https://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Wed, 21 May 2014 12:40:56 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3769/display-i3bar-tray-on-all-outputsscreens/Hi, Is it possible to display the tray in i3bar on all screens? If not, what are the alternatives to get a tray on all screens? Thank you. ---------- **Edit** Ok, I tried (as suggested by sycamorex) **.i3/config** bar { output eDP1 status_command i3status } bar { output HDMI1 status_command i3status } bar { output DP2 status_command i3status } as well as (specifying tray_output for every bar) **.i3/config** bar { output eDP1 status_command i3status tray_output eDP1 } bar { output HDMI1 status_command i3status tray_output HDMI1 } bar { output DP2 status_command i3status tray_output DP2 } But I get the tray only on the very right screen (HDMI1) My xrandr output looks as follows: $ xrandr | grep \ connected eDP1 connected 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 309mm x 175mm HDMI1 connected 1920x1200+3840+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 518mm x 324mm DP2 connected primary 1920x1200+1920+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 518mm x 324mm Any other idea to get the tray on all screens? I didn't find anything until now but it is very bad if I miss important IM notifications at work :D Thank youMon, 05 May 2014 10:35:58 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3769/display-i3bar-tray-on-all-outputsscreens/https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3769/display-i3bar-tray-on-all-outputsscreens/?answer=3861#post-id-3861At the moment there is no way to have a tray and the applications therein on every monitor in i3 (are there even WMs that have that have this feature?). Although you can define `tray_output` for every bar in the way you described, icons will in most cases appear only in one of the configured tray. (For me the *Clementine* icon stays on the left display while all others and new ones move to the right display, when I restart i3 with multiple configured trays) Wed, 21 May 2014 12:40:56 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3769/display-i3bar-tray-on-all-outputsscreens/?answer=3861#post-id-3861https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3769/display-i3bar-tray-on-all-outputsscreens/?answer=3853#post-id-3853Ok, I tried **.i3/config** bar { output eDP1 status_command i3status } bar { output HDMI1 status_command i3status } bar { output DP2 status_command i3status } as well as (specifying tray_output for every bar) **.i3/config** bar { output eDP1 status_command i3status tray_output eDP1 } bar { output HDMI1 status_command i3status tray_output HDMI1 } bar { output DP2 status_command i3status tray_output DP2 } But I get the tray only on the very right screen (HDMI1) My xrandr output looks as follows: $ xrandr | grep \ connected eDP1 connected 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 309mm x 175mm HDMI1 connected 1920x1200+3840+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 518mm x 324mm DP2 connected primary 1920x1200+1920+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 518mm x 324mm Any other idea to get the tray on all screens? I didn't find anything until now but it is very bad if I miss important IM notifications at work :D Thank youTue, 20 May 2014 07:43:33 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3769/display-i3bar-tray-on-all-outputsscreens/?answer=3853#post-id-3853https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3769/display-i3bar-tray-on-all-outputsscreens/?comment=3855#comment-3855Could you please add this as an edit to your question? I doesn't look like you have already found an answer.Tue, 20 May 2014 12:33:11 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3769/display-i3bar-tray-on-all-outputsscreens/?comment=3855#comment-3855https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3769/display-i3bar-tray-on-all-outputsscreens/?answer=3860#post-id-3860I think that sycamore is conflating "tray" and "bar". These are not the same thing. AFAIK, there is no way to put a tray on every monitor. You can have multiple bars and multiple tray_output statements, but there will only ever be one tray. Wed, 21 May 2014 12:27:03 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3769/display-i3bar-tray-on-all-outputsscreens/?answer=3860#post-id-3860https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3769/display-i3bar-tray-on-all-outputsscreens/?answer=3851#post-id-3851Edit: As pointed out I was referring to a status bar, not a tray. That obviously does not answer your question. For reasons of consistency with the question that has been edited, I'll keep my answer below intact. If you're talking about a multimonitor setup, you can specify it for both displays in your ~/.i3/config: bar { output DVI-I-1 status_command i3status } bar { output HDMI-0 status_command i3status } To identify each monitor (in my case DVI-I-1 and HDMI-0) you can use 'xrandr'Mon, 19 May 2014 18:53:21 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3769/display-i3bar-tray-on-all-outputsscreens/?answer=3851#post-id-3851https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3769/display-i3bar-tray-on-all-outputsscreens/?comment=3856#comment-3856The problem with that - at least for me - is, that any tray icon will only appear in either one of the bars, but not both. While strictly speaking there is a bar on every screen, it is probably not what the questioner wanted.Tue, 20 May 2014 12:35:32 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3769/display-i3bar-tray-on-all-outputsscreens/?comment=3856#comment-3856