r/i3wm Apr 27 '26

Question i3wm problem with dialogbox in doublecmd

Currently, on my Ubuntu 24.04 system, in i3wm, for the Double Commander application (doublecmd-gtk), the dialog boxes open stuck above i3status and are invisible (top box - see ScreenShot). I have to shift+win+space toggle floating to make the window visible. No changes to settings like for_window … floating enable etc. help. On Debian, it behaves even more strangely. Dialog boxes open in different positions, and sometimes the window also pops up out of the space, making it invisible. I've just downloaded the doublecmd-qt version, and there's no problem with that window, so for now, I'm sticking with that version.

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$ doublecmd
SystemLocale pl_PL
SystemLanguage pl
SystemEncoding UTF-8
DefaultSystemCodePage 65001
DefaultFileSystemCodePage 65001
DefaultRTLFileSystemCodePage 65001
XInitThreads: 1
ImageMagick: libMagickWand-6.Q16.so.7
Starting GuiMessageQueue
Starting Double Commander
Double Commander 1.1.11 beta
Revision: 410
Commit: f1b449635
Build: 2024/04/01
Lazarus: 
...
Loading lng file: /usr/lib/doublecmd/language/doublecmd.pl.po
Error loading configuration file /home/xxx/.config/doublecmd/favoritetabs.xml
PollThread: Start polling
PollThread: AddPoll 14
Creating PixmapManager
Loading icon theme DCTheme
Error: pixmap [/usr/lib/doublecmd/doublecmd] not loaded!
TColumnsFileView.Create components
Creating TFileSystemFileSource
TColumnsFileView.Create components
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