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i create a script that is supposed to create a new workspace and that workspace launch four terminal each in given position with a command ran in it.

this is the script.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

WS='9:Dashboard'

# Switch to the workspace
i3-msg "workspace $WS"

# Launch terminals and immediately move them to the workspace
gnome-terminal --title=MATRIX -- bash -lc 'cmatrix -C green; exec bash' &
gnome-terminal --title=CLOCK -- bash -lc 'tty-clock -c -C 4; exec bash' &
gnome-terminal --title=SPOTIFY -- bash -lc 'spotify_player; exec bash' &
gnome-terminal --title=ASCII -- bash -lc 'cat ~/.config/dashbord_art.txt; exec bash' &

# Additional wait for all windows to be ready
sleep 0.3

# Position and resize windows
i3-msg '[title="^MATRIX$"] floating enable, border none, move position 105 131, resize set 80>
i3-msg '[title="^CLOCK$"] floating enable, border none, move position 1304 374, resize set 49>
i3-msg '[title="^SPOTIFY$"] floating enable, border none, move position 931 132, resize set 8>
i3-msg '[title="^ASCII$"] floating enable, border none, move position 933 373, resize set 354>

the problem is that when i run it, a new workspace does get created but the terminals open in the current workspace instead.

how to solve that.

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    as a curious fly on the wall ... if you execute this exact set of commands, one at a time, from the command line ... do you get the desired results? Commented Nov 13 at 17:35
  • Does it help to sleep before creating all the terminals? Commented Nov 13 at 18:28

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the solution i found was to use the command for_window in my i3 config file.

basically this command sends windows with a given title, to given workspace.

for_window [title="^MATRIX$"] move to workspace 9:Dashboard, floating enable, border none, mo>
for_window [title="^CLOCK$"] move to workspace 9:Dashboard, floating enable, border none, mov>
for_window [title="^SPOTIFY$"] move to workspace 9:Dashboard, floating enable, border none, m>
for_window [title="^ASCII$"] move to workspace 9:Dashboard, floating enable, border none, mov>
for_window [title="^TYPESPEED$"] move to workspace 9:Dashboard, floating enable, border none,>

the titles are set in the script.sh when i opened the terminal window and so is the workspace.

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