https://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Fri, 25 Apr 2014 05:16:14 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3726/workspace-output-multiple-values/I'm trying to bind workspace 5 to output VGA1 and DP1 too. (I have display port at home and vga at work) I currently have this, but the second entry obviously overwrites the first one so when I plugin the VGA monitor it gets workspace 2. workspace 5 output VGA1 workspace 5 output DP1 What would be the best way to do it? Thu, 24 Apr 2014 13:36:08 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3726/workspace-output-multiple-values/https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3726/workspace-output-multiple-values/?answer=3731#post-id-3731There is no builtin feature to do this. But with some scripting it should not be too difficult. First set a variable in your configuration file for the output(s) and reference it in your `workspace` definitions: set $OUTPUT1 LVDS set $OUTPUT2 VGA1 workspace 1 output $OUTPUT1 workspace 5 output $OUTPUT2 Then you need a script that changes the variable definitions for you and reloads the configuration #!/bin/bash OUT2=$(xrandr | awk '/(VGA1|DP1)/ connected/{print $1}') OUT2=${OUT2:-LVDS} sed 's/^set\s\s*$OUTPUT2\s.*/set $OUTPUT2 '$OUT2'/' -i "${HOME}/.i3/config" i3-msg reload Now you can set a keybinding for this script. ----- **WARNING: UNTESTED** You could even run this script directly from your configuration file exec --no-startup-id /path/to/outputcheck.sh As `exec` statements are not executed when reloading the configuration it should not lead to an endless loop. I am assuming that the statements are also only run after i3 has fully parsed the configuration file (for the first time) and reloading can thus be done without risk, but I am not sure.Fri, 25 Apr 2014 05:16:14 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3726/workspace-output-multiple-values/?answer=3731#post-id-3731