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bilabila

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window manager/desktop that support single-window-tiling

i am trying a new way of window management, called single-window-tiling.

capacibility:
1. workspace can be jumped to via win+num/char
2. win+shift+num/char to move focused window to specific workspace
3. when i jump to specific workspace, open specific app if workspace is empty
4. new window opened or moved to workspace will only be tiling(maximized and at bottom layer) only if workspace has no tiling window, otherwise it is floating above other window.

based on i3, this can be achieved with scripting: https://gist.github.com/tkkcc/10f1a38eb … a2f75e024e

what i wonder is if this can be done with other window manager and desktop environment, as i meet a new app that doesn't work perfect under i3.

jl2

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Re: window manager/desktop that support single-window-tiling

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Window … w_managers
sway is basically i3 on wayland, it supports your i3 config by default without any configuration needed IIRC. do you have a nvidia GPU?

as i meet a new app that doesn't work perfect under i3.

There any reason you don't wanna tell us which one? You tried googling/checking for open issues with the app? How do you even want to know it's i3 specific, your issue?

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bilabila

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Re: window manager/desktop that support single-window-tiling

i am using "feishu-bin" from aur. in it's meeting functionality, start a new meeting, there is a chat button on the bottom left, when i click it, i expect the chat window to open.

i tried openbox, qtile, awesome, bspwm default config, all works. but i3 default config or add all-window-floating rule, the chat window neither show.

i3 all-window-floating config:

for_window [class=".*"] floating enable

i found qtile, awesome, i3, bspwm, sway, hyprland are all capable for such single-window-tiling rule.

qtile is best for me, for it's good defaults and compatibility.