setzer22 / kwin-tiling

Tiling script for kwin

kwin-tiling

Tiling script for kwin, based on Mathias Gottschlag’s version

NOTE: This is the Plasma 5 version. For the Plasma 1/KWin 4 version, see the Plasma1 branch

Goals:

The purpose of this is to create a userfriendly tiling solution that

• Integrates well with KDE Plasma
• Works for the general case

More sophisticated users may prefer dedicated tiling window managers

• Provides most of the advantages of a tiling WM in a fully composited environment

Window previews and effects alongside different tiling layouts

• Does not require the user to delve into scripting to get a sane configuration

Features:

• Four layouts, one with support for multiple “master” windows and another one with dynamic tiling capabilities (similar to i3wm’s)
• Support for minimizing and unminimizing windows
• Support for setting windows to floating or quitting tiling altogether, per-desktop (Meta+Shift+F11) and per-window (Meta-f) (“Meta” refers to the “super” or “windows” key here)
• Support for a list of ignored windows in configuration (by class)
• An option to start windows at the master position (like in xmonad)
• Mouse resizing
• Useractionsmenu and keybinding (Meta+f) for toggling tiling/floating
• An option to turn off borders for tiled windows
• A hotkey to tile once
• Many bugfixes over mgottschlag’s version

Installation:

git clone https://github.com/faho/kwin-tiling.git
cd kwin-tiling/
plasmapkg2 --type kwinscript -i .

Usage

Install

Move windows around and see that they are tiled :-)

Resize windows to resize the tiles

Declare shortcuts (in Systemsettings->Shortcuts_and_Gestures->Global_Keyboard_Shortcuts) for resize, minimize and maximize operations.

Press Meta-PgUp or Meta-PgDn to switch the layout

Use the configuration menu (in Systemsettings->Window Behavior->Scripts)

Known Issues:

Activities aren’t handled at all

Clients with min/maxSize may not tile properly

Multimonitor is untested

Bugs

There is no software without bugs. If you detect one please share it. https://github.com/faho/kwin-tiling/issues?state=open

Screenshots

Standard layout with two master windows Standard layout with one master Contrived example with four always-shown panels Configuration