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The style is not just for visual purposes: Stacking and tiling is a hidden gem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Y-6YmGd30A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Y-6

by tqh 6y ago

The style is not just for visual purposes: Stacking and tiling is a hidden gem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Y-6YmGd30A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Y-6YmGd30A

space_ghost 6y ago
I want those features in an XOrg window manager. I want them more than my next breath.
- sudobash1 6y ago
  Fluxbox has the ability to add windows to each other like tabs as is shown there.
- dilandau 6y ago
  Pekwm
charlesdaniels 6y ago
Huh, I didn't realize it could do that. That's an incredibly cool feature, much better than the window "collisions" that some other UIs have. The most similar idea I can think of would be i3 with it's container windows and such. You could group things together and tile within the groups, and IIRC you could have the whole group float if you wanted to. I don't use i3 anymore since I switched to CWM, but maybe an i3 user can comment.
- ubercow13 6y ago
  Yes, you can float a whole group. It's a bit fiddly though.
- michaelmrose 6y ago
  I3 is a terrible wm for floating windows. Floating functionality is very primitive. No snapping. Resizing relies on hitting a small target unless you also know you can do super+shift+right click and drag. Directional bindings to switch windows doesn't work between floating windows or between floating windows and tiled ones. You have to hit a binding to go between tiled/floating. No alt tabbing between floating windows. No minimize. Scratchpad can be used for something LIKE minimize but it isn't minimize because a minimized window remains available to be recalled via an icon or label in the taskbar whereas a scratchpad window requires you to recall it by its criteria programmically or by cycling through candidates. Floating windows always overlap tiled windows so that if you have both you must relocate floating windows if you want to access tiled ones. Floating windows in i3 are for dialog windows not applications. If you try to use it as a floating wm you would be disappointed.
  - charlesdaniels 6y ago
    That's one of the reasons why I switched from i3 to CWM. I find that I more often than not prefer floating windows to tiling.
jbverschoor 6y ago
Yeah.. I’d love to see that on macOS. Shortcuts to switch tabs of different applications. And then a per-workspace arrangement for different projects/personal stuff. BeOS was awesome.

by tqh 6y ago

The style is not just for visual purposes: Stacking and tiling is a hidden gem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Y-6YmGd30A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Y-6YmGd30A

space_ghost 6y ago

I want those features in an XOrg window manager. I want them more than my next breath.

sudobash1 6y ago
Fluxbox has the ability to add windows to each other like tabs as is shown there.
dilandau 6y ago
Pekwm

charlesdaniels 6y ago

Huh, I didn't realize it could do that. That's an incredibly cool feature, much better than the window "collisions" that some other UIs have. The most similar idea I can think of would be i3 with it's container windows and such. You could group things together and tile within the groups, and IIRC you could have the whole group float if you wanted to. I don't use i3 anymore since I switched to CWM, but maybe an i3 user can comment.

ubercow13 6y ago
Yes, you can float a whole group. It's a bit fiddly though.
michaelmrose 6y ago
I3 is a terrible wm for floating windows. Floating functionality is very primitive. No snapping. Resizing relies on hitting a small target unless you also know you can do super+shift+right click and drag. Directional bindings to switch windows doesn't work between floating windows or between floating windows and tiled ones. You have to hit a binding to go between tiled/floating. No alt tabbing between floating windows. No minimize. Scratchpad can be used for something LIKE minimize but it isn't minimize because a minimized window remains available to be recalled via an icon or label in the taskbar whereas a scratchpad window requires you to recall it by its criteria programmically or by cycling through candidates. Floating windows always overlap tiled windows so that if you have both you must relocate floating windows if you want to access tiled ones. Floating windows in i3 are for dialog windows not applications. If you try to use it as a floating wm you would be disappointed.
- charlesdaniels 6y ago
  That's one of the reasons why I switched from i3 to CWM. I find that I more often than not prefer floating windows to tiling.

jbverschoor 6y ago

Yeah.. I’d love to see that on macOS. Shortcuts to switch tabs of different applications. And then a per-workspace arrangement for different projects/personal stuff. BeOS was awesome.