Re: [i3] Feature request: ion3-style "float split"

  • From: Eero Kari <ekari@xxxxxx>
  • To: i3-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2013 14:39:13 +0200

On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 10:12:37AM -0200, Marcos Moyano wrote:

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

Thanks for the info Marcos. I did skim through the mail archives, but somehow
missed that thread.

Unfortunately at the moment I'm too busy (read: my C is too rusty) to dive into
the i3 sources.

Merry new years to you too!

- Eero

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>:
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
wishlist. The only
thing lacking is the "float split" that ion3 had. I fired up notion
just to make
this 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
other. The
amount of overlap was controlled similarly as you would resize a
window. And the
layout stayed that way until changed it again.
Thanks for the explanation.

So, I accept the feature either as built-in, or as a working
script[2]. Either
way is fine ;)
I don’t care what you people do in third-party scripts (that’s what
they
are 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
to
add yet another weird special case, especially since it uses
overlapping
windows. Ugh. As others have pointed out, i3 is primarily a tiling
window manager, and while other window managers may implement these
kinds of layouts, I am not convinced it’s a good idea in i3.

...aaand replying to the mailing list also after messing up and
replying just to
Michael :) 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
interested to
whip up the script before I can get on with it.

I imagine that the script would have to handle two floating windows in
order to
avoid further resizing after the initial setup. It should just
basically move
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.

Hi Techlive,

"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




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