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i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Mon, 08 Jun 2015 12:56:16 +0000How to restore a scratchpad?https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6081/how-to-restore-a-scratchpad/I am using the append_layout commands to restore my layouts upon login. Everything goes where it's supposed to, except for my chat window that I have to send manually to a scratchapd. It's a minor annoyance but still would be great to have it fixed. I also tried to add this to my .i3/config: exec --no-startup-id 'i3-msg [title="default-chat"] move scratchpad' 'default-chat' is a chat joined by Pidgin by default upon startup. But this doesn't work. My guess is that this window isn't created yet by the time this line gets executedMon, 08 Jun 2015 08:45:21 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6081/how-to-restore-a-scratchpad/Comment by Toufik for I am using the append_layout commands to restore my layouts upon login. Everything goes where it's supposed to, except for my chat window that I have to send manually to a scratchapd. It's a minor annoyance but still would be great to have it fixed. I also tried to add this to my .i3/config: <pre><code>exec --no-startup-id 'i3-msg [title="default-chat"] move scratchpad' </code></pre> 'default-chat' is a chat joined by Pidgin by default upon startup. But this doesn't work. My guess is that this window isn't created yet by the time this line gets executed https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6081/how-to-restore-a-scratchpad/?comment=6088#comment-6088hey thanks I just figured that out :)Mon, 08 Jun 2015 12:56:16 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6081/how-to-restore-a-scratchpad/?comment=6088#comment-6088Comment by Adaephon for I am using the append_layout commands to restore my layouts upon login. Everything goes where it's supposed to, except for my chat window that I have to send manually to a scratchapd. It's a minor annoyance but still would be great to have it fixed. I also tried to add this to my .i3/config: <pre><code>exec --no-startup-id 'i3-msg [title="default-chat"] move scratchpad' </code></pre> 'default-chat' is a chat joined by Pidgin by default upon startup. But this doesn't work. My guess is that this window isn't created yet by the time this line gets executed https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6081/how-to-restore-a-scratchpad/?comment=6086#comment-6086Just to be clear, `for_window [title="default-chat"] move scratchpad` is the whole line you need to put into your configuration instead of `exec ....`.Mon, 08 Jun 2015 12:53:07 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6081/how-to-restore-a-scratchpad/?comment=6086#comment-6086Comment by Toufik for I am using the append_layout commands to restore my layouts upon login. Everything goes where it's supposed to, except for my chat window that I have to send manually to a scratchapd. It's a minor annoyance but still would be great to have it fixed. I also tried to add this to my .i3/config: <pre><code>exec --no-startup-id 'i3-msg [title="default-chat"] move scratchpad' </code></pre> 'default-chat' is a chat joined by Pidgin by default upon startup. But this doesn't work. My guess is that this window isn't created yet by the time this line gets executed https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6081/how-to-restore-a-scratchpad/?comment=6084#comment-6084no luck either :/Mon, 08 Jun 2015 10:22:58 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6081/how-to-restore-a-scratchpad/?comment=6084#comment-6084Comment by Airblader for I am using the append_layout commands to restore my layouts upon login. Everything goes where it's supposed to, except for my chat window that I have to send manually to a scratchapd. It's a minor annoyance but still would be great to have it fixed. I also tried to add this to my .i3/config: <pre><code>exec --no-startup-id 'i3-msg [title="default-chat"] move scratchpad' </code></pre> 'default-chat' is a chat joined by Pidgin by default upon startup. But this doesn't work. My guess is that this window isn't created yet by the time this line gets executed https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6081/how-to-restore-a-scratchpad/?comment=6082#comment-6082Use "for_window [title='default-chat'] move scratchpad" instead.Mon, 08 Jun 2015 09:11:24 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6081/how-to-restore-a-scratchpad/?comment=6082#comment-6082Answer by Toufik for I am using the append_layout commands to restore my layouts upon login. Everything goes where it's supposed to, except for my chat window that I have to send manually to a scratchapd. It's a minor annoyance but still would be great to have it fixed. I also tried to add this to my .i3/config: <pre><code>exec --no-startup-id 'i3-msg [title="default-chat"] move scratchpad' </code></pre> 'default-chat' is a chat joined by Pidgin by default upon startup. But this doesn't work. My guess is that this window isn't created yet by the time this line gets executed https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6081/how-to-restore-a-scratchpad/?answer=6087#post-id-6087I take my comment back. for_window did the trick. I was trying to add 'for_window' in the command above which didn't work. Instead I added this line in my .i3/config: for_window [title="default-chat"] move scratchpad And now it works perfectly All credits to @AirbladerMon, 08 Jun 2015 12:54:36 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6081/how-to-restore-a-scratchpad/?answer=6087#post-id-6087