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i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Fri, 24 Apr 2015 05:58:37 +0000Window does not disappear when closing apphttps://faq.i3wm.org/question/5874/window-does-not-disappear-when-closing-app/Hi, When I close Chrome using $mod+Shift+q, the app remains at the screen but it doesn't disappear until I move to another desktop. Is that a normal behaviour? Thanks Wed, 22 Apr 2015 23:38:49 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5874/window-does-not-disappear-when-closing-app/Comment by mickkelo for Hi, When I close Chrome using $mod+Shift+q, the app remains at the screen but it doesn't disappear until I move to another desktop. Is that a normal behaviour? Thanks https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5874/window-does-not-disappear-when-closing-app/?comment=5881#comment-5881It happens with all the applications too. And I haven't change the background color or image, is the behaviour I encountered when i3 was installed, without tweaking it.Thu, 23 Apr 2015 10:19:22 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5874/window-does-not-disappear-when-closing-app/?comment=5881#comment-5881Comment by mickkelo for Hi, When I close Chrome using $mod+Shift+q, the app remains at the screen but it doesn't disappear until I move to another desktop. Is that a normal behaviour? Thanks https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5874/window-does-not-disappear-when-closing-app/?comment=5884#comment-5884Where should I put "xsetroot -gray"? I don't have a xinitrc in my profileThu, 23 Apr 2015 13:29:47 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5874/window-does-not-disappear-when-closing-app/?comment=5884#comment-5884Comment by mickkelo for Hi, When I close Chrome using $mod+Shift+q, the app remains at the screen but it doesn't disappear until I move to another desktop. Is that a normal behaviour? Thanks https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5874/window-does-not-disappear-when-closing-app/?comment=5885#comment-5885Ok, running "xsetroot -gray" solved the problem. But I don't know where to put it to run it at the beginning. Thu, 23 Apr 2015 14:07:15 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5874/window-does-not-disappear-when-closing-app/?comment=5885#comment-5885Comment by mickkelo for Hi, When I close Chrome using $mod+Shift+q, the app remains at the screen but it doesn't disappear until I move to another desktop. Is that a normal behaviour? Thanks https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5874/window-does-not-disappear-when-closing-app/?comment=5883#comment-5883My graphic card is an Intel card (typical for laptops), do I need a special thing to do?Thu, 23 Apr 2015 10:42:20 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5874/window-does-not-disappear-when-closing-app/?comment=5883#comment-5883Comment by airblader for Hi, When I close Chrome using $mod+Shift+q, the app remains at the screen but it doesn't disappear until I move to another desktop. Is that a normal behaviour? Thanks https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5874/window-does-not-disappear-when-closing-app/?comment=5875#comment-5875No, it's not. Does this happen with any other application? Thu, 23 Apr 2015 03:47:22 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5874/window-does-not-disappear-when-closing-app/?comment=5875#comment-5875Comment by Adaephon for Hi, When I close Chrome using $mod+Shift+q, the app remains at the screen but it doesn't disappear until I move to another desktop. Is that a normal behaviour? Thanks https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5874/window-does-not-disappear-when-closing-app/?comment=5876#comment-5876It sounds as if the root window ("background") is not redrawn. Do you set a background color or image? And does the problem persist if you run `xsetroot -gray`?Thu, 23 Apr 2015 06:31:01 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5874/window-does-not-disappear-when-closing-app/?comment=5876#comment-5876Comment by airblader for Hi, When I close Chrome using $mod+Shift+q, the app remains at the screen but it doesn't disappear until I move to another desktop. Is that a normal behaviour? Thanks https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5874/window-does-not-disappear-when-closing-app/?comment=5882#comment-5882could this be a graphics driver issue?Thu, 23 Apr 2015 10:38:15 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5874/window-does-not-disappear-when-closing-app/?comment=5882#comment-5882Answer by mickkelo for Hi, When I close Chrome using $mod+Shift+q, the app remains at the screen but it doesn't disappear until I move to another desktop. Is that a normal behaviour? Thanks https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5874/window-does-not-disappear-when-closing-app/?answer=5886#post-id-5886ok, seems adding: > xsetroot -gray to my .profile solves the problem.Thu, 23 Apr 2015 15:05:07 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5874/window-does-not-disappear-when-closing-app/?answer=5886#post-id-5886Answer by Adaephon for Hi, When I close Chrome using $mod+Shift+q, the app remains at the screen but it doesn't disappear until I move to another desktop. Is that a normal behaviour? Thanks https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5874/window-does-not-disappear-when-closing-app/?answer=5889#post-id-5889As setting a background seems to solve the problem, you can just put exec --no-startup-id xsetroot -gray into your `~/.i3/config` and it will be run when *i3* starts up. Of course you can use any other command that sets a background color, pattern or image instead of `xsetroot -gray`. ---- The issue here was, that there was no content set for the root window (what is sometimes called desktop). Therefore when the last window on a workspace gets closed, *i3* has nothing to draw for the root window (which then becomes visible) and an image of the last window remains. And it is just an image, the application itself terminated successfully and the actual window was closed.Fri, 24 Apr 2015 05:58:37 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5874/window-does-not-disappear-when-closing-app/?answer=5889#post-id-5889