Is it possible for i3 to hard-set full-screen size?
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Often times with applications full-screen mode does exactly what I want, cutting out optional items (like URL bars, bookmarks, play/pause buttons, status bars, menu bars, etc). The problem is the size isn't constrained to anything and takes the whole screen. Can i3 trick the window into composing it with something like picture-in-picture where the window takes up the whole tile in file screen mode but does not take up the whole screen?
I would like to open up VLC and Chrome and hit "F11" and have the window constraints to area I designate with i3.
If this isn't possible with i3, is it possible with any tiling window manager?
i3 tiling-wm fullscreen
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Often times with applications full-screen mode does exactly what I want, cutting out optional items (like URL bars, bookmarks, play/pause buttons, status bars, menu bars, etc). The problem is the size isn't constrained to anything and takes the whole screen. Can i3 trick the window into composing it with something like picture-in-picture where the window takes up the whole tile in file screen mode but does not take up the whole screen?
I would like to open up VLC and Chrome and hit "F11" and have the window constraints to area I designate with i3.
If this isn't possible with i3, is it possible with any tiling window manager?
i3 tiling-wm fullscreen
asked Nov 26 at 22:06
Evan Carroll
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Often times with applications full-screen mode does exactly what I want, cutting out optional items (like URL bars, bookmarks, play/pause buttons, status bars, menu bars, etc). The problem is the size isn't constrained to anything and takes the whole screen. Can i3 trick the window into composing it with something like picture-in-picture where the window takes up the whole tile in file screen mode but does not take up the whole screen?
I would like to open up VLC and Chrome and hit "F11" and have the window constraints to area I designate with i3.
If this isn't possible with i3, is it possible with any tiling window manager?
i3 tiling-wm fullscreen
asked Nov 26 at 22:06
Evan Carroll
5,00194177
Often times with applications full-screen mode does exactly what I want, cutting out optional items (like URL bars, bookmarks, play/pause buttons, status bars, menu bars, etc). The problem is the size isn't constrained to anything and takes the whole screen. Can i3 trick the window into composing it with something like picture-in-picture where the window takes up the whole tile in file screen mode but does not take up the whole screen?
I would like to open up VLC and Chrome and hit "F11" and have the window constraints to area I designate with i3.
If this isn't possible with i3, is it possible with any tiling window manager?
i3 tiling-wm fullscreen
i3 tiling-wm fullscreen
asked Nov 26 at 22:06
Evan Carroll
5,00194177
asked Nov 26 at 22:06
Evan Carroll
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asked Nov 26 at 22:06
Evan Carroll
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asked Nov 26 at 22:06
Evan Carroll
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asked Nov 26 at 22:06
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The fullscreen toggle command should do what you want, but only if you use it after you go full-screen in the app. I believe it's bound to $mod+f in the default (QWERTY) configuration file that i3-config-wizard generates.
edited Nov 29 at 22:50
Evan Carroll
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answered Nov 26 at 22:47
Harry Cutts
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That takes up the whole screen. That's exactly what I don't. I don't want a single-window workspace. I want to abuse the applications full-screen mode (which drops window elements) inside a split or floating window in i3.
– Evan Carroll
Nov 26 at 22:50
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What if you activate the application's full screen mode and then press mod+f? For me, that does what I think you want (keeps the application in full-screen but constrains it to a window you can tile as normal), at least for Chrome.
– Harry Cutts
Nov 27 at 1:18
yep, that does it! That's the key there go full-screen in the app and then in the program. Please update the program to reflect that, it does something totally than `$mod+f`` outside full screen mode.
– Evan Carroll
Nov 29 at 22:49
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1 Answer
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up vote
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The fullscreen toggle command should do what you want, but only if you use it after you go full-screen in the app. I believe it's bound to $mod+f in the default (QWERTY) configuration file that i3-config-wizard generates.
edited Nov 29 at 22:50
Evan Carroll
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answered Nov 26 at 22:47
Harry Cutts
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That takes up the whole screen. That's exactly what I don't. I don't want a single-window workspace. I want to abuse the applications full-screen mode (which drops window elements) inside a split or floating window in i3.
– Evan Carroll
Nov 26 at 22:50
1
What if you activate the application's full screen mode and then press mod+f? For me, that does what I think you want (keeps the application in full-screen but constrains it to a window you can tile as normal), at least for Chrome.
– Harry Cutts
Nov 27 at 1:18
yep, that does it! That's the key there go full-screen in the app and then in the program. Please update the program to reflect that, it does something totally than `$mod+f`` outside full screen mode.
– Evan Carroll
Nov 29 at 22:49
add a comment |
up vote
1
down vote
accepted
The fullscreen toggle command should do what you want, but only if you use it after you go full-screen in the app. I believe it's bound to $mod+f in the default (QWERTY) configuration file that i3-config-wizard generates.
edited Nov 29 at 22:50
Evan Carroll
5,00194177
answered Nov 26 at 22:47
Harry Cutts
1463
That takes up the whole screen. That's exactly what I don't. I don't want a single-window workspace. I want to abuse the applications full-screen mode (which drops window elements) inside a split or floating window in i3.
– Evan Carroll
Nov 26 at 22:50
1
What if you activate the application's full screen mode and then press mod+f? For me, that does what I think you want (keeps the application in full-screen but constrains it to a window you can tile as normal), at least for Chrome.
– Harry Cutts
Nov 27 at 1:18
yep, that does it! That's the key there go full-screen in the app and then in the program. Please update the program to reflect that, it does something totally than `$mod+f`` outside full screen mode.
– Evan Carroll
Nov 29 at 22:49
add a comment |
up vote
1
down vote
accepted
up vote
1
down vote
accepted
The fullscreen toggle command should do what you want, but only if you use it after you go full-screen in the app. I believe it's bound to $mod+f in the default (QWERTY) configuration file that i3-config-wizard generates.
edited Nov 29 at 22:50
Evan Carroll
5,00194177
answered Nov 26 at 22:47
Harry Cutts
1463
The fullscreen toggle command should do what you want, but only if you use it after you go full-screen in the app. I believe it's bound to $mod+f in the default (QWERTY) configuration file that i3-config-wizard generates.
edited Nov 29 at 22:50
Evan Carroll
5,00194177
answered Nov 26 at 22:47
Harry Cutts
1463
edited Nov 29 at 22:50
Evan Carroll
5,00194177
edited Nov 29 at 22:50
Evan Carroll
5,00194177
edited Nov 29 at 22:50
Evan Carroll
5,00194177
5,00194177
answered Nov 26 at 22:47
Harry Cutts
1463
answered Nov 26 at 22:47
Harry Cutts
1463
answered Nov 26 at 22:47
Harry Cutts
1463
1463
That takes up the whole screen. That's exactly what I don't. I don't want a single-window workspace. I want to abuse the applications full-screen mode (which drops window elements) inside a split or floating window in i3.
– Evan Carroll
Nov 26 at 22:50
1
What if you activate the application's full screen mode and then press mod+f? For me, that does what I think you want (keeps the application in full-screen but constrains it to a window you can tile as normal), at least for Chrome.
– Harry Cutts
Nov 27 at 1:18
yep, that does it! That's the key there go full-screen in the app and then in the program. Please update the program to reflect that, it does something totally than `$mod+f`` outside full screen mode.
– Evan Carroll
Nov 29 at 22:49
add a comment |
That takes up the whole screen. That's exactly what I don't. I don't want a single-window workspace. I want to abuse the applications full-screen mode (which drops window elements) inside a split or floating window in i3.
– Evan Carroll
Nov 26 at 22:50
1
What if you activate the application's full screen mode and then press mod+f? For me, that does what I think you want (keeps the application in full-screen but constrains it to a window you can tile as normal), at least for Chrome.
– Harry Cutts
Nov 27 at 1:18
yep, that does it! That's the key there go full-screen in the app and then in the program. Please update the program to reflect that, it does something totally than `$mod+f`` outside full screen mode.
– Evan Carroll
Nov 29 at 22:49
That takes up the whole screen. That's exactly what I don't. I don't want a single-window workspace. I want to abuse the applications full-screen mode (which drops window elements) inside a split or floating window in i3.
– Evan Carroll
Nov 26 at 22:50
That takes up the whole screen. That's exactly what I don't. I don't want a single-window workspace. I want to abuse the applications full-screen mode (which drops window elements) inside a split or floating window in i3.
– Evan Carroll
Nov 26 at 22:50
1
1
What if you activate the application's full screen mode and then press mod+f? For me, that does what I think you want (keeps the application in full-screen but constrains it to a window you can tile as normal), at least for Chrome.
– Harry Cutts
Nov 27 at 1:18
What if you activate the application's full screen mode and then press mod+f? For me, that does what I think you want (keeps the application in full-screen but constrains it to a window you can tile as normal), at least for Chrome.
– Harry Cutts
Nov 27 at 1:18
yep, that does it! That's the key there go full-screen in the app and then in the program. Please update the program to reflect that, it does something totally than `$mod+f`` outside full screen mode.
– Evan Carroll
Nov 29 at 22:49
yep, that does it! That's the key there go full-screen in the app and then in the program. Please update the program to reflect that, it does something totally than `$mod+f`` outside full screen mode.
– Evan Carroll
Nov 29 at 22:49
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