Hi Mico, Mico Filós <elmico.fi...@gmail.com> writes: > First of all, I wonder if I can suppress the generic borders around > windows and have instead separators of fixed width between them (with > separators appearing only when it is necessary to delimit windows), > more or less like tmux does to separate panes (or like ion3/notion to > separate frames, for that matter). In such a situation, the separators > would not change color according to the state of the windows (only the > color of the window titles would indicate the state). My goal is to > show borders only when they are needed, and when that's the case, use > a 1px line. > > Second, can I set the border between containers in a different color > than the background color? If I am not mistaken, the background color > sets both the background of the window title as well as the color > around the window, and I'd like to set them separately. > > In case I didn't explain myself well, here is an image summarizing > what I'd like to achieve: http://postimg.org/image/csjo2oqjh/ The relevant options we have in i3 for tuning the behavior in the areas you are talking about are:
http://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html#_border_style_for_new_windows (border 1pixel) http://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html#_hiding_vertical_borders (hide_edge_borders both) Apart from that, see http://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html#_changing_colors for the colors and experiment some. More customization options than that for border style and colors are extremely unlikely to be accepted into i3. We already have a high number of options, and I don’t see this as an area that is so important that it would justify introducing more complexity. See also https://faq.i3wm.org/question/778/why-is-patch-not-merged-and-made-optional/ Hope that helps. -- Best regards, Michael
