Je 2015-09-07 08:56:26 Mrrob <r...@mrrob.info> skribis: > On 06/09/15 19:51, Mateusz Poszwa wrote: > > Hello. > > > > Je 2015-09-06 08:20:53 > > Jeff Abrahamson <j...@purple.com> skribis: > > > >> When you say "big picture mode", I understand what i3 calls fullscreen mode > >> <https://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html#_toggling_fullscreen_mode_for_a_window> > >> . > >> Does it work for you simply to switch to full screen after game launch? > >> > >> I think I remember seeing some hooks that permit you to match certain > >> actions to certain events. I can't find the documentation now, but maybe > >> someone else can fill in. So I think you can express "when this type of > >> window maps, I'd like this action (toggle fullscreen) to happen". (Or > >> maybe I'm thinking of workspace assignment > >> <https://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html#_automatically_putting_clients_on_specific_workspaces> > >> and I'm wrong.) > > (…) > > > > You probably meant to point to this: > > http://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html#_arbitrary_commands_for_specific_windows_for_window > > > >> On 5 September 2015 at 11:19, Liang Ying-Ruei <thumbd03...@gmail.com> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> I love i3 but this confuse me a while. > >>> I's possible to enter big picture mode with fullscreen enable, but > >>> after launching game i3 won't focus to the new window but stay. > >>> Is there any config or workaround that could provide the best > >>> experience for big picture mode on i3? > > > > As far as I understand, (and I don’t know what you mean by big picture > > mode, so I’ll just assume you mean fullscreen mode) you are trying > > to launch a program with a fullscreen window while running another > > program, which already has a fullscreen window. By default i3 prevents > > that, as usually when you make a window fullscreen, this means you want > > to completely focus on it, and anything that tries to steal that focus > > is inhibited. However, this behaviour can be changed. For details, see: > > http://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html#_popups_during_fullscreen_mode > > > > Hi all, > > Liang is talking about "Steam Big Picture Mode" which is a <hipster > accent> 10-foot interface for the Steam digital distribution, DRM, > multiplayer and social networking platform </hipster accent>. Sorry, I'm > trying to be funny not patronising. > > The Big Picture Mode starts in i3's fullscreen mode but launches new > windows for games/software. Liang's (and my) desire would seem to be for > these new windows to go fullscreen in front of the Big Picture UI. > > Userguide Section 4.20 does not seem to provide an option for the above > behaviour and I haven't thought of a smart way to workaround this.
Have you tried to set popup_during_fullscreen to leave_fullscreen? If so, please describe how it behaves, and how would you prefer it to behave instead. If not, try it and do the above. Thanks. -- Mateusz Poszwa
