gnome-shell-extension-tilingnome

Tiling window manager

Features

• Horizontal, vertical, spiral layouts
• Gaps
• (Experimental) Multi-monitor

Installation

1. Clone the project to the gnome-shell extension directory:

git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/rliang/gnome-shell-extension-tilingnome ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/tilingnome@rliang.github.com

2. Reload GNOME Shell: Alt+F2 then r or log out and in;

3. Enable the extension:

gnome-shell-extension-tool -e tilingnome@rliang.github.com

Usage

Most of your interactions with Tilingnome will be through the use of keyboard shortcuts. The available ones are listed below.

Tiles

Default keybinding	Function	Description
Super+x	Toggle tile	Toggle whether to tile the currently-focused window
Super+return	Focus first tile	Focus the first tile in the tile list
Super+j	Focus next tile	Focus the next tile in the tile list
Super+k	Focus previous tile	Focus the previous tile in the tile list
Shift+Super+return	Swap first tile	Swap currently-focused tile with the first tile
Shift+Super+j	Swap next tile	Swap currently-focused tile with the next tile
Shift+Super+k	Swap prev tile	Swap currently-focused tile with the previous tile

Layouts

Default keybinding	Function	Description
Super+z	Switch next layout	Switch to the next available layout
Shift+Super+z	Switch previous layout	Switch to the previous available layout

Settings

Default keybinding	Function	Description
Super+u	Decrease split	Decrease the split ratio by the split ratio step
Super+i*	Increase split	Increase the split ratio by the split ratio step
Shift+Super+u	Decrease master count	Decreate the master count by one
Shift+Super+i	Increase master count	Increase the master count by one

Recommended ~/.config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css

:not(tooltip) decoration, headerbar { border-radius: 0; box-shadow: none; }

Contributing

Pull requests welcome for features and fixes!

License

GPL2