i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Sun, 17 Nov 2013 12:19:59 +0000Application Launchershttps://faq.i3wm.org/question/2918/application-launchers/I just started using i3 after using XFCE primarily and I was wondering if there was anything analogous to application launchers that you can place on the XFCE panel. Other than running the XFCE panel along with i3, is there anything that i3 provides to quickly run applications from the bar? Sat, 16 Nov 2013 08:31:53 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2918/application-launchers/Answer by Adaephon for <p>I just started using i3 after using XFCE primarily and I was wondering if there was anything analogous to application launchers that you can place on the XFCE panel. Other than running the XFCE panel along with i3, is there anything that i3 provides to quickly run applications from the bar? </p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2918/application-launchers/?answer=2919#post-id-2919i3 itself does not provide anything like, neither for the bar nor as additional tool. i3 is intended to be used mainly by keyboard, so mouse driven application launchers do not really fit the design. i3 does have the `exec` command for starting applications, so you could just bind a shortcut for any program you wish to start often. bindsym Mod4+p exec program If you really want buttons to click, you need additional tools, like the Xfce panel.Sat, 16 Nov 2013 16:56:41 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2918/application-launchers/?answer=2919#post-id-2919Comment by emq for <p>i3 itself does not provide anything like, neither for the bar nor as additional tool. i3 is intended to be used mainly by keyboard, so mouse driven application launchers do not really fit the design. </p> <p>i3 does have the <code>exec</code> command for starting applications, so you could just bind a shortcut for any program you wish to start often. </p> <pre><code>bindsym Mod4+p exec program </code></pre> <p>If you really want buttons to click, you need additional tools, like the Xfce panel.</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2918/application-launchers/?comment=2923#comment-2923I ended up using keybindings as per your suggestion; it is as you said more in line with the keyboard-centric philosophy of i3. Thanks.Sun, 17 Nov 2013 12:19:59 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2918/application-launchers/?comment=2923#comment-2923Answer by Zucca for <p>I just started using i3 after using XFCE primarily and I was wondering if there was anything analogous to application launchers that you can place on the XFCE panel. Other than running the XFCE panel along with i3, is there anything that i3 provides to quickly run applications from the bar? </p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2918/application-launchers/?answer=2920#post-id-2920I actually use menutray and wbar with i3. http://trizenx.blogspot.fi/2012/02/menutray.html https://code.google.com/p/wbar/Sat, 16 Nov 2013 17:06:16 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2918/application-launchers/?answer=2920#post-id-2920