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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, 12 Dec 2012 09:33:44 +0000How to fix desktop orderhttps://faq.i3wm.org/question/864/how-to-fix-desktop-order/Hey, i named my first 6 Desktops. But if i open programms on them or just open these Desktops, they open to each other in the panel. I would like to have a specific order. So that workspace number 1 is always on the left of the panel etc. Is this possible? Dou you know how? Thank you very very much. sry for my bad english. KretortexFri, 07 Dec 2012 00:51:23 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/864/how-to-fix-desktop-order/Answer by loblik for Hey, i named my first 6 Desktops. But if i open programms on them or just open these Desktops, they open to each other in the panel. I would like to have a specific order. So that workspace number 1 is always on the left of the panel etc. Is this possible? Dou you know how? Thank you very very much. sry for my bad english. Kretortex https://faq.i3wm.org/question/864/how-to-fix-desktop-order/?answer=867#post-id-867Maybe I was not clear enough. You have to prefix the workspace name with number to keep them orderded (as explained in the mentioned userguide section). So in your case "1:work" instead of "work". And you may want to do this even for 'move workspace' commands otherwise moving window to nonexisting workspace will move window to workspace "1" instead of "1:work".Fri, 07 Dec 2012 13:37:10 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/864/how-to-fix-desktop-order/?answer=867#post-id-867Comment by Kretortex for Maybe I was not clear enough. You have to prefix the workspace name with number to keep them orderded (as explained in the mentioned userguide section). So in your case "1:work" instead of "work". And you may want to do this even for 'move workspace' commands otherwise moving window to nonexisting workspace will move window to workspace "1" instead of "1:work". https://faq.i3wm.org/question/864/how-to-fix-desktop-order/?comment=868#comment-868Okay, i did this. But isn't there a possibility to have just the name of the desktop shown in the panel, without the number in front of it?Fri, 07 Dec 2012 17:38:51 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/864/how-to-fix-desktop-order/?comment=868#comment-868Answer by Kretortex for Hey, i named my first 6 Desktops. But if i open programms on them or just open these Desktops, they open to each other in the panel. I would like to have a specific order. So that workspace number 1 is always on the left of the panel etc. Is this possible? Dou you know how? Thank you very very much. sry for my bad english. Kretortex https://faq.i3wm.org/question/864/how-to-fix-desktop-order/?answer=866#post-id-866This is my config # switch to workspace bindsym $mod+1 workspace main bindsym $mod+2 workspace surf bindsym $mod+3 workspace study bindsym $mod+4 workspace prog bindsym $mod+5 workspace music bindsym $mod+6 workspace scripts bindsym $mod+7 workspace 7 bindsym $mod+8 workspace 8 bindsym $mod+9 workspace 9 bindsym $mod+0 workspace 10 # move focused container to workspace bindsym $mod+Shift+exclam move workspace 1 bindsym $mod+Shift+quotedbl move workspace 2 bindsym $mod+Shift+section move workspace 3 bindsym $mod+Shift+dollar move workspace 4 bindsym $mod+Shift+percent move workspace 5 bindsym $mod+Shift+ampersand move workspace 6 bindsym $mod+Shift+slash move workspace 7 bindsym $mod+Shift+parenleft move workspace 8 bindsym $mod+Shift+parenright move workspace 9 bindsym $mod+Shift+equal move workspace 10 I have an older version, because i installed it with the package source in ubuntu, because the .deb from the webiste didnt work. How can i update? Sry i am a real noob in i3.Fri, 07 Dec 2012 01:19:58 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/864/how-to-fix-desktop-order/?answer=866#post-id-866Answer by loblik for Hey, i named my first 6 Desktops. But if i open programms on them or just open these Desktops, they open to each other in the panel. I would like to have a specific order. So that workspace number 1 is always on the left of the panel etc. Is this possible? Dou you know how? Thank you very very much. sry for my bad english. Kretortex https://faq.i3wm.org/question/864/how-to-fix-desktop-order/?answer=865#post-id-865Which version are you running? And how exactly are your workspaces named? This was itroduced quite time ago and it should work. See [named workspaces](http://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html#_named_workspaces) in userguide for more details. Fri, 07 Dec 2012 01:17:07 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/864/how-to-fix-desktop-order/?answer=865#post-id-865Answer by Kretortex for Hey, i named my first 6 Desktops. But if i open programms on them or just open these Desktops, they open to each other in the panel. I would like to have a specific order. So that workspace number 1 is always on the left of the panel etc. Is this possible? Dou you know how? Thank you very very much. sry for my bad english. Kretortex https://faq.i3wm.org/question/864/how-to-fix-desktop-order/?answer=886#post-id-886Okay, i did this. But isn't there a possibility to have just the name of the desktop shown in the panel, without the number in front of it?Tue, 11 Dec 2012 17:49:00 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/864/how-to-fix-desktop-order/?answer=886#post-id-886Comment by MeanEYE for Okay, i did this. But isn't there a possibility to have just the name of the desktop shown in the panel, without the number in front of it? https://faq.i3wm.org/question/864/how-to-fix-desktop-order/?comment=891#comment-891Nope. Names are sorted alphabetically (I think). So this is your only solution. It doesn't need to look ugly. For example I've set mine to "1: Chat". You can add spaces as long as you surround the name with quotation marks.Wed, 12 Dec 2012 09:33:44 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/864/how-to-fix-desktop-order/?comment=891#comment-891