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i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Thu, 31 Jul 2014 00:34:37 +0000Purpose and effect of i3bar 'urgent' flag?https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4297/purpose-and-effect-of-i3bar-urgent-flag/I'm curious as to what the purpose of the 'urgent' flag is in i3bar, and what effect setting it actually has. One would think it applies the 'urgent.workspace' colors to the block set as urgent, but this doesn't seem to be the case in practice (nothing happens when I set 'urgent=true' and the documentation doesn't really mention what happens. If I've overlooked something or this has already been answered in the FAQ, feel free to point out my idiocy. :P Thanks.Sat, 19 Jul 2014 02:02:23 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4297/purpose-and-effect-of-i3bar-urgent-flag/Comment by tigrezno for I'm curious as to what the purpose of the 'urgent' flag is in i3bar, and what effect setting it actually has. One would think it applies the 'urgent.workspace' colors to the block set as urgent, but this doesn't seem to be the case in practice (nothing happens when I set 'urgent=true' and the documentation doesn't really mention what happens. If I've overlooked something or this has already been answered in the FAQ, feel free to point out my idiocy. :P Thanks. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4297/purpose-and-effect-of-i3bar-urgent-flag/?comment=4312#comment-4312It does nothing for me. I've looked at the code and urgent only applies to workspaces. May be it's not implemented yet.Mon, 21 Jul 2014 20:05:44 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4297/purpose-and-effect-of-i3bar-urgent-flag/?comment=4312#comment-4312Comment by ANOKNUSA for I'm curious as to what the purpose of the 'urgent' flag is in i3bar, and what effect setting it actually has. One would think it applies the 'urgent.workspace' colors to the block set as urgent, but this doesn't seem to be the case in practice (nothing happens when I set 'urgent=true' and the documentation doesn't really mention what happens. If I've overlooked something or this has already been answered in the FAQ, feel free to point out my idiocy. :P Thanks. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4297/purpose-and-effect-of-i3bar-urgent-flag/?comment=4313#comment-4313The one other thing I thought of is that it serves as a makeshift pop-up notification, so when the 'urgent' state changes from 'true' to 'false' it changes the mode of i3bar from 'hidden' to 'show.' That doesn't seem true either, though.Mon, 21 Jul 2014 21:04:48 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4297/purpose-and-effect-of-i3bar-urgent-flag/?comment=4313#comment-4313Comment by tigrezno for I'm curious as to what the purpose of the 'urgent' flag is in i3bar, and what effect setting it actually has. One would think it applies the 'urgent.workspace' colors to the block set as urgent, but this doesn't seem to be the case in practice (nothing happens when I set 'urgent=true' and the documentation doesn't really mention what happens. If I've overlooked something or this has already been answered in the FAQ, feel free to point out my idiocy. :P Thanks. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4297/purpose-and-effect-of-i3bar-urgent-flag/?comment=4311#comment-4311mmm according to: "The presentation of urgency is up to i3bar.", it looks like a themed-flag. I'm going to try it and see what happens.Mon, 21 Jul 2014 19:55:42 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4297/purpose-and-effect-of-i3bar-urgent-flag/?comment=4311#comment-4311Comment by ANOKNUSA for I'm curious as to what the purpose of the 'urgent' flag is in i3bar, and what effect setting it actually has. One would think it applies the 'urgent.workspace' colors to the block set as urgent, but this doesn't seem to be the case in practice (nothing happens when I set 'urgent=true' and the documentation doesn't really mention what happens. If I've overlooked something or this has already been answered in the FAQ, feel free to point out my idiocy. :P Thanks. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4297/purpose-and-effect-of-i3bar-urgent-flag/?comment=4310#comment-4310http://i3wm.org/docs/i3bar-protocol.htmlMon, 21 Jul 2014 19:53:49 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4297/purpose-and-effect-of-i3bar-urgent-flag/?comment=4310#comment-4310Comment by tigrezno for I'm curious as to what the purpose of the 'urgent' flag is in i3bar, and what effect setting it actually has. One would think it applies the 'urgent.workspace' colors to the block set as urgent, but this doesn't seem to be the case in practice (nothing happens when I set 'urgent=true' and the documentation doesn't really mention what happens. If I've overlooked something or this has already been answered in the FAQ, feel free to point out my idiocy. :P Thanks. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4297/purpose-and-effect-of-i3bar-urgent-flag/?comment=4309#comment-4309Where is that flag? I've not seen it in the config file.Mon, 21 Jul 2014 19:07:04 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4297/purpose-and-effect-of-i3bar-urgent-flag/?comment=4309#comment-4309Answer by Michael for I'm curious as to what the purpose of the 'urgent' flag is in i3bar, and what effect setting it actually has. One would think it applies the 'urgent.workspace' colors to the block set as urgent, but this doesn't seem to be the case in practice (nothing happens when I set 'urgent=true' and the documentation doesn't really mention what happens. If I've overlooked something or this has already been answered in the FAQ, feel free to point out my idiocy. :P Thanks. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4297/purpose-and-effect-of-i3bar-urgent-flag/?answer=4346#post-id-4346It’s just not implemented yet. See also https://github.com/i3/i3/issues/969Tue, 29 Jul 2014 07:16:26 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4297/purpose-and-effect-of-i3bar-urgent-flag/?answer=4346#post-id-4346Comment by ANOKNUSA for It’s just not implemented yet. See also <a href="https://github.com/i3/i3/issues/969">https://github.com/i3/i3/issues/969</a> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4297/purpose-and-effect-of-i3bar-urgent-flag/?comment=4360#comment-4360Thanks for the info. As a side note I'd also like to see background colors introduced in i3bar, although I don't consider them essential to the user experience.Thu, 31 Jul 2014 00:34:37 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4297/purpose-and-effect-of-i3bar-urgent-flag/?comment=4360#comment-4360