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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 21:27:33 +0000Force i3 to use only one monitor (Mac OS X)https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4323/force-i3-to-use-only-one-monitor-mac-os-x/I use i3 on Mac OS X and I don't seem to be able to have a consistent user experience when there is more than one monitor. Is there a way to force i3 to use only one monitor ? Asked differently: How to disable the second monitor completely so that i3 ignores it ? (from the point of view of i3, the monitor does not exist).Sun, 27 Jul 2014 05:43:59 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4323/force-i3-to-use-only-one-monitor-mac-os-x/Comment by ANOKNUSA for I use i3 on Mac OS X and I don't seem to be able to have a consistent user experience when there is more than one monitor. Is there a way to force i3 to use only one monitor ? Asked differently: How to disable the second monitor completely so that i3 ignores it ? (from the point of view of i3, the monitor does not exist). https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4323/force-i3-to-use-only-one-monitor-mac-os-x/?comment=4329#comment-4329Actually, I was referring to the ambiguity of "consistent user experience." ;) I'll answer it best I can below.Mon, 28 Jul 2014 04:49:24 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4323/force-i3-to-use-only-one-monitor-mac-os-x/?comment=4329#comment-4329Comment by syl20bnr for I use i3 on Mac OS X and I don't seem to be able to have a consistent user experience when there is more than one monitor. Is there a way to force i3 to use only one monitor ? Asked differently: How to disable the second monitor completely so that i3 ignores it ? (from the point of view of i3, the monitor does not exist). https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4323/force-i3-to-use-only-one-monitor-mac-os-x/?comment=4328#comment-4328Thank you ANOKNUSA I made the question less ambiguous.Don't worry, I tried a lot of solutions to fix the inconsistencies (which are hard to describe). Fact is: only one monitor, no issue :-)Mon, 28 Jul 2014 02:46:43 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4323/force-i3-to-use-only-one-monitor-mac-os-x/?comment=4328#comment-4328Comment by ANOKNUSA for I use i3 on Mac OS X and I don't seem to be able to have a consistent user experience when there is more than one monitor. Is there a way to force i3 to use only one monitor ? Asked differently: How to disable the second monitor completely so that i3 ignores it ? (from the point of view of i3, the monitor does not exist). https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4323/force-i3-to-use-only-one-monitor-mac-os-x/?comment=4327#comment-4327This sounds like an [X-Y problem](http://xyproblem.info/) to me.Sun, 27 Jul 2014 21:57:39 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4323/force-i3-to-use-only-one-monitor-mac-os-x/?comment=4327#comment-4327Comment by tigrezno for I use i3 on Mac OS X and I don't seem to be able to have a consistent user experience when there is more than one monitor. Is there a way to force i3 to use only one monitor ? Asked differently: How to disable the second monitor completely so that i3 ignores it ? (from the point of view of i3, the monitor does not exist). https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4323/force-i3-to-use-only-one-monitor-mac-os-x/?comment=4326#comment-4326You can use: "workspace xxx output yyy" in your config.Sun, 27 Jul 2014 18:54:01 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4323/force-i3-to-use-only-one-monitor-mac-os-x/?comment=4326#comment-4326Answer by ANOKNUSA for I use i3 on Mac OS X and I don't seem to be able to have a consistent user experience when there is more than one monitor. Is there a way to force i3 to use only one monitor ? Asked differently: How to disable the second monitor completely so that i3 ignores it ? (from the point of view of i3, the monitor does not exist). https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4323/force-i3-to-use-only-one-monitor-mac-os-x/?answer=4330#post-id-4330Which monitors are used by the X server is controlled by Xorg itself, at a lower level than the window manager. You'll need to figure out if it's possible to set the OS X X11 layer to only display on a single Mac workspace, and set that one Mac workspace to a specific monitor. I personally don't know how to do that, though.Mon, 28 Jul 2014 04:49:31 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4323/force-i3-to-use-only-one-monitor-mac-os-x/?answer=4330#post-id-4330Comment by syl20bnr for Which monitors are used by the X server is controlled by Xorg itself, at a lower level than the window manager. You'll need to figure out if it's possible to set the OS X X11 layer to only display on a single Mac workspace, and set that one Mac workspace to a specific monitor. I personally don't know how to do that, though. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4323/force-i3-to-use-only-one-monitor-mac-os-x/?comment=4370#comment-4370A release candidate for XQuartz 2.7.7 has been released a few days ago and it fixed one of the issues. I looked into the monitor configuration for X and it seems that it is not trivial. Since I use i3 almost exclusively for urxvt and terminal stuff, I can bear with the limitations.Thu, 31 Jul 2014 21:27:33 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4323/force-i3-to-use-only-one-monitor-mac-os-x/?comment=4370#comment-4370