On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 08:53:17PM +0200, Michael Stapelberg wrote: > 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.
No, but i am using it right now and it works pretty well. Can i assign a workspace to two outputs like below? Just in case i will use my HDMI port some day :) workspace 2 output VGA1 workspace 2 output HDMI1 Anyway this solves my direct needs. i3 rocks!! Thanks, Fabian > > 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
