https://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Wed, 03 Jun 2015 03:19:52 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6050/is-it-possible-to-match-criteria-on-floating-state/ I'd like to configure key binds that are only active for windows that are in floating mode, but I can't seem to find any good way to write something like: ``` bindsym Mod4+x [floating=true] kill ``` Am I missing some other way of achieving this, or would it be possible to add such a critera option?Mon, 01 Jun 2015 06:08:57 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6050/is-it-possible-to-match-criteria-on-floating-state/https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6050/is-it-possible-to-match-criteria-on-floating-state/?answer=6057#post-id-6057You could use bindsym Mod4+x exec --no-startup-id your_script.sh where `your_script.sh` parses the output of `i3-msg -t get_tree` to find out what state the focused window is. It then issues a specific command depending on whether the window is floating. Wed, 03 Jun 2015 03:19:52 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6050/is-it-possible-to-match-criteria-on-floating-state/?answer=6057#post-id-6057https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6050/is-it-possible-to-match-criteria-on-floating-state/?answer=6051#post-id-6051Command criteria don't support this, but you can subscribe to the [window](http://i3wm.org/docs/ipc.html#_window_event) event and then trigger a command. For this you can use, for example, [i3subscribe](https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5721/how-do-i-subscribe-to-i3-events-using-bash-easily/).Mon, 01 Jun 2015 06:45:03 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6050/is-it-possible-to-match-criteria-on-floating-state/?answer=6051#post-id-6051