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i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Wed, 02 Sep 2015 07:49:09 +0000Dynamically changing window border colorshttps://faq.i3wm.org/question/6523/dynamically-changing-window-border-colors/Is there a way I can dynamically change the decoration colors for a single window with i3? I'm talking about each window having its own independent border color, for example, while new windows obeying to the default. If not, would this be a difficult feature to implement? It doesn't look like it and I'd be willing to implement it myself, but I'm not very familiar with i3's codebase. Which sections of the code would you recommend me taking a look at?Sat, 29 Aug 2015 14:44:27 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6523/dynamically-changing-window-border-colors/Answer by Airblader for Is there a way I can dynamically change the decoration colors for a single window with i3? I'm talking about each window having its own independent border color, for example, while new windows obeying to the default. If not, would this be a difficult feature to implement? It doesn't look like it and I'd be willing to implement it myself, but I'm not very familiar with i3's codebase. Which sections of the code would you recommend me taking a look at? https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6523/dynamically-changing-window-border-colors/?answer=6525#post-id-6525No, this isn't possible at the moment. If you care about this being implemented, I suggest you first [file a feature request on Github](https://github.com/i3/i3/issues). Even if you were to implement this yourself, you should at least get a reply on whether we'd accept such a feature. Otherwise your work would either be wasted or you'd have to fork i3 for yourself. The relevant code is probably mostly src/x.c and include/data.h. Plus you'd need to add a command for it, for which I suggest looking at any recent PR that added a new command.Sat, 29 Aug 2015 15:52:07 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6523/dynamically-changing-window-border-colors/?answer=6525#post-id-6525Comment by Adaephon for No, this isn't possible at the moment. If you care about this being implemented, I suggest you first <a href="https://github.com/i3/i3/issues">file a feature request on Github</a>. Even if you were to implement this yourself, you should at least get a reply on whether we'd accept such a feature. Otherwise your work would either be wasted or you'd have to fork i3 for yourself. The relevant code is probably mostly src/x.c and include/data.h. Plus you'd need to add a command for it, for which I suggest looking at any recent PR that added a new command. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6523/dynamically-changing-window-border-colors/?comment=6537#comment-6537@setzer22 I edited your comment to have the correct link.Wed, 02 Sep 2015 07:49:09 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6523/dynamically-changing-window-border-colors/?comment=6537#comment-6537Comment by setzer22 for No, this isn't possible at the moment. If you care about this being implemented, I suggest you first <a href="https://github.com/i3/i3/issues">file a feature request on Github</a>. Even if you were to implement this yourself, you should at least get a reply on whether we'd accept such a feature. Otherwise your work would either be wasted or you'd have to fork i3 for yourself. The relevant code is probably mostly src/x.c and include/data.h. Plus you'd need to add a command for it, for which I suggest looking at any recent PR that added a new command. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6523/dynamically-changing-window-border-colors/?comment=6533#comment-6533For anyone interested this is the feature request I just filed: https://github.com/i3/i3/issues/1879 .Sun, 30 Aug 2015 13:49:53 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6523/dynamically-changing-window-border-colors/?comment=6533#comment-6533Comment by setzer22 for No, this isn't possible at the moment. If you care about this being implemented, I suggest you first <a href="https://github.com/i3/i3/issues">file a feature request on Github</a>. Even if you were to implement this yourself, you should at least get a reply on whether we'd accept such a feature. Otherwise your work would either be wasted or you'd have to fork i3 for yourself. The relevant code is probably mostly src/x.c and include/data.h. Plus you'd need to add a command for it, for which I suggest looking at any recent PR that added a new command. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6523/dynamically-changing-window-border-colors/?comment=6536#comment-6536Somehow the link appears to be broken, a closing p html tag is appended in the end for no apparent reason. Removing that tag from the end of the url fixes it, but I can't edit comments.Tue, 01 Sep 2015 08:49:59 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6523/dynamically-changing-window-border-colors/?comment=6536#comment-6536Comment by Adaephon for No, this isn't possible at the moment. If you care about this being implemented, I suggest you first <a href="https://github.com/i3/i3/issues">file a feature request on Github</a>. Even if you were to implement this yourself, you should at least get a reply on whether we'd accept such a feature. Otherwise your work would either be wasted or you'd have to fork i3 for yourself. The relevant code is probably mostly src/x.c and include/data.h. Plus you'd need to add a command for it, for which I suggest looking at any recent PR that added a new command. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6523/dynamically-changing-window-border-colors/?comment=6535#comment-6535@Airblader Sorry, this should have been a link to the issue page of i3's github repository. It seems I forgot to actually copy the URL before pasting it :-[Mon, 31 Aug 2015 05:23:33 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6523/dynamically-changing-window-border-colors/?comment=6535#comment-6535Comment by setzer22 for No, this isn't possible at the moment. If you care about this being implemented, I suggest you first <a href="https://github.com/i3/i3/issues">file a feature request on Github</a>. Even if you were to implement this yourself, you should at least get a reply on whether we'd accept such a feature. Otherwise your work would either be wasted or you'd have to fork i3 for yourself. The relevant code is probably mostly src/x.c and include/data.h. Plus you'd need to add a command for it, for which I suggest looking at any recent PR that added a new command. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6523/dynamically-changing-window-border-colors/?comment=6531#comment-6531Thank you, I'll file a feature request on GitHub before I attempt any work by myself. I just wanted to know if that wasn't already a feature to avoid adding an unnecessary issue.Sun, 30 Aug 2015 13:05:15 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6523/dynamically-changing-window-border-colors/?comment=6531#comment-6531Comment by Airblader for No, this isn't possible at the moment. If you care about this being implemented, I suggest you first <a href="https://github.com/i3/i3/issues">file a feature request on Github</a>. Even if you were to implement this yourself, you should at least get a reply on whether we'd accept such a feature. Otherwise your work would either be wasted or you'd have to fork i3 for yourself. The relevant code is probably mostly src/x.c and include/data.h. Plus you'd need to add a command for it, for which I suggest looking at any recent PR that added a new command. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6523/dynamically-changing-window-border-colors/?comment=6527#comment-6527@Adaephon Sorry, but I don't understand why you're linking to bitbucket. Also the link requires a login, so I've removed it.Sat, 29 Aug 2015 19:13:23 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6523/dynamically-changing-window-border-colors/?comment=6527#comment-6527