Floating windows with for_window

asked 2014-03-28 16:05:02 +0000

whjms
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I'm trying to float all GNOME system config windows using for_window, but it doesn't seem to have any effect:

~/.i3/config:

for_window[class="gnome-control-center"] floating enable

Running xprop on the control center window yields

WM_CLASS(STRING) = "gnome-control-center", "Gnome-control-center"

Restarting i3 and launching gnome-control-center doesn't change anything, as the control center is still tiled. I've also tried floating gnome-terminal, just for testing with

for_window [class="gnome-terminal"] floating enable

to no effect.

Interestingly, the example in the user's guide with xterm works. Is it a GNOME-related issue?

I'm running i3 4.7.2 on Ubuntu 13.10, installed via the repo listed on the site (deb http//debian.sur5r.net/i3/ saucy universe) (I can't publish links so I left the ':' out of the source here).