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gnome-shell-extension-tilingnome

Tiling window manager

Features

  • Horizontal, vertical, spiral layouts
  • Gaps
  • (Experimental) Multi-monitor

Installation

  1. Clone the project to the gnome-shell extension directory:
git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/rliang/gnome-shell-extension-tilingnome ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]
  1. Reload GNOME Shell: Alt+F2 then r or log out and in;

  2. Enable the extension:

gnome-shell-extension-tool -e [email protected]

Usage

Most of your interactions with Tilingnome will be through the use of keyboard shortcuts. The available ones are listed below.

Tiles

Default keybinding Function Description
Super+x Toggle tile Toggle whether to tile the currently-focused window
Super+return Focus first tile Focus the first tile in the tile list
Super+j Focus next tile Focus the next tile in the tile list
Super+k Focus previous tile Focus the previous tile in the tile list
Shift+Super+return Swap first tile Swap currently-focused tile with the first tile
Shift+Super+j Swap next tile Swap currently-focused tile with the next tile
Shift+Super+k Swap prev tile Swap currently-focused tile with the previous tile

Layouts

Default keybinding Function Description
Super+z Switch next layout Switch to the next available layout
Shift+Super+z Switch previous layout Switch to the previous available layout

Settings

Default keybinding Function Description
Super+u Decrease split Decrease the split ratio by the split ratio step
Super+i* Increase split Increase the split ratio by the split ratio step
Shift+Super+u Decrease master count Decreate the master count by one
Shift+Super+i Increase master count Increase the master count by one

Recommended ~/.config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css

:not(tooltip) decoration, headerbar { border-radius: 0; box-shadow: none; }

Contributing

Pull requests welcome for features and fixes!

License

GPL2