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i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Thu, 23 Jan 2014 23:34:14 +0000Open floating contextuel windows on the same WS in any casehttps://faq.i3wm.org/question/3296/open-floating-contextuel-windows-on-the-same-ws-in-any-case/Hummm it's a little bit hard to explain my problem with my poor english... I'll try with an example I have assign th the workspace n°2 the application Thunderbird. When it's launching, TB open itself on WS2. Normal. Sometimes, I'm moving TB on another WS, for example n°3 On the WS 3, when I try to make an attachment in a new message, the "modal" window to select a file to attach is opening in WS 2. Boring. My question is the following : can we imagine a setting to open the "modal" windows on the same WS as the parent application, doesn't matter of the WS assignation ? I'm not sure about the "modal" term and if I'm clear. Don't hesite to ask if need.Wed, 22 Jan 2014 08:20:10 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3296/open-floating-contextuel-windows-on-the-same-ws-in-any-case/Comment by TonyC for Hummm it's a little bit hard to explain my problem with my poor english... I'll try with an example I have assign th the workspace n°2 the application Thunderbird. When it's launching, TB open itself on WS2. Normal. Sometimes, I'm moving TB on another WS, for example n°3 On the WS 3, when I try to make an attachment in a new message, the "modal" window to select a file to attach is opening in WS 2. Boring. My question is the following : can we imagine a setting to open the "modal" windows on the same WS as the parent application, doesn't matter of the WS assignation ? I'm not sure about the "modal" term and if I'm clear. Don't hesite to ask if need. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3296/open-floating-contextuel-windows-on-the-same-ws-in-any-case/?comment=3301#comment-3301I think this is something that could be considered as becoming the default behavior of workspace assignments. You should make a feature request on http://bugs.i3wm.org. You can refer to those windows generally as "dialog windows" as opposed to "top-level windows" and people will know what you mean.Wed, 22 Jan 2014 10:34:21 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3296/open-floating-contextuel-windows-on-the-same-ws-in-any-case/?comment=3301#comment-3301Answer by Spheerys for Hummm it's a little bit hard to explain my problem with my poor english... I'll try with an example I have assign th the workspace n°2 the application Thunderbird. When it's launching, TB open itself on WS2. Normal. Sometimes, I'm moving TB on another WS, for example n°3 On the WS 3, when I try to make an attachment in a new message, the "modal" window to select a file to attach is opening in WS 2. Boring. My question is the following : can we imagine a setting to open the "modal" windows on the same WS as the parent application, doesn't matter of the WS assignation ? I'm not sure about the "modal" term and if I'm clear. Don't hesite to ask if need. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3296/open-floating-contextuel-windows-on-the-same-ws-in-any-case/?answer=3302#post-id-3302I have precised the rule for the exact match of the main window of my application and you were right : the child windows are now opening themselve on the current WS. Thanks ;) But maybe the best will be to test this property for the child windows : _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE(ATOM) = _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_DIALOG The main program is _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE(ATOM) = _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_NORMALWed, 22 Jan 2014 14:37:05 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3296/open-floating-contextuel-windows-on-the-same-ws-in-any-case/?answer=3302#post-id-3302Comment by joepd for I have precised the rule for the exact match of the main window of my application and you were right : the child windows are now opening themselve on the current WS. Thanks ;) But maybe the best will be to test this property for the child windows : NETWMWINDOWTYPE(ATOM) = NETWMWINDOWTYPE_DIALOG The main program is NETWMWINDOWTYPE(ATOM) = NETWMWINDOWTYPE_NORMAL https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3296/open-floating-contextuel-windows-on-the-same-ws-in-any-case/?comment=3313#comment-3313Glad it worked, but please post a feature request as TonyC suggested, as this would make sense for default behavior. Thu, 23 Jan 2014 23:34:14 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3296/open-floating-contextuel-windows-on-the-same-ws-in-any-case/?comment=3313#comment-3313Answer by joepd for Hummm it's a little bit hard to explain my problem with my poor english... I'll try with an example I have assign th the workspace n°2 the application Thunderbird. When it's launching, TB open itself on WS2. Normal. Sometimes, I'm moving TB on another WS, for example n°3 On the WS 3, when I try to make an attachment in a new message, the "modal" window to select a file to attach is opening in WS 2. Boring. My question is the following : can we imagine a setting to open the "modal" windows on the same WS as the parent application, doesn't matter of the WS assignation ? I'm not sure about the "modal" term and if I'm clear. Don't hesite to ask if need. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3296/open-floating-contextuel-windows-on-the-same-ws-in-any-case/?answer=3299#post-id-3299What you want, is a more exact match for the Thunderbird windows: It should only match the main application, but not the windows that are opened after that. I do not have thunderbird installed on my system, but the best would be to look with `xprop` at the different window properties of the windows of thunderbird. Maybe there is a way to construct an assignment match that only works on the main window. Alternatively, you could make a different launcher for Thunderbird, something along the lines of: workspace number 2, exec thunderbird, workspace back_and_forth This line you could put either with a key binding in your i3 config file, or you could wrap it in `i3-msg '...'`. Wed, 22 Jan 2014 09:53:07 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3296/open-floating-contextuel-windows-on-the-same-ws-in-any-case/?answer=3299#post-id-3299