https://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Mon, 25 Aug 2014 20:34:57 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3192/different-border-styles-for-floating-and-normal-windows/Is that possible to set different border styles for floating and normal windows? I have this in my config: new_float normal 4 new_window normal 1 But it doesn't work as expected. Both floating and normal windows have **normal 1** border in that case. If I swap these two lines in my config, both floating and normal windows will have **normal 4** border. Am I missing something? __UPDATE:__ This bug was fixed in 4.8 version. Part from the changelog: > new\_window and new_float can now be used simultaneously with different border widthsFri, 10 Jan 2014 08:43:48 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3192/different-border-styles-for-floating-and-normal-windows/https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3192/different-border-styles-for-floating-and-normal-windows/?answer=3197#post-id-3197You’re not missing something. This is an edge case which is already identified, but nobody bothered to fix it yet: http://code.stapelberg.de/git/i3/tree/src/config_directives.c?h=next#n286 In case you feel strongly about it, please submit a patch to http://cr.i3wm.org/ (after reading http://build.i3wm.org/docs/hacking-howto.html)Sat, 11 Jan 2014 09:54:16 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3192/different-border-styles-for-floating-and-normal-windows/?answer=3197#post-id-3197https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3192/different-border-styles-for-floating-and-normal-windows/?answer=3897#post-id-3897Seems fixed, and it's very nice to see. Or am I just somehow very lucky to have this feature working?Sat, 31 May 2014 15:43:30 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3192/different-border-styles-for-floating-and-normal-windows/?answer=3897#post-id-3897https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3192/different-border-styles-for-floating-and-normal-windows/?comment=4583#comment-4583I also use 4.8. And there is no such bug. According to the changelog (http://i3wm.org/downloads/RELEASE-NOTES-4.8.txt) it was fixed in 4.8: "new\_window and new\_float can now be used simultaneously with different border widths".Mon, 25 Aug 2014 20:34:57 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3192/different-border-styles-for-floating-and-normal-windows/?comment=4583#comment-4583https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3192/different-border-styles-for-floating-and-normal-windows/?comment=4091#comment-4091Are you using 4.8? Because it's still present in 4.7.2.Tue, 01 Jul 2014 15:09:53 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3192/different-border-styles-for-floating-and-normal-windows/?comment=4091#comment-4091https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3192/different-border-styles-for-floating-and-normal-windows/?comment=4110#comment-4110yes, 4.8 (from sur5r repo, Debian Testing).Thu, 03 Jul 2014 14:15:01 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3192/different-border-styles-for-floating-and-normal-windows/?comment=4110#comment-4110