time because it's so quick and easy to do, even with no urgency hint active. Obviously urgency hints coming from hidden workspaces should also be hidden in zen mode. If there's nothing built into i3 right now, is anybody maybe achieving this with some external tools? https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1953/give-i3-a-zen-mode/?answer=1973#post-id-1973A simple and pragmatic approach to this is to just hide your i3bar, which you can do in the latest development version even without reconfiguring anything. See http://code.stapelberg.de/git/i3/commit/?h=next&id=e3913093b6b233ec30ce7fc8504d095f55c5e1dbSat, 08 Jun 2013 10:01:26 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1953/give-i3-a-zen-mode/?answer=1973#post-id-1973Comment by lkraav for A simple and pragmatic approach to this is to just hide your i3bar, which you can do in the latest development version even without reconfiguring anything. See <a href="http://code.stapelberg.de/git/i3/commit/?h=next&id=e3913093b6b233ec30ce7fc8504d095f55c5e1db">http://code.stapelberg.de/git/i3/comm...</a> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1953/give-i3-a-zen-mode/?comment=1980#comment-1980Hmm must check if the API allows remove/adding workspaces dynamically.Sat, 08 Jun 2013 16:54:08 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1953/give-i3-a-zen-mode/?comment=1980#comment-1980Comment by bruno.braga for A simple and pragmatic approach to this is to just hide your i3bar, which you can do in the latest development version even without reconfiguring anything. See <a href="http://code.stapelberg.de/git/i3/commit/?h=next&id=e3913093b6b233ec30ce7fc8504d095f55c5e1db">http://code.stapelberg.de/git/i3/comm...</a> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1953/give-i3-a-zen-mode/?comment=1979#comment-1979Awesome Michael. Ikraav, you could bind the key with a script instead that would toggle the i3bar and do additional stuff such as turn off notifiers, etc (in some cases you will need to really terminate applications, like chrome, which doesn't use the system defaults).Sat, 08 Jun 2013 14:08:34 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1953/give-i3-a-zen-mode/?comment=1979#comment-1979Comment by lkraav for A simple and pragmatic approach to this is to just hide your i3bar, which you can do in the latest development version even without reconfiguring anything. See <a href="http://code.stapelberg.de/git/i3/commit/?h=next&id=e3913093b6b233ec30ce7fc8504d095f55c5e1db">http://code.stapelberg.de/git/i3/comm...</a> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1953/give-i3-a-zen-mode/?comment=1974#comment-1974Indeed, I looked at the commit earlier and it's definitely a welcome addition. I still think the feature proposed in this question remains desireable. I have i3bar in mode = hide already and that's great, but still needs that missing piece. I'll see if I can come up with a patch.Sat, 08 Jun 2013 10:16:59 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1953/give-i3-a-zen-mode/?comment=1974#comment-1974