i3 4.18 - Hackdot

Re:i3 4.18 by flyingcircus3 on Monday February 17, 2020 @03:05PM (#22350263)

Is there a way to force certain workspaces to always be on certain monitors?

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Re:i3 4.18 by racingmars on Monday February 17, 2020 @04:02PM (#22350723)

Yes. On my system, for example, I like to pin odd-numbered workspaces to my left screen and even-numbered workspaces to my right screen:

  workspace $ws1 output DisplayPort-0
  workspace $ws2 output DisplayPort-1
  workspace $ws3 output DisplayPort-0
  workspace $ws4 output DisplayPort-1
  workspace $ws5 output DisplayPort-0
  workspace $ws6 output DisplayPort-1
  workspace $ws7 output DisplayPort-0
  workspace $ws8 output DisplayPort-1
  workspace $ws9 output DisplayPort-0
  workspace $ws10 output DisplayPort-1

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Re:i3 4.18 by kylek on Monday February 17, 2020 @04:18PM (#22350866)

You can have your cake and eat it to-

  set $monL DP-1.3
  set $monR DP-2
  
  set $ws1L "1L"
  set $ws2L "2L"
  ...
  set $ws1R "1R"
  set $ws2R "2R"
  ...

  workspace $ws1L output $monL
  workspace $ws1R output $monR
  workspace $ws2L output $monL
  workspace $ws2R output $monR
  ...

and upidate bindsyms (maybe add a modifier to switch right workspaces..?)

  bindsym $mod+1 workspace $ws1L
  bindsym $mod+2 workspace $ws2L
  ...

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Re:i3 4.18 by Naac on Monday February 17, 2020 @03:11PM (#22350305)

If you switch workspaces on monitor A, whatever workspace you have on monitor B will not move.

So what you want is already supported. Just don't switch over to monitor B and switch it to a different workspace.

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Re:i3 4.18 by tyrust on Monday February 17, 2020 @03:46PM (#22350575)

Yes https://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html#workspace_screen

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