i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Mon, 15 Jun 2015 14:54:32 +0000Make window take twice as much spacehttps://faq.i3wm.org/question/6123/make-window-take-twice-as-much-space/ Say I have two terminals [ A | B ] If I had three, it would look like this [ A | B | C ] But I only want two windows, what I want is A to take twice as much space: [ A | B ]Sat, 13 Jun 2015 19:29:33 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6123/make-window-take-twice-as-much-space/Answer by i3convert for <p>Say I have two terminals</p> <pre><code>[ A | B ] </code></pre> <p>If I had three, it would look like this</p> <pre><code>[ A | B | C ] </code></pre> <p>But I only want two windows, what I want is A to take twice as much space:</p> <pre><code>[ A | B ] </code></pre> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6123/make-window-take-twice-as-much-space/?answer=6125#post-id-6125If you just want to resize windows, then issues like this are excellently covered in [i3 User's Guide](https://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html). In particular Section 2.8 discusses the topic of resizing windows. You can use the mouse or keyboard. If you care about getting **exactly** the 2:1 split, then one option that should work is to save your current layout and modify the `"percent"` field, before reloading it. See the [document on saving layouts](http://i3wm.org/docs/layout-saving.html) for more details.Sat, 13 Jun 2015 21:24:51 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6123/make-window-take-twice-as-much-space/?answer=6125#post-id-6125Comment by i3convert for <p>If you just want to resize windows, then issues like this are excellently covered in <a href="https://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html">i3 User's Guide</a>. In particular Section 2.8 discusses the topic of resizing windows. You can use the mouse or keyboard.</p> <p>If you care about getting <strong>exactly</strong> the 2:1 split, then one option that should work is to save your current layout and modify the <code>"percent"</code> field, before reloading it. See the <a href="http://i3wm.org/docs/layout-saving.html">document on saving layouts</a> for more details.</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6123/make-window-take-twice-as-much-space/?comment=6134#comment-6134@Arblader: I see what you mean. I assumed he didn't care about getting exactly the 2:1 split. He could probably use layouts (http://i3wm.org/docs/layout-saving.html) for that, and modify the `percent` parameter. Let me edit my answer.Mon, 15 Jun 2015 14:54:32 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6123/make-window-take-twice-as-much-space/?comment=6134#comment-6134Comment by Airblader for <p>If you just want to resize windows, then issues like this are excellently covered in <a href="https://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html">i3 User's Guide</a>. In particular Section 2.8 discusses the topic of resizing windows. You can use the mouse or keyboard.</p> <p>If you care about getting <strong>exactly</strong> the 2:1 split, then one option that should work is to save your current layout and modify the <code>"percent"</code> field, before reloading it. See the <a href="http://i3wm.org/docs/layout-saving.html">document on saving layouts</a> for more details.</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6123/make-window-take-twice-as-much-space/?comment=6129#comment-6129To be fair, this exact usecase isn't covered and not too easy. The closest you can get without scripting is `resize grow width 0 px or 17 ppt`, but it will still be slightly off. Might be good enough, though.Sun, 14 Jun 2015 08:32:30 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6123/make-window-take-twice-as-much-space/?comment=6129#comment-6129