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i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Thu, 16 Jul 2015 03:04:55 +0000prompt to close a window (by mod+shift+q)https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6297/prompt-to-close-a-window-by-modshiftq/closing a window now becomes too easy. Is it possible to have a prompt to close a window?Wed, 15 Jul 2015 06:01:35 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6297/prompt-to-close-a-window-by-modshiftq/Answer by i3convert for closing a window now becomes too easy. Is it possible to have a prompt to close a window? https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6297/prompt-to-close-a-window-by-modshiftq/?answer=6301#post-id-6301You can use i3 modes for this purpose. Pressing $mod+Shift+q moves you to a special mode, where it asks you if you really want to close the window. Then, in my example, pressing Enter or y will close the window. Pressing Escape or n will get you out of this mode. set $close "Close the window? (y/n)" mode $close { bindsym y kill, mode default bindsym Return kill, mode default bindsym n mode default bindsym Escape mode default } bindsym $mod+Shift+q mode $close This is not perfect, but perhaps you'll like it. Wed, 15 Jul 2015 15:43:28 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6297/prompt-to-close-a-window-by-modshiftq/?answer=6301#post-id-6301Comment by i3convert for You can use i3 modes for this purpose. Pressing $mod+Shift+q moves you to a special mode, where it asks you if you really want to close the window. Then, in my example, pressing Enter or y will close the window. Pressing Escape or n will get you out of this mode. <pre><code>set $close "Close the window? (y/n)" mode $close { bindsym y kill, mode default bindsym Return kill, mode default bindsym n mode default bindsym Escape mode default } bindsym $mod+Shift+q mode $close </code></pre> This is not perfect, but perhaps you'll like it. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6297/prompt-to-close-a-window-by-modshiftq/?comment=6304#comment-6304@diablo456: You could write a script that uses the output of `i3-msg -t get_tree` to figure out the type of the currently focused window. Then it could either execute `i3-msg kill` (to kill the current window) or `i3-msg "mode Close the window? (y/n)"` (to switch to the auxiliary mode).Thu, 16 Jul 2015 03:04:55 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6297/prompt-to-close-a-window-by-modshiftq/?comment=6304#comment-6304Comment by diablo465 for You can use i3 modes for this purpose. Pressing $mod+Shift+q moves you to a special mode, where it asks you if you really want to close the window. Then, in my example, pressing Enter or y will close the window. Pressing Escape or n will get you out of this mode. <pre><code>set $close "Close the window? (y/n)" mode $close { bindsym y kill, mode default bindsym Return kill, mode default bindsym n mode default bindsym Escape mode default } bindsym $mod+Shift+q mode $close </code></pre> This is not perfect, but perhaps you'll like it. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6297/prompt-to-close-a-window-by-modshiftq/?comment=6303#comment-6303Thanks so much for the update. actually I just wish to enforce such prompt to iterm and rdesktop (WM_CLASS(STRING) = "xterm", "XTerm" and WM_CLASS(STRING) = "rdesktop", "rdesktop" ). how can i add an if function for this?Thu, 16 Jul 2015 00:24:13 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6297/prompt-to-close-a-window-by-modshiftq/?comment=6303#comment-6303Comment by Airblader for You can use i3 modes for this purpose. Pressing $mod+Shift+q moves you to a special mode, where it asks you if you really want to close the window. Then, in my example, pressing Enter or y will close the window. Pressing Escape or n will get you out of this mode. <pre><code>set $close "Close the window? (y/n)" mode $close { bindsym y kill, mode default bindsym Return kill, mode default bindsym n mode default bindsym Escape mode default } bindsym $mod+Shift+q mode $close </code></pre> This is not perfect, but perhaps you'll like it. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6297/prompt-to-close-a-window-by-modshiftq/?comment=6302#comment-6302A great alternative indeed! Never occurred to me to use modes like that.Wed, 15 Jul 2015 16:02:54 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6297/prompt-to-close-a-window-by-modshiftq/?comment=6302#comment-6302Answer by Airblader for closing a window now becomes too easy. Is it possible to have a prompt to close a window? https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6297/prompt-to-close-a-window-by-modshiftq/?answer=6298#post-id-6298 Sure, but not from i3 itself. You can change your keybinding to execute this: bindsym $mod+Shift+q exec --no-startup-id xdotool getactivewindow | xargs -I '{}' i3-nagbar -t warning -m "Do you really want to close this?" -b "Yes" "killall i3-nagbar; i3-msg [id='{}'] kill" -b "No" "killall i3-nagbar; i3-msg nop" Not exactly pretty, but works. I don't think i3-nagbar is a great tool for this, though, but you can replace it with whatever tool you want to create the dialog with. For example, you can use `zenity`: bindsym $mod+Shift+q exec --no-startup-id xdotool getactivewindow | xargs -I '{}' zenity --question && i3-msg [id='{}'] kill I use `xdotool` to get the focused window first because if I simply do the dialog and kall `i3-msg kill`, you end up killing the wrong window.Wed, 15 Jul 2015 07:23:16 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6297/prompt-to-close-a-window-by-modshiftq/?answer=6298#post-id-6298