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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, 13 Jan 2015 21:05:37 +0000Making popup window appear on their parent's workspacehttps://faq.i3wm.org/question/2949/making-popup-window-appear-on-their-parents-workspace/Sometimes I launch a long process in an application that once finished will popup a window. Usually in this case, I switch to another workspace and do something else. But as soon as the task is finished the popup window appears, steal the focus and receive the keys and everything else. The behaviour I would have expected is that the popup window appears on the workspace of the parent that created it.Thu, 21 Nov 2013 23:33:12 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2949/making-popup-window-appear-on-their-parents-workspace/Answer by Michael for Sometimes I launch a long process in an application that once finished will popup a window. Usually in this case, I switch to another workspace and do something else. But as soon as the task is finished the popup window appears, steal the focus and receive the keys and everything else. The behaviour I would have expected is that the popup window appears on the workspace of the parent that created it. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2949/making-popup-window-appear-on-their-parents-workspace/?answer=2980#post-id-2980I’d recommend to use the urgency hint instead of a popup window. That way, the workspace (and window) will be highlighted in red and you won’t have focus stealing.Tue, 26 Nov 2013 21:28:16 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2949/making-popup-window-appear-on-their-parents-workspace/?answer=2980#post-id-2980Comment by nicoe for I’d recommend to use the urgency hint instead of a popup window. That way, the workspace (and window) will be highlighted in red and you won’t have focus stealing. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2949/making-popup-window-appear-on-their-parents-workspace/?comment=2983#comment-2983Sometimes you don't have the choice. For example wizards in libreoffice.Tue, 26 Nov 2013 21:54:51 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2949/making-popup-window-appear-on-their-parents-workspace/?comment=2983#comment-2983Answer by TonyC for Sometimes I launch a long process in an application that once finished will popup a window. Usually in this case, I switch to another workspace and do something else. But as soon as the task is finished the popup window appears, steal the focus and receive the keys and everything else. The behaviour I would have expected is that the popup window appears on the workspace of the parent that created it. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2949/making-popup-window-appear-on-their-parents-workspace/?answer=2950#post-id-2950The only way to do this now is with a workspace assignment (the stupid way). See `build.i3wm.org/docs/hacking-howto.html#_using_cgroups_per_workspace` for a discussion about how this could be implemented.Fri, 22 Nov 2013 00:46:21 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2949/making-popup-window-appear-on-their-parents-workspace/?answer=2950#post-id-2950Comment by Michael for The only way to do this now is with a workspace assignment (the stupid way). See <code>build.i3wm.org/docs/hacking-howto.html#_using_cgroups_per_workspace</code> for a discussion about how this could be implemented. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2949/making-popup-window-appear-on-their-parents-workspace/?comment=2979#comment-2979Note that the documentation you refer to explains how _not_ to implement this. The current implementation (startup notifications and manual assignments) covers all the cases better than what the thought-experiment.Tue, 26 Nov 2013 21:27:37 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2949/making-popup-window-appear-on-their-parents-workspace/?comment=2979#comment-2979Answer by Adaephon for Sometimes I launch a long process in an application that once finished will popup a window. Usually in this case, I switch to another workspace and do something else. But as soon as the task is finished the popup window appears, steal the focus and receive the keys and everything else. The behaviour I would have expected is that the popup window appears on the workspace of the parent that created it. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2949/making-popup-window-appear-on-their-parents-workspace/?answer=5336#post-id-5336*i3* does not support the exact feature you are asking for out of the box. A simple workaround would be to use `assign` to force certain applications to open all their windows on the same workspace: assign [class="AppWithPopups1"] SomeWorkspace assign [class="AppWithPopups2"] SomeOtherWorkspace Also, in more recent versions of *i3* a workspace will be marked as urgent if a window is opened on it while the workspace is not visible. This way you will also know immediately when and which application opened a new window. Tue, 13 Jan 2015 21:05:37 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2949/making-popup-window-appear-on-their-parents-workspace/?answer=5336#post-id-5336