https://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Fri, 26 Dec 2014 17:58:56 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5254/open-new-windows-on-new-workspaces/Maybe I'm just inept to search properly, but I can't find an answer for the life of me. Is there a possibility to spawn a new desktop for each opened window except floats? Note that I do not want to add a line to the config file for each program I could possibly want to start potentially, just a new desktop for each. Else I just could use section 4.12. from the users guide. This seems just such an generic solution in the battle for screen real estate that I think I've overlooked something. In that I case will be thankfull for a pointer to the correct answer. Thanks in advance! Tue, 23 Dec 2014 10:06:54 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5254/open-new-windows-on-new-workspaces/https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5254/open-new-windows-on-new-workspaces/?comment=5262#comment-5262Because I feel they are redundant. They provide no extra information I need, and eat up a part of my screen space. With the solution I'm looking for, I can still choose to use them, but I've usually opened 2-6 windows, an I can remember easily which desktop holds each program.Wed, 24 Dec 2014 15:02:01 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5254/open-new-windows-on-new-workspaces/?comment=5262#comment-5262https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5254/open-new-windows-on-new-workspaces/?comment=5261#comment-5261Nice question, but out of curiosity, why not use tabs?Wed, 24 Dec 2014 12:29:47 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5254/open-new-windows-on-new-workspaces/?comment=5261#comment-5261https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5254/open-new-windows-on-new-workspaces/?answer=5273#post-id-5273If you always spawn applications in i3, you can just chain the command you use, e.g. `bindsym $mod+x workspace 10; exec dmenu`. Note that you need to replace the `workspace` command with a script that opens a new workspace. Such a command is not in i3 because the behavior is very specific to the user’s needs — which output should the workspace be created on, what should be its name…? In case you don’t, the IPC interface may still be good enough: you could look for new window events and then move these windows to a new workspace. See http://i3wm.org/docs/ipc.html for more information.Fri, 26 Dec 2014 17:58:56 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5254/open-new-windows-on-new-workspaces/?answer=5273#post-id-5273