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

  • From: Eero Kari <ekari@xxxxxx>
  • To: i3-discuss <i3-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2013 11:29:31 +0200

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

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