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i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Sat, 06 Dec 2014 19:40:04 +0000Customly repositioned and resized terminal in scratchpad at startuphttps://faq.i3wm.org/question/5107/customly-repositioned-and-resized-terminal-in-scratchpad-at-startup/I'm trying to always have a terminal in the scratchpad positioned in the bottom right of my screen and hidden since startup. Since it seems moving a container to the scratchpad always implies it being automatically resized and ripositioned to the center of the screen, I've found here in this site this workaroud. # Open a terminal during startup and move it to the scratchpad exec --no-startup-id urxvt -name urxvt_scratchpad for_window [instance="urxvt_scratchpad"] move scratchpad # Workaround to resize and reposition urxvt container for_window [instance="urxvt_scratchpad"] scratchpad show; move position 1000px 200px; move scratchpad The problems I have are: 1) I don't know how to resize the window to a custom value. (I want the terminal to be a small window for quick commands while browsing, etc) 2) I don't know how to set the exact position I want it to be, the above config example was just a test. Using the mouse I can position the terminal in the place and with the size I'd like it to have, I'd only like to automatize this behaviour at startup. Maybe there's a way to query i3 with the position of the terminal in the scratchpad and just copy&paste it to the config? Sat, 06 Dec 2014 12:11:19 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5107/customly-repositioned-and-resized-terminal-in-scratchpad-at-startup/Answer by smlb for I'm trying to always have a terminal in the scratchpad positioned in the bottom right of my screen and hidden since startup. Since it seems moving a container to the scratchpad always implies it being automatically resized and ripositioned to the center of the screen, I've found here in this site this workaroud. <pre><code># Open a terminal during startup and move it to the scratchpad exec --no-startup-id urxvt -name urxvt_scratchpad for_window [instance="urxvt_scratchpad"] move scratchpad # Workaround to resize and reposition urxvt container for_window [instance="urxvt_scratchpad"] scratchpad show; move position 1000px 200px; move scratchpad </code></pre> The problems I have are: 1) I don't know how to resize the window to a custom value. (I want the terminal to be a small window for quick commands while browsing, etc) 2) I don't know how to set the exact position I want it to be, the above config example was just a test. Using the mouse I can position the terminal in the place and with the size I'd like it to have, I'd only like to automatize this behaviour at startup. Maybe there's a way to query i3 with the position of the terminal in the scratchpad and just copy&paste it to the config? https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5107/customly-repositioned-and-resized-terminal-in-scratchpad-at-startup/?answer=5109#post-id-5109urxvt supports `-geometry XxY` value, maybe try with exec --no-startup-id urxvt -name urxvt_scratchpad -geometry 130x40 for_window [instance="urxvt_scratchpad"] floating enable for_window [instance="urxvt_scratchpad"] move scratchpad This way the default size created using -geometry should remain the same in scratchpad.Sat, 06 Dec 2014 16:50:11 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5107/customly-repositioned-and-resized-terminal-in-scratchpad-at-startup/?answer=5109#post-id-5109Comment by Mariano for urxvt supports <code>-geometry XxY</code> value, maybe try with <pre><code>exec --no-startup-id urxvt -name urxvt_scratchpad -geometry 130x40 for_window [instance="urxvt_scratchpad"] floating enable for_window [instance="urxvt_scratchpad"] move scratchpad </code></pre> This way the default size created using -geometry should remain the same in scratchpad. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5107/customly-repositioned-and-resized-terminal-in-scratchpad-at-startup/?comment=5113#comment-5113Thanks! Using --geometry I was able to obtain what I wanted, I had just to try a bit to obtain the right position.Sat, 06 Dec 2014 19:30:57 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5107/customly-repositioned-and-resized-terminal-in-scratchpad-at-startup/?comment=5113#comment-5113Answer by Mariano for I'm trying to always have a terminal in the scratchpad positioned in the bottom right of my screen and hidden since startup. Since it seems moving a container to the scratchpad always implies it being automatically resized and ripositioned to the center of the screen, I've found here in this site this workaroud. <pre><code># Open a terminal during startup and move it to the scratchpad exec --no-startup-id urxvt -name urxvt_scratchpad for_window [instance="urxvt_scratchpad"] move scratchpad # Workaround to resize and reposition urxvt container for_window [instance="urxvt_scratchpad"] scratchpad show; move position 1000px 200px; move scratchpad </code></pre> The problems I have are: 1) I don't know how to resize the window to a custom value. (I want the terminal to be a small window for quick commands while browsing, etc) 2) I don't know how to set the exact position I want it to be, the above config example was just a test. Using the mouse I can position the terminal in the place and with the size I'd like it to have, I'd only like to automatize this behaviour at startup. Maybe there's a way to query i3 with the position of the terminal in the scratchpad and just copy&paste it to the config? https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5107/customly-repositioned-and-resized-terminal-in-scratchpad-at-startup/?answer=5114#post-id-5114For whoever may need it, this is what I used for a 1366x768 screen size. # Open a small terminal at startup exec --no-startup-id urxvt -name urxvt_scratchpad --geometry 70x15 # Workaround size&position for_window [instance="urxvt_scratchpad"] floating enable; move scratchpad; scratchpad show; move position 865px 512px; move scratchpad Note: This was done on urxvt with this line specifying a custom font and pixelsize in the .Xdefaults file -> # Font URxvt*font: xft:Source Code Pro:pixelsize=11:style=regular Different font and pixelsize may cause the terminal to be in a slightly different position than bottom left just over the status bar, the one I was looking for. Sat, 06 Dec 2014 19:40:04 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5107/customly-repositioned-and-resized-terminal-in-scratchpad-at-startup/?answer=5114#post-id-5114