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Floating windows initial position

Mon, 24 Dec 2012 21:25:23 +0000

Is it possible to force the initial position for a "floating enable" window? (By default, it appears on the center of the screen) More specifically, I'm trying to put a simple GTK calendar near the bottom-right corner: for_window [class="Gsimplecal"] floating enable for_window [class="Gsimplecal"] border none I tried something like: for_window [class="Gsimplecal"] geometry {"x": 1600, "y": 1, "width": 150, "height": 150} but no luck.

Answer by dkeg for

Is it possible to force the initial position for a "floating enable" window? (By default, it appears on the center of the screen)

More specifically, I'm trying to put a simple GTK calendar near the bottom-right corner:

for_window [class="Gsimplecal"] floating enable
for_window [class="Gsimplecal"] border none

I tried something like:

for_window [class="Gsimplecal"] geometry {"x": 1600, "y": 1, "width": 150, "height": 150}

but no luck.

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 23:35:25 +0000

you could also try to set a keybinding and force the position upon exec

bindsym $MOD+[?] exec foo -g 150x150+1600+150

EDIT: above seems to only work with urxvt, or other terminal emulator's, I just happen to use urxvt. Positioning another app, like thunar or mousepad is as follows:

for_window [class="Thunar"] floating enable move right 330px,move down 70px

Answer by Michael for

Is it possible to force the initial position for a "floating enable" window? (By default, it appears on the center of the screen)

More specifically, I'm trying to put a simple GTK calendar near the bottom-right corner:

for_window [class="Gsimplecal"] floating enable
for_window [class="Gsimplecal"] border none

I tried something like:

for_window [class="Gsimplecal"] geometry {"x": 1600, "y": 1, "width": 150, "height": 150}

but no luck.

Mon, 24 Dec 2012 21:45:52 +0000

i3 respects the original requested geometry by floating windows, so it’s the responsibility of the app. There is also the "move" command with which you can move floating windows, see http://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html#_focusing_moving_containers

Comment by just-22 for
i3 respects the original requested geometry by floating windows, so it’s the responsibility of the app.

There is also the "move" command with which you can move floating windows, see http://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html#focusingmoving_containers

Mon, 24 Dec 2012 22:18:45 +0000

Thanks a lot, Michael, for the hint. I did this way: for_window [instance="gsimplecal"] move absolute position 1600 px 920 px

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Floating windows initial position

Comment by just-22 for i3 respects the original requested geometry by floating windows, so it’s the responsibility of the app. There is also the "move" command with which you can move floating windows, see http://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html#focusingmoving_containers

Comment by just-22 for
i3 respects the original requested geometry by floating windows, so it’s the responsibility of the app.

There is also the "move" command with which you can move floating windows, see http://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html#focusingmoving_containers