i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Wed, 21 Oct 2015 15:35:40 +0000Broadcasting to workspacehttps://faq.i3wm.org/question/6996/broadcasting-to-workspace/I would like to broadcast my input to multiple windows at the same time. Let say to whole workspace. So basically I type in a command like `ssh some-outside-host.com -luser` and then all my windows inside current workspace will fire up ssh and connect to that outside host. Basically I would like a similar functionality as broadcasting in terminator.Wed, 21 Oct 2015 08:47:14 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6996/broadcasting-to-workspace/Comment by Airblader for <p>I would like to broadcast my input to multiple windows at the same time. Let say to whole workspace. So basically I type in a command like <code>ssh some-outside-host.com -luser</code> and then all my windows inside current workspace will fire up ssh and connect to that outside host. Basically I would like a similar functionality as broadcasting in terminator.</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6996/broadcasting-to-workspace/?comment=6998#comment-6998And I'm confident that we wouldn't provide such functionality in i3 as it would be a complete hack of the X specification which clearly only wants one window at a time to have the input focus.Wed, 21 Oct 2015 15:35:40 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6996/broadcasting-to-workspace/?comment=6998#comment-6998Comment by Adaephon for <p>I would like to broadcast my input to multiple windows at the same time. Let say to whole workspace. So basically I type in a command like <code>ssh some-outside-host.com -luser</code> and then all my windows inside current workspace will fire up ssh and connect to that outside host. Basically I would like a similar functionality as broadcasting in terminator.</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6996/broadcasting-to-workspace/?comment=6997#comment-6997This is not possible with i3. If your primary concern is SSH, you may want to have a look at Cluster SSH (cssh). cssh opens a terminal to each host given, you can give the same host multiple times. Input can then go to all terminals or just a subset. You can also use each terminal on its own.Wed, 21 Oct 2015 09:40:37 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6996/broadcasting-to-workspace/?comment=6997#comment-6997