I've got a large monitor, and when I have just one open terminal window, I don't want it to occupy the whole monitor, I want it to take say only half of it. How can I do that? The best workaround so far I found is to open two terminal windows, one of which is used only as a space holder.
In i3 that would be the way to go. Another would be to use a floating window (I don't really recommend it). i3 is specifically designed to always use the whole screen.
Make a (tabbed) terminal floating and use the scratchpad so you can bring it up over any workspace as needed.
# Scratchpad terminal.
# Using a custom title string with criteria is deliberate and keeps things simple.
exec --no-startup-id terminator -l KJ -T "Life is beautiful."
for_window [instance="terminator" title="Life"] floating enable, move scratchpad, scratchpad show;
for_window [instance="terminator" title="Life"] resize grow left 300, resize grow right 300, resize grow down 150, resize grow up 100, move scratchpad;
bindsym Menu [instance="terminator" title="Life"] scratchpad show
bindsym Print [instance="terminator" title="Life"] scratchpad show
Asked: 2014-04-24 12:35:43 +0000
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Last updated: Apr 24 '14
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