i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Tue, 11 Sep 2012 11:44:25 +0000Marking applications on i3 startuphttps://faq.i3wm.org/question/474/marking-applications-on-i3-startup/Is there a way to *mark* an application that is fired on *i3 startup*?Tue, 11 Sep 2012 11:38:26 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/474/marking-applications-on-i3-startup/Answer by Michael for <p>Is there a way to <em>mark</em> an application that is fired on <em>i3 startup</em>?</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/474/marking-applications-on-i3-startup/?answer=475#post-id-475Depends on the application. You can always use `for_window` and match the window’s class/title/… If it’s a terminal emulator you are starting, urxvt (for example) supports `urxvt -name foo` and you can match on that. Since you commented that it’s chrome you care about, here is how to match that: # Make chrome set its class to something distinguishable, also use a separate profile: exec google-chrome --user-data-dir=/tmp/chrome-test --class=chrometest http://i3wm.org/ # As an example, make that floating: for_window [class="^chrometest$"] floating enable All GTK applications support this kind of thing, see http://developer.gnome.org/gtk/stable/gtk-running.htmlTue, 11 Sep 2012 11:41:22 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/474/marking-applications-on-i3-startup/?answer=475#post-id-475Comment by spordha for <p>Depends on the application. You can always use <code>for_window</code> and match the window’s class/title/…</p> <p>If it’s a terminal emulator you are starting, urxvt (for example) supports <code>urxvt -name foo</code> and you can match on that.</p> <p>Since you commented that it’s chrome you care about, here is how to match that:</p> <pre><code># Make chrome set its class to something distinguishable, also use a separate profile: exec google-chrome --user-data-dir=/tmp/chrome-test --class=chrometest http://i3wm.org/ # As an example, make that floating: for_window [class="^chrometest$"] floating enable </code></pre> <p>All GTK applications support this kind of thing, see <a href="http://developer.gnome.org/gtk/stable/gtk-running.html">http://developer.gnome.org/gtk/stable...</a></p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/474/marking-applications-on-i3-startup/?comment=476#comment-476Maybe I should have elaborated my requirement a bit more. I would like i3 to open a bunch of google-chrome instances each opening a different website. Now I would like to tag each of the instance with a separate tag so that later I can directly jump to that window regardless of where the window liesTue, 11 Sep 2012 11:44:25 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/474/marking-applications-on-i3-startup/?comment=476#comment-476