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i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Tue, 11 Sep 2012 09:36:58 +0000Regarding workspace info, con_mark and scratchpadhttps://faq.i3wm.org/question/466/regarding-workspace-info-con_mark-and-scratchpad/I have a few questions - 1) Say I have a *xterm* in the scratchpad and it remains open in say *workspace 1*. When I want to access it from *workspace 2*, currently I am moving to the previous workspace, toggling the *xterm* back to scratchpad and opening it again in *workspace 2*. Is there a way for the *scratchpad xterm* to move back to scratchpad if open else where and reappear in the current workspace? 2) How do you mark a browser using *con_mark*? 3) How do you find out the workspace of a marked window? Or for that matter the workspace of any window that matches a criteria? I would like to apologize if the **documentation** or the **FAQ** already covers this, but I could not locate it. Thanks for any help.Tue, 11 Sep 2012 08:32:06 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/466/regarding-workspace-info-con_mark-and-scratchpad/Answer by joepd for I have a few questions - 1) Say I have a xterm in the scratchpad and it remains open in say workspace 1. When I want to access it from workspace 2, currently I am moving to the previous workspace, toggling the xterm back to scratchpad and opening it again in workspace 2. Is there a way for the scratchpad xterm to move back to scratchpad if open else where and reappear in the current workspace? 2) How do you mark a browser using con_mark? 3) How do you find out the workspace of a marked window? Or for that matter the workspace of any window that matches a criteria? I would like to apologize if the documentation or the FAQ already covers this, but I could not locate it. Thanks for any help. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/466/regarding-workspace-info-con_mark-and-scratchpad/?answer=467#post-id-467As for question 2: Have a look at the man-page for i3-input. This is an explicit example over there (albeit with a mark of 1 character long). Bind it to a key to have it work on the currently focused window. Questions 1 and 3 seem a bit too complicated for i3-input, as there are no possibilities for if-statements, and for advanced input, like a dynamically generated list of workspaces. You can use the IPC interface and the existing libraries to do this. You might want to have a look at the winmenu example of [i3-py](https://github.com/ziberna/i3-py) It uses dmenu to have you 'jump' to a window. [This version](https://github.com/joepvd/i3-py/blob/master/examples/winmenu.py) has support for marks, as in it will display them. If you type something that cannot be matched to a window, it will mark the currently focused window with what you just typed. Tue, 11 Sep 2012 08:53:17 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/466/regarding-workspace-info-con_mark-and-scratchpad/?answer=467#post-id-467Comment by spordha for As for question 2: Have a look at the man-page for i3-input. This is an explicit example over there (albeit with a mark of 1 character long). Bind it to a key to have it work on the currently focused window. Questions 1 and 3 seem a bit too complicated for i3-input, as there are no possibilities for if-statements, and for advanced input, like a dynamically generated list of workspaces. You can use the IPC interface and the existing libraries to do this. You might want to have a look at the winmenu example of <a href="https://github.com/ziberna/i3-py">i3-py</a> It uses dmenu to have you 'jump' to a window. <a href="https://github.com/joepvd/i3-py/blob/master/examples/winmenu.py">This version</a> has support for marks, as in it will display them. If you type something that cannot be matched to a window, it will mark the currently focused window with what you just typed. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/466/regarding-workspace-info-con_mark-and-scratchpad/?comment=469#comment-469Sorry, got it now. I just created a keybinding with the i3-input command. Thanks a lot for the help.Tue, 11 Sep 2012 09:29:56 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/466/regarding-workspace-info-con_mark-and-scratchpad/?comment=469#comment-469Comment by joepd for As for question 2: Have a look at the man-page for i3-input. This is an explicit example over there (albeit with a mark of 1 character long). Bind it to a key to have it work on the currently focused window. Questions 1 and 3 seem a bit too complicated for i3-input, as there are no possibilities for if-statements, and for advanced input, like a dynamically generated list of workspaces. You can use the IPC interface and the existing libraries to do this. You might want to have a look at the winmenu example of <a href="https://github.com/ziberna/i3-py">i3-py</a> It uses dmenu to have you 'jump' to a window. <a href="https://github.com/joepvd/i3-py/blob/master/examples/winmenu.py">This version</a> has support for marks, as in it will display them. If you type something that cannot be matched to a window, it will mark the currently focused window with what you just typed. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/466/regarding-workspace-info-con_mark-and-scratchpad/?comment=470#comment-470Thanks, I improved the answer :) Tue, 11 Sep 2012 09:36:58 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/466/regarding-workspace-info-con_mark-and-scratchpad/?comment=470#comment-470Comment by spordha for As for question 2: Have a look at the man-page for i3-input. This is an explicit example over there (albeit with a mark of 1 character long). Bind it to a key to have it work on the currently focused window. Questions 1 and 3 seem a bit too complicated for i3-input, as there are no possibilities for if-statements, and for advanced input, like a dynamically generated list of workspaces. You can use the IPC interface and the existing libraries to do this. You might want to have a look at the winmenu example of <a href="https://github.com/ziberna/i3-py">i3-py</a> It uses dmenu to have you 'jump' to a window. <a href="https://github.com/joepvd/i3-py/blob/master/examples/winmenu.py">This version</a> has support for marks, as in it will display them. If you type something that cannot be matched to a window, it will mark the currently focused window with what you just typed. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/466/regarding-workspace-info-con_mark-and-scratchpad/?comment=468#comment-468It might sound a bit silly but my problem is where to type the command given in the example in "i3-input". When I type the command in a terminal it seems to mark that terminal. But for a non-terminal window, I am not sure what to do.Tue, 11 Sep 2012 09:14:50 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/466/regarding-workspace-info-con_mark-and-scratchpad/?comment=468#comment-468