reducing i3 bloat...

[beta]

Is there a way of getting rid of the window decor?

I have found info on border size, new_window and hide_edge_border - but not the window title on top.

Cheers.

[dkeg]

few options here ....
set default

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## new window default border
new_window 1pixel
new_float 1pixel
## set multi-pixel default border 
#new_window pixel 2
#new_float pixel 2

can also set keybindings for when using the cool i3 tab and stack functions

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## change border style
bindsym $mod+t border normal
bindsym $mod+y border 1pixel
bindsym $mod+u border none

[dkeg]

also one of the great things about i3 is the wealth of documentation
http://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html

[beta]

also one of the great things about i3 is the wealth of documentation
http://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html

Just requires me to comprehend it... :-)

Thanks to your reply, it worked out with:

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## window style
new_window pixel0
new_float pixel0

[dkeg]

good to hear. Since the thread title is generic for i3 config stuff, keep it open for other questions / ideas

[beta]

turns out to be quite slick

no border + no title when floating, maxed or tiled
if tabbed or stacked a title is automatically added

happy

[wuxmedia]

For Honey Users (or maybe a barebones i3 install);
on a related theme (pun intended) I wanted to go dark on the gtk side of things.
Not knowing which file to create, I installed gtk-chtheme, 117k later everything's set as I wished!
LXappearance did not apply the settings.
bacon has already included numix and flatlook so thats no prob.

one odd thing, on fresh boot, no i3bar -not even a blank space for it, hit Reload key combo - it pops up - weird.

[dkeg]

you could change themes manually without the need of lxappearance

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[editor] ~/.gtkrc-2.0

[dkeg]

while we're speaking of reducing i3 bloat, and I've mentioned this elsewhere at some point, but reduce i3 footprint by adjusting exec

In my .xinitrc, I have

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exec i3 --shmlog-size 0

check the before and after ;)

[machinebacon]

@lxappearance: there is a bug, and even the fix via siduction (-1.1) doesn't fix it. Apparently lxappearance writes to the wrong location. Ain't nobody got time for dat. Meanwhile, do as dkeg says and edit manually, or use gtk-theme-* to preview.

not really reducing the bloat but what I find a nice addition to xinitrc is

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setxkbmap -option terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp

in case the default keybind to exit i3 is somehow misbehaving.