https://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Wed, 22 Apr 2015 10:11:22 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5866/two-keybindings-for-starting-terminal-normally-and-floating/I would like to have two different keybindings for starting a terminal once normally in tiling mode, and once as floating window. How could I achieve this? Disclaimer: This question was extracted from a comment from @x3nu on [this thread](https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4550/launch-in-floating-mode/?comment=5849#comment-5849).Wed, 22 Apr 2015 10:02:43 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5866/two-keybindings-for-starting-terminal-normally-and-floating/https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5866/two-keybindings-for-starting-terminal-normally-and-floating/?answer=5867#post-id-5867You could start your terminal with a given name. e.g. urxvt -name floating and then add a rule to your i3config. for_window [class="URxvt" instance"floating"] floating enable In your i3 config file it would look something like this: bindsym $sup+3 exec urxvt bindsym $sup+4 exec urxvt -name floating for_window [class="URxvt" instance="floating"] floating enable border pixel 3 This works with xterm, urxvt and might also work for other programs where you can set a name or the window title.Wed, 22 Apr 2015 10:11:22 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5866/two-keybindings-for-starting-terminal-normally-and-floating/?answer=5867#post-id-5867