i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Thu, 20 Nov 2014 13:16:42 +0000tabbed layout and resize not working in Debianhttps://faq.i3wm.org/question/4969/tabbed-layout-and-resize-not-working-in-debian/Ok, so recently I installed Debian and restored my i3 config. I then noticed certain things were not working, notably tabbed layouts and resizing. I thought there might be some lines that weren't valid in the version Debian has in its repositories (`4.2-2`; I was using `4.8-3` in arch), so I restored the default config, but they're not working even then. Does anyone have any idea why this might be happening and how I might fix it? I really don't want to have to use something else, but if its not working, I wouldn't have much choice. It would be a shame. ---------- Admittedly, I have not tried reinstalling it (I'm at work as of posting this, so I cant try that, ATM).Wed, 19 Nov 2014 13:36:43 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4969/tabbed-layout-and-resize-not-working-in-debian/Answer by vandannen for <p>Ok, so recently I installed Debian and restored my i3 config. I then noticed certain things were not working, notably tabbed layouts and resizing.</p> <p>I thought there might be some lines that weren't valid in the version Debian has in its repositories (<code>4.2-2</code>; I was using <code>4.8-3</code> in arch), so I restored the default config, but they're not working even then. </p> <p>Does anyone have any idea why this might be happening and how I might fix it? I really don't want to have to use something else, but if its not working, I wouldn't have much choice. It would be a shame.</p> <hr/> <p>Admittedly, I have not tried reinstalling it (I'm at work as of posting this, so I cant try that, ATM).</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4969/tabbed-layout-and-resize-not-working-in-debian/?answer=4970#post-id-4970I remember that there was some bug with resizing containers in a previous version and it was fixed somewhere after the release of version 4.2 - so this might be related. I would guess that you use Debian stable; thus I would recommend using wheezy-backports or the testing repositories to get the newest i3 version.Wed, 19 Nov 2014 14:26:02 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4969/tabbed-layout-and-resize-not-working-in-debian/?answer=4970#post-id-4970Comment by drak3 for <p>I remember that there was some bug with resizing containers in a previous version and it was fixed somewhere after the release of version 4.2 - so this might be related. I would guess that you use Debian stable; thus I would recommend using wheezy-backports or the testing repositories to get the newest i3 version.</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4969/tabbed-layout-and-resize-not-working-in-debian/?comment=4978#comment-4978this worked, thanks! it seems ironic to have to go to a less stable software repository to get a more stable piece of software....Thu, 20 Nov 2014 13:16:42 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4969/tabbed-layout-and-resize-not-working-in-debian/?comment=4978#comment-4978