Resize with i3-msg

asked 2013-09-09 06:04:38 +0000

joek1010
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When I issue a command to resize with i3-msg it looks like it always resizes to the same value. Example:

Open two terminals, split vertical. Issuing the following:

i3-msg resize grow height 5 ppt

results in the same resizing as

i3-msg resize grow height 50 ppt

Am I doing something wrong here?

answered 2013-09-11 12:42:23 +0000

scy
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According to the documentation, section "Resizing containers/windows" (cannot link to it because of insufficient karma…), I would assume that you are using the wrong syntax here: It is resize <grow|shrink> <direction> [<px> px [or <ppt> ppt]]. The ppt value is optional, but the px value is mandatory. Since you don't specify it, I guess i3 uses the default value, which is (as also specified in the documentation) 10 pixels, for both of your statements.

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Ah, ok. I just tried pasting the exact line from my conf for resize (which I swear to god I thought I tried) and it worked properly. It should really return an error on bad syntax rather than use a default value.