<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title>i3 FAQ - Individual question feed</title><link>https://faq.i3wm.org/questions/</link><description>Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window manager</description><atom:link href="http://faq.i3wm.org/feeds/question/632/" rel="self"></atom:link><language>en</language><copyright>Copyright i3, 2012</copyright><lastBuildDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 13:33:39 +0000</lastBuildDate><item><title>"fullscreen global" not working</title><link>https://faq.i3wm.org/question/632/fullscreen-global-not-working/</link><description>Using i3 version 4.3 on Ubuntu 12.04, I defined a key binding for the global fullscreen:

    bindsym $mod+g fullscreen global

but it does not work as expected. [This](http://metazoon.net/etcetera/i3-global-fullscreen-error.jpg) is a screenshot that shows a Firefox window after pressing $mod+g on it:
![image description](http://metazoon.net/etcetera/i3-global-fullscreen-error.jpg)

My output consists of two external monitors attached to a closed notebook.

    $ xrandr
    Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 3840 x 1080, maximum 8192 x 8192
    LVDS1 connected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
       1600x900       60.0 +   40.0  
       1440x900       59.9  
       1360x768       59.8     60.0  
       1152x864       60.0  
       1024x768       60.0  
       800x600        60.3     56.2  
       640x480        59.9  
    VGA1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
    HDMI1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
    DP1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
    HDMI2 connected 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 477mm x 268mm
       1920x1080      60.0*+
       1280x1024      75.0     60.0  
       1152x864       75.0  
       1024x768       75.1     60.0  
       800x600        75.0     60.3  
       640x480        75.0     60.0  
       720x400        70.1  
    HDMI3 connected 1920x1080+1920+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 477mm x 268mm
       1920x1080      60.0*+
       1280x1024      75.0     60.0  
       1152x864       75.0  
       1024x768       75.1     60.0  
       800x600        75.0     60.3  
       640x480        75.0     60.0  
       720x400        70.1  
    DP2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
    DP3 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)

Thanks!</description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 13:26:02 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://faq.i3wm.org/question/632/fullscreen-global-not-working/</guid></item><item><title>Answer by Michael for &lt;p&gt;Using i3 version 4.3 on Ubuntu 12.04, I defined a key binding for the global fullscreen:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;bindsym $mod+g fullscreen global
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;

&lt;p&gt;but it does not work as expected. &lt;a href="http://metazoon.net/etcetera/i3-global-fullscreen-error.jpg"&gt;This&lt;/a&gt; is a screenshot that shows a Firefox window after pressing $mod+g on it:
&lt;img alt="image description" src="http://metazoon.net/etcetera/i3-global-fullscreen-error.jpg"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;My output consists of two external monitors attached to a closed notebook.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;$ xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 3840 x 1080, maximum 8192 x 8192
LVDS1 connected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
   1600x900       60.0 +   40.0  
   1440x900       59.9  
   1360x768       59.8     60.0  
   1152x864       60.0  
   1024x768       60.0  
   800x600        60.3     56.2  
   640x480        59.9  
VGA1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI2 connected 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 477mm x 268mm
   1920x1080      60.0*+
   1280x1024      75.0     60.0  
   1152x864       75.0  
   1024x768       75.1     60.0  
   800x600        75.0     60.3  
   640x480        75.0     60.0  
   720x400        70.1  
HDMI3 connected 1920x1080+1920+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 477mm x 268mm
   1920x1080      60.0*+
   1280x1024      75.0     60.0  
   1152x864       75.0  
   1024x768       75.1     60.0  
   800x600        75.0     60.3  
   640x480        75.0     60.0  
   720x400        70.1  
DP2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP3 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;
 </title><link>https://faq.i3wm.org/question/632/fullscreen-global-not-working/?answer=633#post-id-633</link><description>This is not a question. Please post it as a bugreport at http://bugs-beta.i3wm.org/</description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 13:33:39 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://faq.i3wm.org/question/632/fullscreen-global-not-working/?answer=633#post-id-633</guid></item></channel></rss>