[i3] Whatever this is (Thunar)

[BoredCat]

So, Thunar struggles with copying stuff to my network drive, and when I try to drag the progress window around it does whatever this is. Can I fix it? If not, what file manager to substitute it for?

I found Midnight Commander and am pretty happy with it if only I could make it open PDFs in Xreader and not whatever it chooses as the default. Same for other file types. How can I force it to use my choices?

I’d also like to have a shortcut for it in $mod+d menu, it’s the menu that’s on EOS i3 (dmenu?) How can I add it?

If this is better suited for General system/Applications, let me know and I will move this post there

[ddnn]

Are you using a compositor, like picom? Check with:

pacman -Q | grep -A 0 -E "picom|comp"

[BoredCat]

Looks like I don’t. Output of this command:

bash-completion 2.17.0-2
--
compiler-rt 21.1.6-1
composable-kernel 7.1.1-1
--
kcompletion 6.22.0-1
--
lib32-libxcrypt-compat 4.5.2-1
--
lib32-ncurses5-compat-libs 6.5-3
--
libseccomp 2.6.0-1
--
libxcomposite 0.4.6-2
--
libxcrypt-compat 4.5.2-1
--
ncurses5-compat-libs 6.5-2
--
qt6-5compat 6.10.1-1
--
sdl12-compat 1.2.68-2
sdl2-compat 2.32.62-1
--
systemd-sysvcompat 259-2
--
xorg-xkbcomp 1.5.0-1

[ddnn]

Okay, so to solve the visual issue, you install one.

sudo pacman -S picom

Then add picom to your i3 startup configuration file.
Wiki: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/I3#Tearing

For the other things mentioned, please use that same wiki to search for solutions.
And in the future, please create separate posts for issues/queries that are unrelated.

Lastly, based on your queries, are you sure you should be using i3? It requires a lot of manual configuration and reading. Maybe XFCE would be better for you?

[BoredCat]

Thanks. This looks like working.

I think i3 is right for me. I am fine with manual configuration. I also feel like it helps me concentrate on my stuff better due to how minimal it is.

Sorry for making multiple queries in one post, I will try not to repeat this in the future.

[eso]

@BoredCat ,
Post festam. I wish I understood this menu question.
in config find rofi part
a simpler version
bindsym $mod+d exec --no-startup-id rofi -show drun

rofi-theme-selector
go down to gruvbox-dark-soft
ALT+A to store

Re file managers
pcmanfm-gtk3
and F3 toggles 1/2 tabs

Just some options