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i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Sun, 08 Nov 2015 03:02:01 +0000Opening program in scratchpad without focushttps://faq.i3wm.org/question/7183/opening-program-in-scratchpad-without-focus/I wish to open vlc as floating in scratchpad, but not focusing it : for_window [class="vlc"] floating enable; [class="vlc"] move position 300px 200px; [class="vlc"] move scratchpad; [class="vlc"] scratchpad show; focus tiling; focus tiling should focus back to tiling windows. Instad vlc remains focused when opened. Effect is the same with or without "focus tiling". Any ideas ?Thu, 05 Nov 2015 10:36:07 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/7183/opening-program-in-scratchpad-without-focus/Comment by cancarne for I wish to open vlc as floating in scratchpad, but not focusing it : <pre><code>for_window [class="vlc"] floating enable; [class="vlc"] move position 300px 200px; [class="vlc"] move scratchpad; [class="vlc"] scratchpad show; focus tiling; </code></pre> focus tiling should focus back to tiling windows. Instad vlc remains focused when opened. Effect is the same with or without "focus tiling". Any ideas ? https://faq.i3wm.org/question/7183/opening-program-in-scratchpad-without-focus/?comment=7192#comment-7192Works great, thanks ! So some pause is needed for vlc to "fully open", i guess ... Solved !Thu, 05 Nov 2015 20:42:44 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/7183/opening-program-in-scratchpad-without-focus/?comment=7192#comment-7192Comment by Anon1234 for I wish to open vlc as floating in scratchpad, but not focusing it : <pre><code>for_window [class="vlc"] floating enable; [class="vlc"] move position 300px 200px; [class="vlc"] move scratchpad; [class="vlc"] scratchpad show; focus tiling; </code></pre> focus tiling should focus back to tiling windows. Instad vlc remains focused when opened. Effect is the same with or without "focus tiling". Any ideas ? https://faq.i3wm.org/question/7183/opening-program-in-scratchpad-without-focus/?comment=7185#comment-7185for_window [class="(?i)^vlc$"] floating enable, move position 300px 200px, move scratchpad, scratchpad show, exec sleep 1 && i3-msg focus tilingThu, 05 Nov 2015 15:05:58 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/7183/opening-program-in-scratchpad-without-focus/?comment=7185#comment-7185Answer by Airblader for I wish to open vlc as floating in scratchpad, but not focusing it : <pre><code>for_window [class="vlc"] floating enable; [class="vlc"] move position 300px 200px; [class="vlc"] move scratchpad; [class="vlc"] scratchpad show; focus tiling; </code></pre> focus tiling should focus back to tiling windows. Instad vlc remains focused when opened. Effect is the same with or without "focus tiling". Any ideas ? https://faq.i3wm.org/question/7183/opening-program-in-scratchpad-without-focus/?answer=7189#post-id-7189As Anon1234 pointed out in the comment, you should just put all commands together: for_window [class=(?i)vlc] floating enable, move position 300 200, move scratchpad, scratchpad show As for not focussing the window, you can use no_focus [class=(?i)vlc] in your config. Thu, 05 Nov 2015 19:51:11 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/7183/opening-program-in-scratchpad-without-focus/?answer=7189#post-id-7189Comment by cancarne for As Anon1234 pointed out in the comment, you should just put all commands together: <pre><code>for_window [class=(?i)vlc] floating enable, move position 300 200, move scratchpad, scratchpad show </code></pre> As for not focussing the window, you can use <pre><code>no_focus [class=(?i)vlc] </code></pre> in your config. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/7183/opening-program-in-scratchpad-without-focus/?comment=7220#comment-7220Oh, sorry, i have version 4.8. Will check 4.11. Cheers ! :)Sun, 08 Nov 2015 03:02:01 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/7183/opening-program-in-scratchpad-without-focus/?comment=7220#comment-7220Comment by Airblader for As Anon1234 pointed out in the comment, you should just put all commands together: <pre><code>for_window [class=(?i)vlc] floating enable, move position 300 200, move scratchpad, scratchpad show </code></pre> As for not focussing the window, you can use <pre><code>no_focus [class=(?i)vlc] </code></pre> in your config. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/7183/opening-program-in-scratchpad-without-focus/?comment=7195#comment-7195What error? Do you have a current version of i3?Thu, 05 Nov 2015 21:30:11 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/7183/opening-program-in-scratchpad-without-focus/?comment=7195#comment-7195Comment by cancarne for As Anon1234 pointed out in the comment, you should just put all commands together: <pre><code>for_window [class=(?i)vlc] floating enable, move position 300 200, move scratchpad, scratchpad show </code></pre> As for not focussing the window, you can use <pre><code>no_focus [class=(?i)vlc] </code></pre> in your config. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/7183/opening-program-in-scratchpad-without-focus/?comment=7194#comment-7194For some strange reason no_focus gives me an error. That is the first thing i tried : no_focus [class="vlc"] , which i saw in i3 guide.Thu, 05 Nov 2015 20:55:15 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/7183/opening-program-in-scratchpad-without-focus/?comment=7194#comment-7194