slack-desktop 4.23.0-1 always open in fullscreen on i3.
How can I disable this behavior? I’ve tried setting this the i3 config file:
for_window [class="Slack"] fullscreen disable
Not sure that works that way, because to display a window in fullscreen mode or to go out of fullscreen mode again, you have to press $mod+f.
There is also a global fullscreen mode in i3 in which the client will span all available outputs (the command is fullscreen toggle global). So not sure there is a fullscreen disable …
Better go with:
for_window [class="Slack"] floating enable
or depending if you want border or not you can add to it border normal or border pixel 1 if you want a 1 pixel border … and then use the $mod+f to exit full screen and resize it as you prefer it, it should keep the size you set next time …
Probably a bit late… but I experienced the same thing.
It seems to be as simple as this: the slack application is making itself full screen at start up!
Somehow I had clicked on “View/Toggle Full Screen” (or gotten Ctrl+Windows+F into the application). And that toggle sticks. So slack full-screens itself at start up.
Untoggle “View/Toggle Full Screen” — obviously there isn’t a check mark or anything, since that would be useful and informative — and restart slack.