i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Wed, 03 Sep 2014 12:25:35 +0000full screenhttps://faq.i3wm.org/question/4597/full-screen/Hi, Is it possible to launch certain applications in full screen? A bit more precisely: I use gitg to commit to git repos and the repeated steps I do are: 1. type `gitg` in the root of the project I'm working on 2. push Windows-F to put it in full screen, because it starts in tiling mode 3. i have to adjust the border between the staging area and the commit message, because it gets shrinked while it was in tiling mode 4. do the commit and exit I would love to just type `gitg` and do the git commit, sparing the switchin to full screen and the border adjustment. All I need is to somehow tell i3 that gitg is an exception and it should be always launched in full screen mode. Is this possible? (Creating a key binding for gitg is not a solution here, because I have to launch it in the projects root directory. Once launching gitg and putting it to the scratchpad is also a nice thing, but not applicable here.) Wed, 03 Sep 2014 11:05:07 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4597/full-screen/Answer by Adaephon for <p>Hi,</p> <p>Is it possible to launch certain applications in full screen?</p> <p>A bit more precisely: I use gitg to commit to git repos and the repeated steps I do are:</p> <ol> <li>type <code>gitg</code> in the root of the project I'm working on</li> <li>push Windows-F to put it in full screen, because it starts in tiling mode</li> <li>i have to adjust the border between the staging area and the commit message, because it gets shrinked while it was in tiling mode</li> <li>do the commit and exit</li> </ol> <p>I would love to just type <code>gitg</code> and do the git commit, sparing the switchin to full screen and the border adjustment. All I need is to somehow tell i3 that gitg is an exception and it should be always launched in full screen mode.</p> <p>Is this possible?</p> <p>(Creating a key binding for gitg is not a solution here, because I have to launch it in the projects root directory. Once launching gitg and putting it to the scratchpad is also a nice thing, but not applicable here.)</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4597/full-screen/?answer=4598#post-id-4598You can use the `for_window` configuration to run commands automatically for windows that match certain criteria. `gitg` windows for example have the *WM_CLASS* "Gitg". So if you add this to your `~/.i3/config`: for_window [class="^Gitg$"] fullscreen any `gitg` window will be made fullscreen immediatelly.Wed, 03 Sep 2014 12:25:35 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4597/full-screen/?answer=4598#post-id-4598