https://github.com/mdnghtman/mpv-i3-floating-centered

Show mpv window in the center of the display when it is in floating mode (i3wm)
https://github.com/mdnghtman/mpv-i3-floating-centered

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Show mpv window in the center of the display when it is in floating mode (i3wm)

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/mdnghtman/mpv-i3-floating-centered
• Owner: mdnghtman
• License: gpl-3.0
• Created: 2019-09-30T03:16:43.000Z (about 5 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2021-05-10T14:41:44.000Z (over 3 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-06-30T14:46:53.012Z (5 months ago)
• Language: Lua
• Size: 24.4 KB
• Stars: 7
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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README

        
# mpv-i3-floating-centered

**mpv-i3-floating-centered** is a script for mpv written in Lua. Its purpose is to center a floating mpv window in the i3 window manager.

To achieve this it will:

* Get the window id of the mpv process.

* Check if it's in floating mode

* Tell i3-msg to center the window by its window id.

# Dependencies

* xdotool

* xprop

Install via your systems package manager.

# Install

Place the file `mpv-i3-floating-centered.lua` in your `~/.config/mpv/scripts/` directory, creating it if needed, and that's it. Run mpv as you normally would and you're now using it. 

# Recommended settings

Though the Lua script is all you need, combining it with two more settings is pretty great.

You can use the **autofit** setting in `~/.config/mpv/mpv.conf` to enforce a window size. For example on a 27in 2560x1440 display enforcing a size of 1920x1080 works well:

```

autofit=1920x1080

```

It doesn't modify aspect ratio, only increasing or decreasing the window size within the specified bounds. To use the entire display just toggle fullscreen. This option can also be specified by a percentage, read more about it from the mpv manual: https://mpv.io/manual/stable/

Lastly, in your i3 config file: `~/.config/i3/config` enable floating mpv windows by default:

```

for_window [class="mpv"] floating enable

```

Save and reload i3 with **$mod+Shift+r**