i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Thu, 26 Nov 2015 10:01:46 +0000Displaying Tilda over a fullscreen window.https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4435/displaying-tilda-over-a-fullscreen-window/Hello i3ers. I'm a bit of a noobie but I'm enjoying i3 so far. I'm currently using the drop-down terminal tilda and would like to open correctly when I have a window fullscreen. By default, it will open under the fullscreen window. Tilda is set to be a floating popup window so it doesn't get tiled. I have the option of setting popups to 'smart', 'ignore', or 'leave_fullscreen', none of which solve this problem. Is there a way to set tilda to another type of window that will display over a fullscreen window? If not, is there a way to have i3 display popups over a fullscreen window?Mon, 11 Aug 2014 00:15:19 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4435/displaying-tilda-over-a-fullscreen-window/Comment by niko for <p>Hello i3ers. I'm a bit of a noobie but I'm enjoying i3 so far.</p> <p>I'm currently using the drop-down terminal tilda and would like to open correctly when I have a window fullscreen. </p> <p>By default, it will open under the fullscreen window. Tilda is set to be a floating popup window so it doesn't get tiled. I have the option of setting popups to 'smart', 'ignore', or 'leave_fullscreen', none of which solve this problem. </p> <p>Is there a way to set tilda to another type of window that will display over a fullscreen window? </p> <p>If not, is there a way to have i3 display popups over a fullscreen window?</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4435/displaying-tilda-over-a-fullscreen-window/?comment=7470#comment-7470Same problem here. I regularily miss the GPG password dialog when in fullscreen mode. :(Thu, 26 Nov 2015 10:01:46 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4435/displaying-tilda-over-a-fullscreen-window/?comment=7470#comment-7470Answer by Adaephon for <p>Hello i3ers. I'm a bit of a noobie but I'm enjoying i3 so far.</p> <p>I'm currently using the drop-down terminal tilda and would like to open correctly when I have a window fullscreen. </p> <p>By default, it will open under the fullscreen window. Tilda is set to be a floating popup window so it doesn't get tiled. I have the option of setting popups to 'smart', 'ignore', or 'leave_fullscreen', none of which solve this problem. </p> <p>Is there a way to set tilda to another type of window that will display over a fullscreen window? </p> <p>If not, is there a way to have i3 display popups over a fullscreen window?</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4435/displaying-tilda-over-a-fullscreen-window/?answer=4436#post-id-4436No, in *i3* there is no way to display popups over fullscreen windows, unless they belong to the same instance of an application (This would be done by setting `popup_during_fullscreen smart`, but I see you already found that.) ---- You could try using i3's [Scratchpad function](http://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html#_scratchpad) with another terminal emulator (without drop-down function) if you want a non-tiled terminal window (See also [this question](https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3790/hotkey-for-opening-floating-terminal/)). Although this will still force the current window to leave fullscreen mode, it should be possible to script something to re-enable fullscreen when you hide the scratchpad window. Mon, 11 Aug 2014 07:21:06 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4435/displaying-tilda-over-a-fullscreen-window/?answer=4436#post-id-4436