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I'm using Atom and I'd like to combine all Atom windows into a single tabbed container. I've been working a bit with i3-py. I have been able to find all Atom windows and have a target container, but move ... to container ... isn't a valid command.

Once I get my script working I can auto-merge windows with something like this.

for_window [class="Atom"] exec /home/asa/.i3/combine.py

Note: The Karma rules here really discourage new users. I can't post links and I can't vote. If I thought I could get help anywhere else I'd just leave.

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answered 2015-04-19 19:52:52 +0000

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updated 2015-04-19 19:54:15 +0000

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Great timing – just earlier today, a patch was merged that should help you. You can install i3 from source from the current next branch and then do this:

for_window [class="Atom"] move window to mark atom, layout tabbed

You just have to execute mark atom on any of Atom's windows (or whatever container you want them to be collected into).

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I gave up on compiling from source years ago and much prefer to use a package manager. Are there any other options using `4.7.2-1` which is what is packaged in Ubuntu?

AsaAyers ( 2015-04-19 20:22:57 +0000 )edit

I'm sure it's *possible* with an IPC script, it's just more complicated. Maybe someone will help you write such a script, let's wait for more answers.

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answered 2015-04-19 21:19:11 +0000

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updated 2015-04-19 21:42:16 +0000

Here is my work in progress. I'm sure it's still buggy, but I think the concept is sound. If I open a 2nd window I don't know if it will combine it with the 1st or move my 1st window to where the new window is. Time will tell.

#!/usr/bin/env python3
import i3

atom = [w for w in i3.filter(nodes=[]) if w['name'][-4:] == 'Atom' ]

parents = [ i3.parent(a['id']) for a in atom ]

ids = [ p['id'] for p in parents ]
targetId = ids[0]
for id in ids:
    if ids.count(id) > ids.count(targetId):
        targetId = id

destContainer = [ p for p in parents if p['id'] == targetId ][0]

toMove = [ a for a in atom if i3.parent(a['id']) != destContainer]
pin = [ a for a in atom if i3.parent(a['id']) == destContainer][0]

if destContainer['layout'] != 'tabbed':
    print('focus', pin['window'])
    i3.focus(id=pin['window'])

    # If this contains any non atom windows, we need to split to create a
    # new container.
    foreignNodes = [ n for n in destContainer['nodes'] if atom.count(n) == 0 ]
    if len(foreignNodes) > 0:
        i3.split('v')
        destContainer = i3.parent(pin['id'])

    i3.layout('tabbed')

for m in toMove:
    print('focus', m['name'])
    i3.focus(id=m['window'])
    i3.move('scratchpad')

    print('focus', pin['window'])
    i3.focus(id=pin['window'])
    i3.scratchpad('show')

    print('focus', m['window'])
    i3.focus(id=m['window'])
    i3.floating('toggle')

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