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33 lines
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title: "i3dropdown"
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linkTitle: "i3dropdown"
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date: 2020-01-23
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description: >
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i3dropdown
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---
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i3dropdown is a tool to make any X application drop down from the top of the screen, in the famous quake console style back in the day.
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## Compilation
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First of all, you have get i3dropdown and compile it. It does not have any dependencies so it is really easy :
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{{< highlight sh >}}
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git clone https://gitlab.com/exrok/i3dropdown
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cd i3dropdown
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make
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cp build/i3dropdown ~/bin/
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{{< /highlight >}}
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## i3 configuration
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Here is a working example of the pavucontrol app, a volume mixer I use :
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{{< highlight conf >}}
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exec --no-startup-id i3 --get-socketpath > /tmp/i3wm-socket-path
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for_window [instance="^pavucontrol"] floating enable
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bindsym Mod4+shift+p exec /home/julien/bin/i3dropdown -W 90 -H 50 pavucontrol pavucontrol-qt
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{{< /highlight >}}
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To work properly, i3dropdown needs to have the path to the i3 socket. Because the command to get the socketpath from i3 is a little slow, it is best to cache it somewhere. By default
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i3dropdown recognises `/tmp/i3wm-socket-path`. Then each window managed by i3dropdown needs to be floating. The last line bind a key to invoke or mask the app.
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