I'm using a setup with dual portrait displays, and I'm wondering if there is a way to have i3status on the 2nd display only. Having the same thing displayed twice makes it look cluttered, not mention it's redundant. Here's what my bar section looks like:
bar {
mode dock
position top
font pango: cure 10
workspace_buttons yes
tray_output none
status ~/.i3./conky.sh
}
You can use output [output name] in the bar section of your i3 config file to specify where the bar should be shown. See i3 user's guide, section 5.6
Edit: Okay, this way also the workspace buttons are removed. If you don't want that but just remove the status bar, just create a second bar section in the config without a status command, c.f. the complete example in section 5.6 of the user's guide.
Sorry, I'm really bad at troubleshooting. When I use output DVI-I-3 in the bar section and reload i3, i3bar disappears. I can still move between workspaces, but the bar is gone entirely. I've tried DVI-I-2, as well, with same results, as well as DVI2 and DVI3.
Could you check if you have `force_xinerama yes` somewhere in your config? In that case the outputs would be named `xinerama-0` and `xinerama-1` no matter what `xrandr` says. This was [needed for older nVidia drivers](http://i3wm.org/docs/multi-monitor.html) and you may no longer need it.
Asked: 2013-10-16 08:15:25 +0000
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Last updated: Oct 16 '13
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