Tiling window managers

Tiling in gnome

Pop Shell

• Pop Shell
  • How To Install Pop Shell Window Tiling Extension

~/projects/gnome/popos-shell

Available web searches: see ~/projects/gnome/popos-shell/src/plugins/web/main.js for web search shortcuts see ~/projects/gnome/popos-shell/src/plugins/web/meta.json

API workarounds

• Is there a command to go a specific workspace?
• Use custom key bindings to switch to workspace

Go to workspace 1:

wmctrl -s 1

Issues/Feature requests

• FR: Auto-positioning defaults for windows
  • Related: Option to remember window layout from last session
  • https://developer.gnome.org/SaveWindowState/
  • FR: control windows position by cli
• Multi-head mode, or independent workspaces per monitor
• Send window to numbered workspace
• Change workspaces with Super + number
• FR: Show workspace names
• Lacking option of setting the default orientation mode

Other Gnome tiling option

• Material Shell

• Forge

• Tiling-Assistant

• gTile

• Tactile Con: Configurable, but static window layout

• PaperWM Con: Last release 2020-09