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Somewhat related: Regarding i3-wm is there such a thing as pre-defined resolution tiling for the sake of UI testing? That would be pretty neat. Imagine a bunc

by ge96 9y ago

Somewhat related: Regarding i3-wm is there such a thing as pre-defined resolution tiling for the sake of UI testing? That would be pretty neat. Imagine a bunch of windows that were tiled (think mosaic) according to known device resolutions like 320x680 (or something like that for mobile devices) then you could have say a browser open in each tile (with local dev url) and refresh/shows the UI as displayed on every resolution that would be impressive.

vidarh 9y ago
I don't know about pre-defined, but i3 lets you define layouts with specifications for how windows should get "swallowed" into each tile, so it should be doable to set something up.
- ge96 9y ago
  Curious why you say "swallowed" Yeah I mean I don't think it's a perfect division of say if your laptop/screen has 1920x1080 and you want to divide that by some known resolutions. Good to know about being able to define layouts. Would be cool to just call it in another tab (number bottom of screen)
  - vidarh 9y ago
    > Curious why you say "swallowed" Because it's the terminology used by i3. You define "placeholders", and which criteria i3 should use to decide which placeholder a given window should open in. Here are more details [1] > Good to know about being able to define layouts. Would be cool to just call it in another tab (number bottom of screen) I'm not sure what you mean. You can switch workspaces in a key definition, so you certainly can bring up a layout on whatever workspace you want with a given keypress. [1] https://i3wm.org/docs/layout-saving.html https://i3wm.org/docs/layout-saving.html
    - ge96 9y ago
      I mean for me opening a new window? (unsure of the terminology) ie. start with 1, new panel 2. Anyway use alt + number to open the new panel. If I could have the predefined tiles and bind it to a key combo and then they would open up in a new panel (like 2) Anyway thanks for the links/explanation
JetSpiegel 9y ago
You can poke the i3 API to resize windows, but for arbitrary resolutions you need floating windows and that defeats the point of i3.
- ge96 9y ago
  What is the point of i3? I use it because the Ubuntu UI uses so much resources (from my experience) and my computers are generally trash.
  - JetSpiegel 9y ago
    IMHO, the point of i3 is having tiled windows. As a stacking window manager it's quite bad because it has no compositor. That's why it's fast, but badly coded applications can be less stable.
    - ge96 9y ago
      Interesting, I don't know what Compositor is but agree with the speed.

by ge96 9y ago

vidarh 9y ago

I don't know about pre-defined, but i3 lets you define layouts with specifications for how windows should get "swallowed" into each tile, so it should be doable to set something up.

ge96 9y ago
Curious why you say "swallowed" Yeah I mean I don't think it's a perfect division of say if your laptop/screen has 1920x1080 and you want to divide that by some known resolutions. Good to know about being able to define layouts. Would be cool to just call it in another tab (number bottom of screen)
- vidarh 9y ago
  > Curious why you say "swallowed" Because it's the terminology used by i3. You define "placeholders", and which criteria i3 should use to decide which placeholder a given window should open in. Here are more details [1] > Good to know about being able to define layouts. Would be cool to just call it in another tab (number bottom of screen) I'm not sure what you mean. You can switch workspaces in a key definition, so you certainly can bring up a layout on whatever workspace you want with a given keypress. [1] https://i3wm.org/docs/layout-saving.html https://i3wm.org/docs/layout-saving.html
  - ge96 9y ago
    I mean for me opening a new window? (unsure of the terminology) ie. start with 1, new panel 2. Anyway use alt + number to open the new panel. If I could have the predefined tiles and bind it to a key combo and then they would open up in a new panel (like 2) Anyway thanks for the links/explanation

JetSpiegel 9y ago

You can poke the i3 API to resize windows, but for arbitrary resolutions you need floating windows and that defeats the point of i3.

ge96 9y ago
What is the point of i3? I use it because the Ubuntu UI uses so much resources (from my experience) and my computers are generally trash.
- JetSpiegel 9y ago
  IMHO, the point of i3 is having tiled windows. As a stacking window manager it's quite bad because it has no compositor. That's why it's fast, but badly coded applications can be less stable.
  - ge96 9y ago
    Interesting, I don't know what Compositor is but agree with the speed.