i3fyra - a few questions after using it

[TimRegeant]

I am trying out i3fyra and it seems pretty convenient so far. I have a few questions:

1. Is there a way to show the container id on the title bar of a window? For example if Thunar is on container D it would show "D: Thunar" instead of simply "Thunar". Then if I moved it to say container A the title bar would change to "A: Thunar". This would help me get a handle of which containers are in use as I experiment with how i3fyra handles container/window movements.

2. Could windows be "locked: to containers somehow? Say I want firefox to always be in container C so it will never move from that container.

3. Is it best to use i3-save-tree and append-layout to save/restore layouts at i3 start? Will this work to setup the i3fyra layout or is there another method?

Thanks!

[budRich]

Thanks for trying i3fyra!

1. There is always a way. One could write a script that gets triggered when a new window is getting focused and update the title_format. But i3 ipc subscribe is not notified when one simply moves a window, so it will not be bullet proof. A simpler approach would be to make a script that updates the title_format on all visible windows when triggered (from a keybinding or similar). You can achieve this by using the output of i3list .

2. no

3. i3fyra is an alternative to i3-save-tree/append-layout and i don't think they will work well together. I would recommend using i3king to automatically place windows in i3fyra containers when they are created.

# ~/.config/i3king/rules

set $TC exec --no-startup-id i3fyra --conid $CONID --move 

class=firefox-developer-edition
  $TC C

To keep the same layout add something like this to your i3 config:

exec --no-startup-id i3fyra --layout 'AB=1461 AC=127 BD=461'

[TimRegeant]

Thanks for the replies. I'll continue to look into everything. I need to rewatch all the youtube videos after using the i3ass system for a bit.