t-t-t-t-t / kwin-tiling

Tiling script for kwin

kwin-tiling

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

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/kwin-scripts/kwin-tiling.git
cd kwin-tiling/
plasmapkg2 --type kwinscript -i .

or if updating

plasmapkg2 --type kwinscript -u .

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

Use the configuration menu (in System Settings->Window Management->KWin Scripts)

Comprehesive list of keyboard shorcuts:

Shortcut	Default Binding
Next Tiling Layout	Meta+Shift+PgDown
Previous Tiling Layout	Meta+Shift+PgUp
Toggle Floating	Meta+F
Toggle Border for all
Move Window Left	Meta+Shift+H
Move Window Right	Meta+Shift+L
Move Window Up	Meta+Shift+K
Move Window Down	Meta+Shift+J
Toggle Tiling	Meta+Shift+f11
Tile now
Swap Window With Master	Meta+Shift+M
Resize Active Window To The Left	Meta+Alt+H
Resize Active Window To The Right	Meta+Alt+L
Resize Active Window To The Top	Meta+Alt+K
Resize Active Window To The Bottom	Meta+Alt+J
Increase Number Of Masters	Meta+*
Decrease Number Of Masters	Meta+_
Focus next tile
Focus previous tile
Swap with next tile
Swap with previous tile
I3: Set Wrap Horizontal Mode
I3: Set Wrap Vertical Mode
I3: Set Normal Mode
Move Window To New Desktop	Meta+Shift+D
Dump Clients	Meta+Shift+Escape
Cycle Rotations	Meta+Shift+R

Troubleshooting:

No configuration option is available for the KWin Scripts entry

• As suggested by @BenoitZugmeyer,

  mkdir -p ~/.local/share/kservices5
  ln -s ~/.local/share/kwin/scripts/kwin-script-tiling/metadata.desktop ~/.local/share/kservices5/kwin-script-tiling.desktop