Associate all displays to a single i3 workspace

asked 2014-10-30 21:50:14 +0000

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I'm new to i3 and I really like i3 so far, but I want to be able to associate all displays to single workspaces.

When I switch from workspace 1 to workspace 2, I want all my displays to be on the new workspace. All displays should switch together.

I want this

application -> display -> workspace

instead of the way it currently works

application -> workspace -> display.

I tried using 'fake-outputs', but the problem with that is that tiling does not work properly causing windows to be split across screens.

I saw this question here, but it's old and didn't provide a usable solution.
(couldn't post a link so here's the end of the url: force-one-i3-instanceworkspace-across-multiple-monitors)

I've been using ssokolow's quicktile for years on gnome systems and I would like to switch to i3 if I can get this to work.