https://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Sun, 01 Feb 2015 10:54:01 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5414/where-is-dmenu-in-the-tree/I'm trying to exclude dmenu from compton shadows, but haven't had much luck so far. So I figured, I'd find out what's even in the tree. I ran `i3-msg -t 'get_tree'` once without dmenu and then once when dmenu was open via `sleep 3 && …`. Comparing both dumps, they are exactly the same right down to the last byte. How is that? Shouldn't dmenu be a (floating?) window? Why does i3 not see it, but compton still renders a shadow?Sun, 01 Feb 2015 09:42:23 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5414/where-is-dmenu-in-the-tree/https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5414/where-is-dmenu-in-the-tree/?answer=5415#post-id-5415dmenu is not a floating window, but an unmanaged window, so i3 never touches it.Sun, 01 Feb 2015 10:37:33 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5414/where-is-dmenu-in-the-tree/?answer=5415#post-id-5415https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5414/where-is-dmenu-in-the-tree/?comment=5418#comment-5418That makes sense – I don't know why I didn't think about that. I guess I'll have to use X tools to find out why compton doesn't seem to find dmenu. ThanksSun, 01 Feb 2015 10:47:44 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5414/where-is-dmenu-in-the-tree/?comment=5418#comment-5418https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5414/where-is-dmenu-in-the-tree/?comment=5419#comment-5419And I've figured it out. Thanks again!Sun, 01 Feb 2015 10:54:01 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5414/where-is-dmenu-in-the-tree/?comment=5419#comment-5419