See this thread:
http://www.mail-archive.com/i3-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/msg00742.html
Can't remember exactly what happened to that patch. I'm sure Michael had a
good argument for reverting the commit.
Still, this may be (or not) a good starting point for a new patch that can
get into (and stay) in i3's core.
Happy new year!
Best,
Marcos
On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 8:14 AM, Eero Kari <ekari@xxxxxx> wrote:
On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 05:41:52PM +0800, 郑文辉(Techlive Zheng) wrote:
2013/12/31 Eero Kari <ekari@xxxxxx>:wishlist. The only
On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 07:20:28AM +0100, Michael Stapelberg wrote:
Hi Eero,
Eero Kari <ekari@xxxxxx> writes:
the upcoming i3 layout restore feature almost completes my
just to makething lacking is the "float split" that ion3 had. I fired up notion
other. Thethis 2-frame gif-animation showing the feature in action:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/20179139/ion3-float-split.gif
With the float split you could make two[1] containers overlap each
window. And theamount of overlap was controlled similarly as you would resize a
script[2]. Eitherlayout stayed that way until changed it again.Thanks for the explanation.
So, I accept the feature either as built-in, or as a working
theyway is fine ;)I don’t care what you people do in third-party scripts (that’s what
toare there for, right? :)), but I consider it very unlikely that this
feature will be merged into core i3. It does not seem worth it to me
overlappingadd yet another weird special case, especially since it uses
replying just towindows. Ugh. As others have pointed out, i3 is primarily a tiling...aaand replying to the mailing list also after messing up and
window manager, and while other window managers may implement these
kinds of layouts, I am not convinced it’s a good idea in i3.
interested toMichael :) The original message below.
Hi Michael,
Likewise, thanks for the explanation.
I'll just drop what I had in mind in here in case someone else is
order towhip up the script before I can get on with it.
I imagine that the script would have to handle two floating windows in
basically moveavoid further resizing after the initial setup. It should just
Hi Techlive,and resize the windows to their places and bind a key to toggle them.
- Eero
Hi, Eero,
I see the only thing missing here is a command for switching forcus
back_and_forth between containers. With this command, you can bind the
command to a key and manually make two floating windows overlapping,
then just using the keybinding to switch between them.
So here I am asking Michael, is it possible to add a command 'focus
back_and_forth' just like the existing 'workspace back_and_forth', so
that what Eero is asking for is doable withouth scripting.
Of course, this command should promote the window to the top of the
screen, if it is floating. Currently, use keybing focusing a floating
window does not promote it to the top of the screen.
"focus back_and_forth" could have it's uses, but I suspect that it would be
a bit more involved to implement. I would be happy for just the focused
floating
window to be promoted to the top of the screen.
Everything I want almost works already; I can have a floating terminal and
a floating browser and "focus left" or "focus right" switches nicely
between
them. The only thing missing is bringing the focused window on top.
- Eero