https://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Mon, 04 Nov 2013 22:44:58 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2819/naming-and-keybind-dont-work-together/Claws launches on mail workspace fine all is well assign [class="Claws-mail" instance="claws-mail"] mail exec GTK2_RC_FILES="/usr/share/themes/Default/gtk-2.0/gtkrc" /usr/bin/claws-mail when i use keybinding to switch to mail, a new empty workspace named mail appears and the original workspace named mail with claws on it is left alone. bindsym $super+m workspace mail Not sure what i am doing wrong hereMon, 04 Nov 2013 20:25:46 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2819/naming-and-keybind-dont-work-together/https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2819/naming-and-keybind-dont-work-together/?answer=2820#post-id-2820Can't be sure how your config file looks because you didn't use a code block, make sure the exec is on the next line. The issue might be extra spaces around mail, using quotes could help. assign [class="Claws-mail" instance="claws-mail"] "mail" exec GTK2RCFILES="/usr/share/themes/Default/gtk-2.0/gtkrc" /usr/bin/claws-mail bindsym $super+m workspace "mail"Mon, 04 Nov 2013 21:44:37 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2819/naming-and-keybind-dont-work-together/?answer=2820#post-id-2820https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2819/naming-and-keybind-dont-work-together/?comment=2821#comment-2821yes must have been something like cause i got it working. odd though because i tried diff names numbers etc. Thanks!Mon, 04 Nov 2013 22:44:11 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2819/naming-and-keybind-dont-work-together/?comment=2821#comment-2821https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2819/naming-and-keybind-dont-work-together/?answer=2822#post-id-2822Must have been a typo as it is working now.Mon, 04 Nov 2013 22:44:58 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2819/naming-and-keybind-dont-work-together/?answer=2822#post-id-2822