The i3 FAQ has migrated to https://github.com/i3/i3/discussions. All content here is read-only.

Start urxvt in a scratchpad

lzap
51 ●16 ●18 ●22

Hello, I googled this solution which does not work for me:

urxvt -e "i3-msg 'border 1pixel'; i3-msg move scratchpad"

When I try it in the "exec" command within the i3 config, it does not work. If I try to run this manually from a different terminal, it just pops up for a fraction of second and it disappears.

How to properly do this?

add a comment

1 answer

Sort by » oldest newest most voted

answered Aug 26 '12

loblik

256 ●1 ●3 ●7

updated Dec 19 '12

Michael
3081 ●13 ●28 ●50 http://i3wm.org/

Try add this line to your i3 config.

for_window [instance="urxvt_scratchpad"] move to scratchpad, border 1pixel

And then run urxvt like this.

urxvt -name urxvt_scratchpad

add a comment

Question Tools

Stats

Asked: Aug 26 '12

Seen: 1,362 times

Last updated: Dec 19 '12