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I use the feature with the Sway window manager for Linux. With Sway, you can move floating windows like this, and you can also resize or move tiled windows by c
by markstos 4y ago
I use the feature with the Sway window manager for Linux. With Sway, you can move floating windows like this, and you can also resize or move tiled windows by clicking anywhere in the window while holding down a key.
- Jiocus 4y agoYes, and i3wm from which sway was modelled from. KDE Plasma also has the same functionality from the default keybindings (mod+lclick to move, mod+rclick resize)
- idle_zealot 4y agoSway and i3 stand out to me as “correct” window managers. You get the upsides of tiling (windows don’t occlude one another, no fiddling with exact window placement) but without the typical cost of memorizing loads of keyboard shortcuts (though key combos are still an option). It’s so intuitive to drag around and resize windows with the little preview outlines showing where the window will end up when you release it. I wish the paradigm were more popular; once you’ve tried it going back to floating windows on macOS or the like feels laborious, even with 3rd party tools. I even feel like some simplified version would work great on touch devices like iPads. It wouldn’t be that different from SplitView, other than supporting more than two windows.