i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Mon, 29 Jun 2015 15:27:59 +0000Change titles in tabbed mode?https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6159/change-titles-in-tabbed-mode/Is it possible to show the process name instaed of Title when you are in **tabbed mode**? Title looks fine in stacked mode. The problem is that when you are tabbed most of the Window Titles won't fit it in and you see **Title...** everywhere and you have **variable sized names** so its not going to look cool. I think most of the modern commercial GUI's actually show the process name or icon instead of Title probably because of this. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4074/changing-window-title/ is a similar question.Sun, 21 Jun 2015 09:07:21 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6159/change-titles-in-tabbed-mode/Answer by Airblader for <p>Is it possible to show the process name instaed of Title when you are in <strong>tabbed mode</strong>? Title looks fine in stacked mode. The problem is that when you are tabbed most of the Window Titles won't fit it in and you see <strong>Title...</strong> everywhere and you have <strong>variable sized names</strong> so its not going to look cool. I think most of the modern commercial GUI's actually show the process name or icon instead of Title probably because of this.</p> <p><a href="https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4074/changing-window-title/">https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4074/ch...</a> is a similar question.</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6159/change-titles-in-tabbed-mode/?answer=6160#post-id-6160Edit: This is now possible on the current development branch and will be in the next release (probably 5.0). The directive you want to look for in the userguide is title_format. Original post: ===== No, this isn't possible. But there is a PR pending right now with which it would be possible when combined with a little IPC script: https://github.com/i3/i3/pull/1747 Sun, 21 Jun 2015 09:56:44 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6159/change-titles-in-tabbed-mode/?answer=6160#post-id-6160Comment by Airblader for <p>Edit: This is now possible on the current development branch and will be in the next release (probably 5.0). The directive you want to look for in the userguide is title_format. </p> <h1>Original post:</h1> <p>No, this isn't possible. But there is a PR pending right now with which it would be possible when combined with a little IPC script: <a href="https://github.com/i3/i3/pull/1747">https://github.com/i3/i3/pull/1747</a> </p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6159/change-titles-in-tabbed-mode/?comment=6221#comment-6221Look at this to see how to compile under Ubuntu. This is for i3-gaps, but except for the repo it'll be the same (especially dependencies): https://github.com/Airblader/i3/wiki/Compiling-&-InstallingMon, 29 Jun 2015 15:27:59 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6159/change-titles-in-tabbed-mode/?comment=6221#comment-6221Comment by Nishant for <p>Edit: This is now possible on the current development branch and will be in the next release (probably 5.0). The directive you want to look for in the userguide is title_format. </p> <h1>Original post:</h1> <p>No, this isn't possible. But there is a PR pending right now with which it would be possible when combined with a little IPC script: <a href="https://github.com/i3/i3/pull/1747">https://github.com/i3/i3/pull/1747</a> </p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6159/change-titles-in-tabbed-mode/?comment=6219#comment-6219Cool thanks for the reply - it has been merged. I might have to compile i3 though. I use Ubuntu so there are some challenges.Mon, 29 Jun 2015 12:47:12 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6159/change-titles-in-tabbed-mode/?comment=6219#comment-6219