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i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Sun, 22 Feb 2015 22:53:50 +0000move non floating window to front of floating windowhttps://faq.i3wm.org/question/5507/move-non-floating-window-to-front-of-floating-window/I have a rule that says pidin should be always floating and on workspace 5. When I am in a conversation I would like to run a terminal sometimes to check something, and paste to a friend, or co worker. But, the terminal window is shown under pidin and I can focus it but pidgin is always on the top. I cannot bring the terminal to the front neither with mouse nor with the keyboard. This is my rule for pidgin: assign [class="Pidgin"] 5 for_window [class="^Pidgin$"] floating enable Edit: only pidgin windows are floating, terminal is not. Fri, 20 Feb 2015 09:50:19 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5507/move-non-floating-window-to-front-of-floating-window/Comment by tdi for I have a rule that says pidin should be always floating and on workspace 5. When I am in a conversation I would like to run a terminal sometimes to check something, and paste to a friend, or co worker. But, the terminal window is shown under pidin and I can focus it but pidgin is always on the top. I cannot bring the terminal to the front neither with mouse nor with the keyboard. This is my rule for pidgin: <pre><code>assign [class="Pidgin"] 5 for_window [class="^Pidgin$"] floating enable </code></pre> Edit: only pidgin windows are floating, terminal is not. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5507/move-non-floating-window-to-front-of-floating-window/?comment=5509#comment-5509@Adaephon no terminal is not floating. Fri, 20 Feb 2015 12:19:29 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5507/move-non-floating-window-to-front-of-floating-window/?comment=5509#comment-5509Comment by Adaephon for I have a rule that says pidin should be always floating and on workspace 5. When I am in a conversation I would like to run a terminal sometimes to check something, and paste to a friend, or co worker. But, the terminal window is shown under pidin and I can focus it but pidgin is always on the top. I cannot bring the terminal to the front neither with mouse nor with the keyboard. This is my rule for pidgin: <pre><code>assign [class="Pidgin"] 5 for_window [class="^Pidgin$"] floating enable </code></pre> Edit: only pidgin windows are floating, terminal is not. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5507/move-non-floating-window-to-front-of-floating-window/?comment=5508#comment-5508Is the terminal also a floating window? Fri, 20 Feb 2015 12:17:53 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5507/move-non-floating-window-to-front-of-floating-window/?comment=5508#comment-5508Answer by Adaephon for I have a rule that says pidin should be always floating and on workspace 5. When I am in a conversation I would like to run a terminal sometimes to check something, and paste to a friend, or co worker. But, the terminal window is shown under pidin and I can focus it but pidgin is always on the top. I cannot bring the terminal to the front neither with mouse nor with the keyboard. This is my rule for pidgin: <pre><code>assign [class="Pidgin"] 5 for_window [class="^Pidgin$"] floating enable </code></pre> Edit: only pidgin windows are floating, terminal is not. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5507/move-non-floating-window-to-front-of-floating-window/?answer=5511#post-id-5511Floating windows are always on top of tiled windows. The only way to get a window in front of a floating window is to make it a floating window itself. You can do that with the `floating enable` or `floating toggle` (by default bound to **Mod1**+**Shift**+**space**) commands. ---- That being said, *i3* is a tiling window manager and is designed to be used as such. Support for floating windows is rather rudimentary and mainly exists for only two reasons: dialog windows and applications that just can not handle being resized. So my real suggestion is, not to run *pidgin* in floating mode. I am also using `pidgin` and have yet to encounter any problems that would require it to run in floating mode. Fri, 20 Feb 2015 13:30:19 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5507/move-non-floating-window-to-front-of-floating-window/?answer=5511#post-id-5511Comment by Adaephon for Floating windows are always on top of tiled windows. The only way to get a window in front of a floating window is to make it a floating window itself. You can do that with the <code>floating enable</code> or <code>floating toggle</code> (by default bound to Mod1+Shift+space) commands. <hr/> That being said, i3 is a tiling window manager and is designed to be used as such. Support for floating windows is rather rudimentary and mainly exists for only two reasons: dialog windows and applications that just can not handle being resized. So my real suggestion is, not to run pidgin in floating mode. I am also using <code>pidgin</code> and have yet to encounter any problems that would require it to run in floating mode. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5507/move-non-floating-window-to-front-of-floating-window/?comment=5520#comment-5520No. I just use stacked layout and after opening the first conversation window, I move the roster to the right and resize it manually. Any conversation windows I then keep in the left container. I usually keep my machine running, so there is really no benefit in automating the layout.Sun, 22 Feb 2015 22:53:50 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5507/move-non-floating-window-to-front-of-floating-window/?comment=5520#comment-5520Comment by tdi for Floating windows are always on top of tiled windows. The only way to get a window in front of a floating window is to make it a floating window itself. You can do that with the <code>floating enable</code> or <code>floating toggle</code> (by default bound to Mod1+Shift+space) commands. <hr/> That being said, i3 is a tiling window manager and is designed to be used as such. Support for floating windows is rather rudimentary and mainly exists for only two reasons: dialog windows and applications that just can not handle being resized. So my real suggestion is, not to run pidgin in floating mode. I am also using <code>pidgin</code> and have yet to encounter any problems that would require it to run in floating mode. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5507/move-non-floating-window-to-front-of-floating-window/?comment=5512#comment-5512@Adaephon ok thank you. btw do you enforce piding starting up in some sane manner, i.e. roster on one side, and smaller than the conversation windows ?Fri, 20 Feb 2015 17:35:02 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5507/move-non-floating-window-to-front-of-floating-window/?comment=5512#comment-5512