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i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Tue, 04 Feb 2014 17:56:21 +0000"Full Screen" to Containerhttps://faq.i3wm.org/question/2242/full-screen-to-container/I sometimes find myself wanting to full screen windows to the container. Is there a way to do this? Lets say I have a vertical or horizontal container that occupies half the screen. This container contains a browser window and a terminal window. Now when I go full-screen, say with the browser, (mod+f), the browser window expands to fill the entire screen obscuring the other containers and windows. I guess what I'm looking for is a mode where if I go full-container with the browser, then the browser window will expand to fill only its parent container. I hope this is clearer.Thu, 18 Jul 2013 19:56:05 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2242/full-screen-to-container/Comment by Michael for I sometimes find myself wanting to full screen windows to the container. Is there a way to do this? Lets say I have a vertical or horizontal container that occupies half the screen. This container contains a browser window and a terminal window. Now when I go full-screen, say with the browser, (mod+f), the browser window expands to fill the entire screen obscuring the other containers and windows. I guess what I'm looking for is a mode where if I go full-container with the browser, then the browser window will expand to fill only its parent container. I hope this is clearer. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2242/full-screen-to-container/?comment=2253#comment-2253I edited your original question because the FAQ’s format is “one-question, many answers”, i.e. posting an answer that really is a question is not okay :).Sun, 21 Jul 2013 07:10:03 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2242/full-screen-to-container/?comment=2253#comment-2253Comment by joepd for I sometimes find myself wanting to full screen windows to the container. Is there a way to do this? Lets say I have a vertical or horizontal container that occupies half the screen. This container contains a browser window and a terminal window. Now when I go full-screen, say with the browser, (mod+f), the browser window expands to fill the entire screen obscuring the other containers and windows. I guess what I'm looking for is a mode where if I go full-container with the browser, then the browser window will expand to fill only its parent container. I hope this is clearer. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2242/full-screen-to-container/?comment=2243#comment-2243Don't really understand what you want. Please be very explicit :) Thu, 18 Jul 2013 20:34:43 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2242/full-screen-to-container/?comment=2243#comment-2243Answer by i3er for I sometimes find myself wanting to full screen windows to the container. Is there a way to do this? Lets say I have a vertical or horizontal container that occupies half the screen. This container contains a browser window and a terminal window. Now when I go full-screen, say with the browser, (mod+f), the browser window expands to fill the entire screen obscuring the other containers and windows. I guess what I'm looking for is a mode where if I go full-container with the browser, then the browser window will expand to fill only its parent container. I hope this is clearer. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2242/full-screen-to-container/?answer=2246#post-id-2246Lets say I have a vertical or horizontal container that occupies half the screen. This container contains a browser window and a terminal window. Now when I go full-screen, say with the browser, (mod+f), the browser window expands to fill the entire screen obscuring the other containers and windows. I guess what I'm looking for is a mode where if I go full-container with the browser, then the browser window will expand to fill only its parent container. I hope this is clearer.Fri, 19 Jul 2013 01:44:44 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2242/full-screen-to-container/?answer=2246#post-id-2246Comment by i3er for Lets say I have a vertical or horizontal container that occupies half the screen. This container contains a browser window and a terminal window. Now when I go full-screen, say with the browser, (mod+f), the browser window expands to fill the entire screen obscuring the other containers and windows. I guess what I'm looking for is a mode where if I go full-container with the browser, then the browser window will expand to fill only its parent container. I hope this is clearer. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2242/full-screen-to-container/?comment=2249#comment-2249Not really. Fullscreen mode gets rid of the container borders and window menus and so forth.Sat, 20 Jul 2013 18:36:35 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2242/full-screen-to-container/?comment=2249#comment-2249Comment by InfinityTotality for Lets say I have a vertical or horizontal container that occupies half the screen. This container contains a browser window and a terminal window. Now when I go full-screen, say with the browser, (mod+f), the browser window expands to fill the entire screen obscuring the other containers and windows. I guess what I'm looking for is a mode where if I go full-container with the browser, then the browser window will expand to fill only its parent container. I hope this is clearer. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2242/full-screen-to-container/?comment=2247#comment-2247Isn't this basically what tabbed mode (mod + s or w) does?Fri, 19 Jul 2013 21:03:07 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2242/full-screen-to-container/?comment=2247#comment-2247Answer by scotths for I sometimes find myself wanting to full screen windows to the container. Is there a way to do this? Lets say I have a vertical or horizontal container that occupies half the screen. This container contains a browser window and a terminal window. Now when I go full-screen, say with the browser, (mod+f), the browser window expands to fill the entire screen obscuring the other containers and windows. I guess what I'm looking for is a mode where if I go full-container with the browser, then the browser window will expand to fill only its parent container. I hope this is clearer. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2242/full-screen-to-container/?answer=2398#post-id-2398Perhaps temporarily enter tab mode (by default mod+w) then return to whatever mode the container was in previously (probably mod+e) when done. Note assuming that the window in question is a direct child of the container in question you would perform that operation after highlighting the window itself, not the container. (ie select what is to be the tab, not the container that is to be tabbed).Wed, 21 Aug 2013 14:17:05 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2242/full-screen-to-container/?answer=2398#post-id-2398Answer by TonyC for I sometimes find myself wanting to full screen windows to the container. Is there a way to do this? Lets say I have a vertical or horizontal container that occupies half the screen. This container contains a browser window and a terminal window. Now when I go full-screen, say with the browser, (mod+f), the browser window expands to fill the entire screen obscuring the other containers and windows. I guess what I'm looking for is a mode where if I go full-container with the browser, then the browser window will expand to fill only its parent container. I hope this is clearer. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2242/full-screen-to-container/?answer=3365#post-id-3365Here is something I came up with for this purpose that I have in my config. bindsym $mod+$mod2+f focus parent; fullscreen; focus child Note that if the parent container is a workspace, it won't do anything because workspaces cannot be fullscreen. In that case, a normal fullscreen command will do.Tue, 04 Feb 2014 17:56:21 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2242/full-screen-to-container/?answer=3365#post-id-3365Answer by paz for I sometimes find myself wanting to full screen windows to the container. Is there a way to do this? Lets say I have a vertical or horizontal container that occupies half the screen. This container contains a browser window and a terminal window. Now when I go full-screen, say with the browser, (mod+f), the browser window expands to fill the entire screen obscuring the other containers and windows. I guess what I'm looking for is a mode where if I go full-container with the browser, then the browser window will expand to fill only its parent container. I hope this is clearer. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2242/full-screen-to-container/?answer=3356#post-id-3356Hey, I also needed a way to "fullscreen" a window to a container and I was able to figure out a (dirty) workaround. You can use Xephyr to create a nested Xserver. $ Xephyr :1 -ac -screen 460x340 &> /dev/null & $ DISPLAY=:1 firefox --fullscreen www.google.at Mon, 03 Feb 2014 22:33:55 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2242/full-screen-to-container/?answer=3356#post-id-3356