i3altlayout
i3wm efficient screen real estate (by morrolinux)
autotiling
Script for sway and i3 to automatically switch the horizontal / vertical window split orientation (by nwg-piotr)
| i3altlayout | autotiling | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 42 | |
| 7 | 993 | |
| - | 1.1% | |
| 10.0 | 5.9 | |
| over 4 years ago | about 1 year ago | |
| Python | ||
| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
i3altlayout
Posts with mentions or reviews of i3altlayout.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-03-07.
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how to make i3 open apps vertical if there is two or more apps
You can try https://github.com/morrolinux/i3altlayout
autotiling
Posts with mentions or reviews of autotiling.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-08.
- I cannot write "^" in the terminal
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Is there a way to customize how new windows are gonna be arranged on creation?
Check out https://github.com/nwg-piotr/autotiling I think I even left the configuration as is and the tiling is much better now.
- Change windows layout
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Master and stack layout, similar to dwm
autotiling --limit 2 is close enough https://github.com/nwg-piotr/autotiling
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I am struggling with fully understanding how i3 will tile
If you do want some "smart" behaviour as to how a new window will split automatically, try the autotiling script.
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Dynamic tiling WM with easier config like i3?
https://github.com/nwg-piotr/autotiling does it work for you?
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Outside of Sway, are there any mature tiling window managers that are compatible with Wayland?
Autotiling for i3 and Sway
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nwg-shell 0.3.8 released
Original depth limit feature contributed to the Autotiling repository by @Syphdias.
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How do you like sway
If you want to stay on sway you can try autotiling.
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People who uses i3 (or any wm) do you use only one monitor, or you have a multiple monitors setup?
Have tried lots of window managers including awesome, but there's always something annoying that sends me back to i3. I use this to solve the problems you're referring to: https://github.com/nwg-piotr/autotiling
What are some alternatives?
When comparing i3altlayout and autotiling you can also consider the following projects:
i3-layouts - Dynamic layouts for i3wm
river - [mirror] A dynamic tiling Wayland compositor
autotiling-rs - Autotiling for sway (and possibly i3)
i3wm-themer - 🎨 Theme collection manager for i3-wm
swaymgr - Sway autotiling manager
i3-auto-layout - Automatic, optimal tiling for i3wm