Floating windows initial position

asked 2012-12-24 21:25:23 +0000

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Is it possible to force the initial position for a "floating enable" window? (By default, it appears on the center of the screen)

More specifically, I'm trying to put a simple GTK calendar near the bottom-right corner:

for_window [class="Gsimplecal"] floating enable
for_window [class="Gsimplecal"] border none

I tried something like:

for_window [class="Gsimplecal"] geometry {"x": 1600, "y": 1, "width": 150, "height": 150}

but no luck.

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answered 2012-12-24 21:45:52 +0000

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i3 respects the original requested geometry by floating windows, so it’s the responsibility of the app.

There is also the "move" command with which you can move floating windows, see http://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html#focusingmoving_containers

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Thanks a lot, Michael, for the hint. I did this way: for_window [instance="gsimplecal"] move absolute position 1600 px 920 px

just-22 ( 2012-12-24 22:18:45 +0000 )edit

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answered 2013-01-22 23:35:25 +0000

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you could also try to set a keybinding and force the position upon exec

bindsym $MOD+[?] exec foo -g 150x150+1600+150

EDIT: above seems to only work with urxvt, or other terminal emulator's, I just happen to use urxvt. Positioning another app, like thunar or mousepad is as follows:

for_window [class="Thunar"] floating enable move right 330px,move down 70px

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