Have you tried assigning the workspaces to VGA1? See http://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html#workspace_screen. When the output is unavailable, workspaces get moved to another output, which in your case is LVDS1.
On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 8:34 PM, Fabian Raetz <fabian.ra...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 10:55:07AM -0500, Bigby James wrote: >> On 10/14, Fabian Raetz wrote: >> > Hi all, >> > >> > i am looking for a way to move all (or some) >> > of my workspaces to another output. >> > >> > Something like in the following shell script would be nice: >> > >> > ------------------------- >> > #!/bin/sh >> > >> > WS="2 3 4 5 6" >> > OUTPUT=VGA1 >> > >> > for W in $WS; do >> > i3-msg move workspace $W to output $OUTPUT >> > done >> > ------------------------- >> > >> > >> > Is there an easy solution i have overseen? >> > >> > Regards, >> > Fabian >> >> An active monitor *must* have a workspace on it, and a workspace only exists >> after >> being explicitly created. So you can't move all currently existing >> workspaces to >> another monitor simultaneously. You'd need to first create a new workspace on >> the current monitor, then move all the previously created ones to a new >> monitor. >> What you can also do is use xrandr to deactivate the current display, which >> (if you >> only have two monitors in total) will move all worskpaces to the only active >> monitor. >> >> It's probably worth explaining exactly why you'd want to do this, though, >> since >> needing to move everything to another monitor all at once really sounds like >> a >> scenario that could be avoided with proper planning. > > Sure. > I am using i3wm on my Notebook which has a small screen resolution > (1366x768). So it happens that i have most workspaces on a second > output (VGA1). On the first output (LVDS1) is most of the time only > workspace 1 and 10 active which shows xconsole/mutt/logs. > > Before i switch locations i detach the second output (VGA1) and all > workspaces move > to the first (LVDS1). Then i suspend. > > > So far, so good. Now the problem i am trying to solve: > > When i resume and plug in a second monitor, i have to manually move all > workspaces back to the second output which is a bit frustrating. > This happens multiple times a day. > > I run a script whenever an output changes via an external tool, > so i thought i could use the above snippet or something else to move all > existing workspaces except 1 and 10 to the second output (VGA1). > > Any suggestions? > > Thanks for your time, > Fabian > >> >> -- >> "A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely >> foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools." - Douglas >> Adams >> -- Best regards, Michael
