Tiling window manager users: how exactly do you use yours?

Do you have advanced keybindings for bringing up frequently used programs?

Are there less common layouts you use frequently?

Do you use any advanced or fancy features?

  • @beta_tester
    4•4 months ago

    All i need is https://github.com/paperwm/PaperWM it’s a tiling feature for GNOME

    Advanced keybindings are Meta+1,2,3,…, to launch the pinned apps

    I had to remap some important keys

    • Meta+Space for a scratch window (floating window), disabled other scratch commands
    • Meta+Tab - cycle through windows
    • Meta+Shift+Tab - cycle through windows left (like tabs in a browser just with Meta)
    • hallettjEnglish
      3•4 months ago

      I’m also a PaperWM fan. For switching I mostly use spatial window-switching controls: Meta+ left/right to switch windows, page up/page down to switch workspaces. Plus I use Gnome overview’s search-driven app finder, and Advanced Alt-Tab Switcher but only for its fuzzy search feature to switch to specific windows within an app.

      PaperWM has an option to hide windows in a “scratch” layer. I put chat and music programs there, and summon them with AATS.

      I have an ultrawide monitor, and I put a terminal and editor side-by-side in a ¼-¾ ratio. I set browser windows to ½ width. Those ratios let me see important parts of a browser window next to the editor if I slide the terminal out of view to partially expose a browser on the other side. Or I can move the terminal next to the browser and see both fully.