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i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Wed, 05 Mar 2014 15:14:31 +0000How to disable urgent hints on startuphttps://faq.i3wm.org/question/3473/how-to-disable-urgent-hints-on-startup/During startup I launch a couple of applications (cli and gui) and I get an urgent hint from the last gui app launched (pcmanfm on the 6th workplace). I'm running i3: - 4.5.1 doesn't show urgent hint on startup - 4.7.2 show urgent hints on startup Is there anyway to disable urgent hints on startup for newer i3 versions? My startup apps are started with: exec --no-startup-id ~/.i3/startup And then ~/.i3/startup is just a sh script which launch apps with &Tue, 04 Mar 2014 12:43:08 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3473/how-to-disable-urgent-hints-on-startup/Answer by Adaephon for During startup I launch a couple of applications (cli and gui) and I get an urgent hint from the last gui app launched (pcmanfm on the 6th workplace). I'm running i3: <ul> <li>4.5.1 doesn't show urgent hint on startup</li> <li>4.7.2 show urgent hints on startup</li> </ul> Is there anyway to disable urgent hints on startup for newer i3 versions? My startup apps are started with: <pre><code>exec --no-startup-id ~/.i3/startup </code></pre> And then ~/.i3/startup is just a sh script which launch apps with & https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3473/how-to-disable-urgent-hints-on-startup/?answer=3476#post-id-3476This is a feature that was added in 4.7: Windows that are assigned to a specific workspace are opened urgent if the workspace is not visible. There is at the moment no configuration option to turn this feature of. But you can work around it with `for_window` instead of `assign`. for_window [class="Pcmanfm"] move workspace number 6Wed, 05 Mar 2014 10:36:53 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3473/how-to-disable-urgent-hints-on-startup/?answer=3476#post-id-3476Comment by chilicuil for This is a feature that was added in 4.7: Windows that are assigned to a specific workspace are opened urgent if the workspace is not visible. There is at the moment no configuration option to turn this feature of. But you can work around it with <code>for_window</code> instead of <code>assign</code>. <pre><code>for_window [class="Pcmanfm"] move workspace number 6 </code></pre> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3473/how-to-disable-urgent-hints-on-startup/?comment=3480#comment-3480I found bug #1088 which was the origin of the patch, on it the author suggest to move to the focused app and going back, however using "workspace 6; workspace back_and_forth" doesn't work, but "exec i3-msg workspace 6 && i3-msg workspace back_and_forth" does (with a graphic glitch)Wed, 05 Mar 2014 14:33:20 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3473/how-to-disable-urgent-hints-on-startup/?comment=3480#comment-3480Comment by chilicuil for This is a feature that was added in 4.7: Windows that are assigned to a specific workspace are opened urgent if the workspace is not visible. There is at the moment no configuration option to turn this feature of. But you can work around it with <code>for_window</code> instead of <code>assign</code>. <pre><code>for_window [class="Pcmanfm"] move workspace number 6 </code></pre> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3473/how-to-disable-urgent-hints-on-startup/?comment=3479#comment-3479It works great, however new popup (create new file, save as, etc) windows are open in other workspaces when workspace_auto_back_and_forth is enabled, for the moment I'll take the urgent hint (which is less annoying that turning off workspace_auto_back_and_forth).Wed, 05 Mar 2014 12:59:28 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3473/how-to-disable-urgent-hints-on-startup/?comment=3479#comment-3479Comment by chilicuil for This is a feature that was added in 4.7: Windows that are assigned to a specific workspace are opened urgent if the workspace is not visible. There is at the moment no configuration option to turn this feature of. But you can work around it with <code>for_window</code> instead of <code>assign</code>. <pre><code>for_window [class="Pcmanfm"] move workspace number 6 </code></pre> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3473/how-to-disable-urgent-hints-on-startup/?comment=3481#comment-3481In the end I modified s/urgency_hint = true/urgency_hint = false;" src/manage.c and made a custom deb package available at https://launchpad.net/~chilicuil/+archive/sucklesstools/+packages , it targets ubuntu 14.04Wed, 05 Mar 2014 15:14:31 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3473/how-to-disable-urgent-hints-on-startup/?comment=3481#comment-3481