i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Thu, 10 Oct 2013 00:31:45 +0000Show all workspaces, including inactive workspaces in i3barhttps://faq.i3wm.org/question/2319/show-all-workspaces-including-inactive-workspaces-in-i3bar/I've recently started using i3. I'm thoroughly pleased with its performance, except for one thing. I like to have all the workspaces visible in i3bar, irrespective of whether they are active or focused or not. That is, I want even inactive workspaces to show up in the list, along with other relevant ones (such as the ones focused or active). Please let me know if this is possible and if so, please include details on how to achieve this configuration. Any help is appreciated.Fri, 02 Aug 2013 15:09:23 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2319/show-all-workspaces-including-inactive-workspaces-in-i3bar/Answer by BatmanAoD for <p>I've recently started using i3. I'm thoroughly pleased with its performance, except for one thing. I like to have all the workspaces visible in i3bar, irrespective of whether they are active or focused or not. That is, I want even inactive workspaces to show up in the list, along with other relevant ones (such as the ones focused or active). Please let me know if this is possible and if so, please include details on how to achieve this configuration. Any help is appreciated.</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2319/show-all-workspaces-including-inactive-workspaces-in-i3bar/?answer=2667#post-id-2667By default, i3bar **does** show all **extant** workspaces. However, it cannot possibly show all **potential** workspaces. The command `i3-msg workspace ##`, where `##` is some arbitrary integer, will open up workspace `##`. (I say "arbitrary" because although I don't know if there are any limits on how large `##` can be, I successfully tried it with `25818446744073709551615`, and it worked just fine.) In other words, there are an unlimited number of workspaces that **could** exist, so it would be impossible to show them **all** at any given time.Thu, 10 Oct 2013 00:31:45 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2319/show-all-workspaces-including-inactive-workspaces-in-i3bar/?answer=2667#post-id-2667Answer by syl20bnr for <p>I've recently started using i3. I'm thoroughly pleased with its performance, except for one thing. I like to have all the workspaces visible in i3bar, irrespective of whether they are active or focused or not. That is, I want even inactive workspaces to show up in the list, along with other relevant ones (such as the ones focused or active). Please let me know if this is possible and if so, please include details on how to achieve this configuration. Any help is appreciated.</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2319/show-all-workspaces-including-inactive-workspaces-in-i3bar/?answer=2320#post-id-2320This is not possible by design. See this link for more info: https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1228/lock-workspace-to-permanent/Sat, 03 Aug 2013 02:04:18 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2319/show-all-workspaces-including-inactive-workspaces-in-i3bar/?answer=2320#post-id-2320