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yorrd

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Registered: 2013-07-21

Posts: 71

Window grouping / joining for large monitors specifically

At the moment I'm using xfce4 with its xfwm4 window manager which is not set in stone though.

What I'm looking for is a way to combine two or more windows into one. Basically, I want a frame around those windows which I can use to reposition both of them easily without having to drag and drop them seperately. Moreover, a couple of possible handy features include the ability to resize them together, close them together, create a launcher for the combination of the two, etc, etc.

I have not been able to find a solution for any desktop environment / window manager, maybe I have just been blind though.

Thanks for any hints in advance

lucke

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From: Poland

Registered: 2004-11-30

Posts: 4,019

Re: Window grouping / joining for large monitors specifically

kwin, pekwm and fluxbox support window tabbing, along with some tiling WMs.

yorrd

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Registered: 2013-07-21

Posts: 71

Re: Window grouping / joining for large monitors specifically

Window tabbing doesn't help me. I've got a 4k Monitor, so I want the content all on my screen at once. Like two Firefox windows aside to compare something and then quickly minimize both at once.

SirMyztiq

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Registered: 2015-03-24

Posts: 118

Re: Window grouping / joining for large monitors specifically

http://repetae.net/computer/whaw/

This sounds like it could help you accomplish what you are looking for. Probably not full of features but close enough.

yorrd

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Registered: 2013-07-21

Posts: 71

Re: Window grouping / joining for large monitors specifically

Whaw is good, similar to x-tile. But this STILL doesn't help my dream having those combined windows within one frame so that I can resize that frame and keep the ratio of the window placement (30% for first window, 70% second window, independent of the available space)

yorrd

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Registered: 2013-07-21

Posts: 71

Re: Window grouping / joining for large monitors specifically

I was on the #archlinux IRC. And I got a suggestion I wouldn't have thought of.

I'm gonna just write my own qt application which binds windows within itself and displays them according to my instructions.

Will post any progress here, most likely this will be open source on github, so if you're interested in helping, let me know.