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

  • From: Michael Stapelberg <michael@xxxxxxxx>
  • To: Eero Kari <ekari@xxxxxx>, i3-discuss <i3-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2013 07:20:28 +0100

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.

--
Best regards,
Michael

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