https://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Thu, 04 Jun 2015 11:51:08 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3699/how-can-i-open-an-application-when-i-open-a-certain-workspace-for-the-first-time/For instance when I open workspace 4 for the first time I would like firefox to open automatically in that workspace. How can I achieve this?Mon, 21 Apr 2014 14:16:08 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3699/how-can-i-open-an-application-when-i-open-a-certain-workspace-for-the-first-time/https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3699/how-can-i-open-an-application-when-i-open-a-certain-workspace-for-the-first-time/?answer=3702#post-id-3702Check out [this script](https://github.com/acrisci/i3ipc-python/blob/master/examples/app-on-ws-init.py) from the [i3ipc-python](https://github.com/acrisci/i3ipc-python) project usage: app-on-ws-init.py [-h] [--workspace NAME] [--command CMD] Open an application on a given workspace when it is initialized optional arguments: -h, --help show this help message and exit --workspace NAME The name of the workspace --command CMD The command to run on the newly initted workspace Add an `exec_always` line to your config with this script and `--workspace=4 --command=firefox`Mon, 21 Apr 2014 18:29:47 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3699/how-can-i-open-an-application-when-i-open-a-certain-workspace-for-the-first-time/?answer=3702#post-id-3702https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3699/how-can-i-open-an-application-when-i-open-a-certain-workspace-for-the-first-time/?comment=6062#comment-6062Could someone help me adapt this script so that I can specify a list of workspaces on which the same command is executed? I would like a terminal window to open when one of the workspaces 1 trough 8 are initiated. Running a single script would be a more sane thing to do.Thu, 04 Jun 2015 11:51:08 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3699/how-can-i-open-an-application-when-i-open-a-certain-workspace-for-the-first-time/?comment=6062#comment-6062https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3699/how-can-i-open-an-application-when-i-open-a-certain-workspace-for-the-first-time/?comment=3705#comment-3705Right now, you should have the python overrides installed from the i3ipc-python project page. That is meant to fix some quirks in the library but probably won't be necessary in the future. https://github.com/acrisci/i3ipc-python/releases/tag/v0.1.1Mon, 21 Apr 2014 20:32:15 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3699/how-can-i-open-an-application-when-i-open-a-certain-workspace-for-the-first-time/?comment=3705#comment-3705https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3699/how-can-i-open-an-application-when-i-open-a-certain-workspace-for-the-first-time/?comment=3706#comment-3706I fixed that one so it doesn't require the overrides so you should be good.Mon, 21 Apr 2014 20:40:42 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3699/how-can-i-open-an-application-when-i-open-a-certain-workspace-for-the-first-time/?comment=3706#comment-3706https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3699/how-can-i-open-an-application-when-i-open-a-certain-workspace-for-the-first-time/?comment=3704#comment-3704[binary0010@Hephaestus .i3]$ ./apps-on-ws-init.py --workspace=4 --command=spotify Traceback (most recent call last): File "./apps-on-ws-init.py", line 23, in <module> i3.main() AttributeError: 'Connection' object has no attribute 'main'Mon, 21 Apr 2014 19:13:54 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3699/how-can-i-open-an-application-when-i-open-a-certain-workspace-for-the-first-time/?comment=3704#comment-3704https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3699/how-can-i-open-an-application-when-i-open-a-certain-workspace-for-the-first-time/?comment=3703#comment-3703I am getting the following error:Mon, 21 Apr 2014 19:13:43 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3699/how-can-i-open-an-application-when-i-open-a-certain-workspace-for-the-first-time/?comment=3703#comment-3703https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3699/how-can-i-open-an-application-when-i-open-a-certain-workspace-for-the-first-time/?comment=3707#comment-3707This works great...Thanks!Mon, 21 Apr 2014 20:59:08 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3699/how-can-i-open-an-application-when-i-open-a-certain-workspace-for-the-first-time/?comment=3707#comment-3707