scratchpad not working on Ubuntu 14

asked 2014-10-29 23:54:03 +0000

takoinche
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updated 2014-10-31 13:27:21 +0000

Adaephon
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Hello everyone. I have Ubuntu 14.04 and everything works fine except Scratchpad. No matter what i try, nothing happens whenever i try to send a window to the Scratchpad. Like that function doesn't exists at all.

Tried i3-msg move scratchpad on console and in dmenu and it worked! However, i can't seem to get it work using key shortcuts... I've tried already

bindsym $mod+Shift+minus exec --no-startup-id i3-msg move scratchpad

and

bindsym "$mod+Shift+minus exec i3-msg move scratchpad

Recently i upgraded to 14.10 but having the exact same problem. Any idea?

Further information:

i3 version 4.8 (2014-06-15, branch "4.8")
my ~/.i3/config: pastebin.com/3uCfquwZ

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Did you try running `i3-msg move scratchpad` from a terminal? Any error messages from that? "No matter what i try" is a bit to vague to help tracking down the problem.

Adaephon ( 2014-10-30 06:44:39 +0000 )edit

Tried i3-msg move scratchpad on console and in dmenu and it worked! However, i can't seem to get it work using key shortcuts... I've tried already "bindsym $mod+Shift+minus exec --no-startup-id i3-msg move scratchpad", bindsym "$mod+Shift+minus exec i3-msg move scratchpad".

takoinche ( 2014-10-30 17:31:15 +0000 )edit

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answered 2014-10-31 13:40:06 +0000

Adaephon
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updated 2014-10-31 13:42:03 +0000

This should work:

bindsym $mod+Shift+minus move scratchpad

(You do not need exec i3-msg)

If this does not work it may be that $mod+Shift+minus is already bound to the same key. Although i3 warns if two bindings have the same key combination it does not recognize when bindsym and bindcode point to the same key. So check if there is a line in your config that starts like this:

bindcode $mod+Shift+61

Also test if any other command works on this shortcut:

bindsym $mod+Shift+minus fullscreen

It is possible (although admittedly unlikely) that your keyboard just cannot produce this key combination (2-key rollover, 2KRO).

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