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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, 26 Nov 2013 21:20:45 +0000A way to make all children the children of their grandparentshttps://faq.i3wm.org/question/2944/a-way-to-make-all-children-the-children-of-their-grandparents/Sometimes I have a group of windows inside a container that is in another container and I want to take all windows *inside* the container and make them children of their grandparent. Is this possible? Here is a visualization, Before g / \ p a / \ c d After g /|\ c d a If you started with, +---------+---------+ | | | | c | | | | | +---------| a | | | | | d | | | | | +---------+---------+ It would end up with +------+------+------+ | | | | | | | | | | | | | c | d | a | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------+------+------+ Where c, d, and a are all in the same container.Thu, 21 Nov 2013 19:05:58 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2944/a-way-to-make-all-children-the-children-of-their-grandparents/Comment by joepd for Sometimes I have a group of windows inside a container that is in another container and I want to take all windows inside the container and make them children of their grandparent. Is this possible? Here is a visualization, Before <pre><code> g / \ p a / \ c d </code></pre> After <pre><code> g /|\ c d a </code></pre> If you started with, <pre><code>+---------+---------+ | | | | c | | | | | +---------| a | | | | | d | | | | | +---------+---------+ </code></pre> It would end up with <pre><code>+------+------+------+ | | | | | | | | | | | | | c | d | a | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------+------+------+ </code></pre> Where c, d, and a are all in the same container. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2944/a-way-to-make-all-children-the-children-of-their-grandparents/?comment=2945#comment-2945Crap. Too little space. Answer instead. Thu, 21 Nov 2013 20:39:58 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2944/a-way-to-make-all-children-the-children-of-their-grandparents/?comment=2945#comment-2945Answer by joepd for Sometimes I have a group of windows inside a container that is in another container and I want to take all windows inside the container and make them children of their grandparent. Is this possible? Here is a visualization, Before <pre><code> g / \ p a / \ c d </code></pre> After <pre><code> g /|\ c d a </code></pre> If you started with, <pre><code>+---------+---------+ | | | | c | | | | | +---------| a | | | | | d | | | | | +---------+---------+ </code></pre> It would end up with <pre><code>+------+------+------+ | | | | | | | | | | | | | c | d | a | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------+------+------+ </code></pre> Where c, d, and a are all in the same container. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2944/a-way-to-make-all-children-the-children-of-their-grandparents/?answer=2946#post-id-2946I don't understand your question. If this is the starting situation, how should it look like after the move action? +---------+---------+ | | | | c | | | | | +---------| a | | | | | d | | | | | +---------+---------+ Thanks for the update. Now the answer: You'll first want to bring the three windows to the same level in the container hierarchy, and then do a layout change command (`layout toggle split`, `stacking` or `tabbed`). Otherwise you will have to break the windows out of the container `p` into the container `g` at some moment. Moving the container _as a container_ does not help with that. Thu, 21 Nov 2013 20:42:32 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2944/a-way-to-make-all-children-the-children-of-their-grandparents/?answer=2946#post-id-2946Comment by joepd for I don't understand your question. If this is the starting situation, how should it look like after the move action? <pre><code>+---------+---------+ | | | | c | | | | | +---------| a | | | | | d | | | | | +---------+---------+ </code></pre> Thanks for the update. Now the answer: You'll first want to bring the three windows to the same level in the container hierarchy, and then do a layout change command (<code>layout toggle split</code>, <code>stacking</code> or <code>tabbed</code>). Otherwise you will have to break the windows out of the container <code>p</code> into the container <code>g</code> at some moment. Moving the container as a container does not help with that. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2944/a-way-to-make-all-children-the-children-of-their-grandparents/?comment=2958#comment-2958It is not clear what you are talking about concretely, as the procedure that I indicated leads from starting position to end position. Are you talking about tabbed/stacked containers? Your question might be answered in this question: https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2952Sun, 24 Nov 2013 03:52:34 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2944/a-way-to-make-all-children-the-children-of-their-grandparents/?comment=2958#comment-2958Comment by joepd for I don't understand your question. If this is the starting situation, how should it look like after the move action? <pre><code>+---------+---------+ | | | | c | | | | | +---------| a | | | | | d | | | | | +---------+---------+ </code></pre> Thanks for the update. Now the answer: You'll first want to bring the three windows to the same level in the container hierarchy, and then do a layout change command (<code>layout toggle split</code>, <code>stacking</code> or <code>tabbed</code>). Otherwise you will have to break the windows out of the container <code>p</code> into the container <code>g</code> at some moment. Moving the container as a container does not help with that. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2944/a-way-to-make-all-children-the-children-of-their-grandparents/?comment=2978#comment-2978Why the dislike of container `p`? Type this in `a`, if it would be a terminal: `i3-msg 'move left; layout splith'`. Tue, 26 Nov 2013 21:20:45 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2944/a-way-to-make-all-children-the-children-of-their-grandparents/?comment=2978#comment-2978Comment by milkypostman for I don't understand your question. If this is the starting situation, how should it look like after the move action? <pre><code>+---------+---------+ | | | | c | | | | | +---------| a | | | | | d | | | | | +---------+---------+ </code></pre> Thanks for the update. Now the answer: You'll first want to bring the three windows to the same level in the container hierarchy, and then do a layout change command (<code>layout toggle split</code>, <code>stacking</code> or <code>tabbed</code>). Otherwise you will have to break the windows out of the container <code>p</code> into the container <code>g</code> at some moment. Moving the container as a container does not help with that. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2944/a-way-to-make-all-children-the-children-of-their-grandparents/?comment=2947#comment-2947updated main question with a visual response.Thu, 21 Nov 2013 21:21:26 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2944/a-way-to-make-all-children-the-children-of-their-grandparents/?comment=2947#comment-2947Comment by milkypostman for I don't understand your question. If this is the starting situation, how should it look like after the move action? <pre><code>+---------+---------+ | | | | c | | | | | +---------| a | | | | | d | | | | | +---------+---------+ </code></pre> Thanks for the update. Now the answer: You'll first want to bring the three windows to the same level in the container hierarchy, and then do a layout change command (<code>layout toggle split</code>, <code>stacking</code> or <code>tabbed</code>). Otherwise you will have to break the windows out of the container <code>p</code> into the container <code>g</code> at some moment. Moving the container as a container does not help with that. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2944/a-way-to-make-all-children-the-children-of-their-grandparents/?comment=2948#comment-2948But see, I don't want `c` and `d` to be in a container. So in your terms, I want a way to break *all* windows out of container `p`.Thu, 21 Nov 2013 23:27:21 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2944/a-way-to-make-all-children-the-children-of-their-grandparents/?comment=2948#comment-2948Comment by joepd for I don't understand your question. If this is the starting situation, how should it look like after the move action? <pre><code>+---------+---------+ | | | | c | | | | | +---------| a | | | | | d | | | | | +---------+---------+ </code></pre> Thanks for the update. Now the answer: You'll first want to bring the three windows to the same level in the container hierarchy, and then do a layout change command (<code>layout toggle split</code>, <code>stacking</code> or <code>tabbed</code>). Otherwise you will have to break the windows out of the container <code>p</code> into the container <code>g</code> at some moment. Moving the container as a container does not help with that. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2944/a-way-to-make-all-children-the-children-of-their-grandparents/?comment=2951#comment-2951In my understanding, what you want is having `a`, `c` and `d` in the same container, in a vertical split. What I say is: Move `a` into the container of `c` and `d`, and then take care of the layout. Any other way is backward. Fri, 22 Nov 2013 08:40:10 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2944/a-way-to-make-all-children-the-children-of-their-grandparents/?comment=2951#comment-2951Comment by milkypostman for I don't understand your question. If this is the starting situation, how should it look like after the move action? <pre><code>+---------+---------+ | | | | c | | | | | +---------| a | | | | | d | | | | | +---------+---------+ </code></pre> Thanks for the update. Now the answer: You'll first want to bring the three windows to the same level in the container hierarchy, and then do a layout change command (<code>layout toggle split</code>, <code>stacking</code> or <code>tabbed</code>). Otherwise you will have to break the windows out of the container <code>p</code> into the container <code>g</code> at some moment. Moving the container as a container does not help with that. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2944/a-way-to-make-all-children-the-children-of-their-grandparents/?comment=2957#comment-2957Then I have them in a container inside another container which is not what I want. Sun, 24 Nov 2013 03:38:28 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2944/a-way-to-make-all-children-the-children-of-their-grandparents/?comment=2957#comment-2957Comment by milkypostman for I don't understand your question. If this is the starting situation, how should it look like after the move action? <pre><code>+---------+---------+ | | | | c | | | | | +---------| a | | | | | d | | | | | +---------+---------+ </code></pre> Thanks for the update. Now the answer: You'll first want to bring the three windows to the same level in the container hierarchy, and then do a layout change command (<code>layout toggle split</code>, <code>stacking</code> or <code>tabbed</code>). Otherwise you will have to break the windows out of the container <code>p</code> into the container <code>g</code> at some moment. Moving the container as a container does not help with that. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2944/a-way-to-make-all-children-the-children-of-their-grandparents/?comment=2960#comment-2960I want to get rid of p from the window tree in a single keystroke. Sun, 24 Nov 2013 21:10:46 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2944/a-way-to-make-all-children-the-children-of-their-grandparents/?comment=2960#comment-2960