Plasma-window-decorations VS floating-tiles

Compare Plasma-window-decorations vs floating-tiles and see what are their differences.

Plasma-window-decorations

Window styles for KDE Plasma highlighting the active window in the color scheme's accent color (by nclarius)
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Plasma-window-decorations

Posts with mentions or reviews of Plasma-window-decorations. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-11-01.
  • I made outlines for KDE Breeze window decoration
    3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 1 Nov 2022
    > That would take years. I use Debian Stable.

    That kinda is the whole point of static releases like debian stable, ubuntu lts, red hat or windows ltsc? That you actively don't want to have any changes like these but want stable (=static) foundations to build on. (currently writing this on old stable; don't feel bothered to upgrade right now)

    > I think Plasma has something like "Decorations" - can a custom decoration be used? Can one use scripts in the "Decorations"?

    The software under discussion seems to be a change to the breeze window decoration so for this one probably not (yet), but e.g. for aurorae

    https://store.kde.org/p/1678088

  • Is it possible to draw a thin border (~4 pixles) around windows?
    2 projects | /r/kde | 7 Aug 2022
    I've also tried other window decorations from KDE store, for example, No-Titlebar theme and Active Accent, but both of them makes the windows animations unbearable laggy.
  • Is prevention of disablement of window-decoration possible?
    1 project | /r/kde | 22 Apr 2022
    Also. I don't know if it helps you, but there is ActiveAccentFrame. It put a color border around active windows. Can be installed from Get new thing for Windows Decoration in Settings.
  • Maximized Window without border
    1 project | /r/kde | 9 Mar 2022
    The workaround I will be using is to change decorations from https://store.kde.org/p/1678088 to https://store.kde.org/p/1709569 So there is at least some sort of indication of active window :/
  • This week in KDE: Oh so many things
    1 project | /r/kde | 19 Feb 2022
    If you can't wait for it, you can use RealezzZ' and my Active Accent window decoration in the meantime: https://github.com/nclarius/Plasma-window-decorations
  • Active Accent window decoration v3.0
    2 projects | /r/kde | 14 Feb 2022
    Frame: Without titlebar, for any color scheme
  • Floating Tiles v5.0
    9 projects | /r/kde | 20 Jan 2022
    Active Accent window decoration - highlight the active window in accent color

floating-tiles

Posts with mentions or reviews of floating-tiles. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-08.
  • Whats your favorite workflow in KDE?
    3 projects | /r/kde | 8 Mar 2023
    And I developed Floating Tiles so my windows never overlap.
  • Floating Tiles - Prevent Window Overlap v6.0
    5 projects | /r/kde | 6 May 2022
    The newest release fixes several bugs, improves the performance and adds more options to control the behavior. You can get it through - Discover, - the KWin script module in system settings, - the KDE store in the browser, or - GitHub.
  • Tile Gaps v6.0
    3 projects | /r/kde | 20 Jan 2022
    Floating Tiles - prevent window overlap
  • Floating Tiles v5.0
    9 projects | /r/kde | 20 Jan 2022
    Floating Tiles, the no-stacking stacking window management extension to prevent floating windows from overlapping, can now be applied more customly and has received many bug fixes: GitHub KDE Store
  • Always open on active/focused/primary screen
    2 projects | /r/kde | 6 Nov 2021
    You are also invited to take a look at some other KWin scripts I wrote: - Tile Gaps (add space around windows snapped to a part of the screen) - Floating Tiles (prevent windows from overlapping) - Step Resize (keyboard shortcut to stepwise resize a window) - Step Move (keyboard shortcut to stepwise move a window) - Swap Left and Right (keyboard shortcut to swap the windows on the left and right screen halves)
  • Tile Gaps v4.3
    6 projects | /r/kde | 26 Oct 2021
    I also did some more work on Floating Tiles, the no-stacking stacking window management script: https://store.kde.org/p/1619690 https://github.com/nclarius/floating-tiles
  • Floating Tiles: no-stacking stacking window management for KWin
    5 projects | /r/kde | 17 Oct 2021
    Floating Tiles is available in the KDE store: https://www.pling.com/p/1619690/ and on GitHub: https://github.com/nclarius/floating-tiles

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Plasma-window-decorations and floating-tiles you can also consider the following projects:

bismuth - KDE Plasma add-on, that tiles your windows automatically and lets you manage them via keyboard, similarly to i3, Sway or dwm.

Grid-Tiling-Kwin - A kwin script that automatically tiles windows

tile-gaps - KWin script to add space around windows touching a screen edge or other window

kde-plasma-adaptive-wallpaper-accent-color - This is a simple tool for automatically changing accent color based on wallpaper for kde plasma.

KWin-window-positioning-scripts - KWin scripts controlling window placement on multi-monitor setups

shell-scripts - Collection of shell scripts and instructions for window opening and file updating

KWin-window-geometry-scripts - KWin scripts to control window geometry via keyboard shortcuts