i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Wed, 28 May 2014 18:52:04 +0000Generate Workspace Names from Criteriahttps://faq.i3wm.org/question/3885/generate-workspace-names-from-criteria/Is it possible to generate workspace names on-the-fly using window criteria? Something akin to i3-msg move container to workspace [class] Obviously that syntax doesn't work, but it illustrates the idea. I've looked over the User's Guide, and there doesn't seem to be a way to do it built into i3's standard controls. Is it possible using the IPC, however? The desired outcome is to use a single keystroke to send certain windows to their own unique workspaces.Mon, 26 May 2014 13:01:04 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3885/generate-workspace-names-from-criteria/Answer by ANOKNUSA for <p>Is it possible to generate workspace names on-the-fly using window criteria? Something akin to</p> <pre><code>i3-msg move container to workspace [class] </code></pre> <p>Obviously that syntax doesn't work, but it illustrates the idea. I've looked over the User's Guide, and there doesn't seem to be a way to do it built into i3's standard controls. Is it possible using the IPC, however? The desired outcome is to use a single keystroke to send certain windows to their own unique workspaces.</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3885/generate-workspace-names-from-criteria/?answer=3890#post-id-3890Inspired by an answer in [this thread,](https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2473/run-or-focus-in-i3/) I just slapped together a quick fix in Bash that does the trick. It uses xdotool to get the WINDOW_NAME variable of the currently focused window and passes it to i3-msg. Just give it a keybinding in the config file. #!/usr/bin/bash # # Use xdotool to get the WINDOW_NAME of the focused window and pass it to # i3-msg, moving the focused window to a unique workspace function getinfo { xdotool getwindowname $(xdotool getwindowfocus) } i3-msg "move window to workspace $( getinfo )" EDIT: Thanks to GitHub user [yiuin](https://github.com/yiuin/i3-wm-scripts), I've come up with a way to do this that's simpler (doesn't require xdotool) and more versatile (the user can control the names of workspaces/labels) using two scripts found in yiuin's repository. My [GitHub repository](https://github.com/anoknusa/i3-stuff/) contains two scripts for this---**shelve** and **pull**. **shelve** uses i3-msg and dmenu to apply a mark to a container and move it to a workspace named after the mark. **pull** then does this in reverse, listing marked containers and pulling the selected container to the currently focused workspace.Wed, 28 May 2014 18:52:04 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3885/generate-workspace-names-from-criteria/?answer=3890#post-id-3890