From 453cc68e40b1230211be218ea1ce84e2b7de873c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Stapelberg Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2012 17:30:18 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] add section about implicit containers to the userguide (Thanks mloskot) --- docs/userguide | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/userguide b/docs/userguide index 8ffda89e..853fc5e6 100644 --- a/docs/userguide +++ b/docs/userguide @@ -235,6 +235,24 @@ windows will be opened to the right of the +Vertical Split Container+: image::tree-shot3.png["shot3",title="Focus parent, then open new terminal"] +=== Implicit containers + +In some cases, i3 needs to implicitly create a container to fulfill your +command. + +One example is the following scenario: You start i3 with a single monitor and a +single workspace on which you open three terminal windows. All these terminal +windows are directly attached to one node inside i3’s layout tree, the +workspace node. By default, the workspace node’s orientation is +horizontal+. + +Now you move one of these terminals down (+mod+k+ by default). The workspace +node’s orientation will be changed to +vertical+. The terminal window you moved +down is directly attached to the workspace and appears on the bottom of the +screen. A new (horizontal) container was created to accomodate the other two +terminal windows. You will notice this when switching to tabbed mode (for +example). You would end up having one tab called "another container" and the +other one being the terminal window you moved down. + [[configuring]] == Configuring i3 -- 2.39.5