i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Mon, 13 Apr 2015 14:19:03 +0000Single window on a workspace take up half the screen?https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5783/single-window-on-a-workspace-take-up-half-the-screen/Is it possible to have a single window open only take up the right or left side of the the workspace without floating that window and manually position/resizing? Mon, 13 Apr 2015 01:03:02 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5783/single-window-on-a-workspace-take-up-half-the-screen/Comment by lunarl0n for <p>Is it possible to have a single window open only take up the right or left side of the the workspace without floating that window and manually position/resizing? </p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5783/single-window-on-a-workspace-take-up-half-the-screen/?comment=5785#comment-5785I'm trying to have 1 window take up one side, and nothing take up the other side. So if I open a single terminal in an empty workspace it takes up half of the workspace instead of taking up the entire workspace.Mon, 13 Apr 2015 02:29:29 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5783/single-window-on-a-workspace-take-up-half-the-screen/?comment=5785#comment-5785Comment by Michael Rose for <p>Is it possible to have a single window open only take up the right or left side of the the workspace without floating that window and manually position/resizing? </p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5783/single-window-on-a-workspace-take-up-half-the-screen/?comment=5784#comment-5784You could load a saved window layout wherein half the screen is reserved for one window and the remainder divided however you like with i3-save-tree and i3-msg append_layout. Could you be more clear on what you are trying to achieve.Mon, 13 Apr 2015 02:18:10 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5783/single-window-on-a-workspace-take-up-half-the-screen/?comment=5784#comment-5784Comment by airblader for <p>Is it possible to have a single window open only take up the right or left side of the the workspace without floating that window and manually position/resizing? </p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5783/single-window-on-a-workspace-take-up-half-the-screen/?comment=5786#comment-5786You can use the undocumented IPC command `open` which opens a container without a window. This is, of course, officially not supported, though.Mon, 13 Apr 2015 09:43:17 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5783/single-window-on-a-workspace-take-up-half-the-screen/?comment=5786#comment-5786Comment by lunarl0n for <p>Is it possible to have a single window open only take up the right or left side of the the workspace without floating that window and manually position/resizing? </p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5783/single-window-on-a-workspace-take-up-half-the-screen/?comment=5787#comment-5787Thanks, I was thinking that creating an empty container could be a solution, just unsure how to do it.Mon, 13 Apr 2015 14:17:01 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5783/single-window-on-a-workspace-take-up-half-the-screen/?comment=5787#comment-5787Answer by lunarl0n for <p>Is it possible to have a single window open only take up the right or left side of the the workspace without floating that window and manually position/resizing? </p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5783/single-window-on-a-workspace-take-up-half-the-screen/?answer=5788#post-id-5788I was able to add a keybinding to create an empty container: bindsym $mod+o open Then I could open a terminal alongside it to only take up half the screen. Mon, 13 Apr 2015 14:19:03 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5783/single-window-on-a-workspace-take-up-half-the-screen/?answer=5788#post-id-5788