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Fluid tile 2.2 Released - Auto tiling for KDE (codeberg.org)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/opensource@lemmy.ml
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Hi, it's me again, the guy trying to make KDE with KWin a smooth experience with this script. In these latest versions, I've managed to add several features to customize your tiling experience.

New Features

  • You can now configure window priority based on the width, height, and position of the tiles.

  • You can also select a default layout that is set when creating a new virtual desktop.

Some of you may wonder why this script exists when there are plugins like Krohnkite. The main difference is that Fluid tile uses the native KWin API, which ensures compatibility and integration of the script with KDE, simplifying development and adapting to future changes in KDE.

It is gradually growing, and I would like you to take a look at it to hear your opinion and if you have any more ideas to implement. I'm listening!

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[–] 4 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Hey, I've been using it for about a week on Bazzite and I'm really enjoying it. Great work.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Thanks mate, If you miss any feature or have any problem, let me know

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    I am actually very interested in a scrolling window tiling, like:

    • PaperWM (Gnome Extension) (2nd best example)
    • Karousel (Kwin Script)
    • Niri (wayland compositor wm) (best example)

    Would it be viable to spin up something similar ?

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

    Hi mate, your proposal is very interesting and it's pretty cool but it would involve writing my own tiling engine, the idea of Fluid tile is that it continues to work with native KWin tile manager

    Right now I'm working on:

    • Wiki to resolve doubts
    • Create your own pre custom layout when a virtual desktop is created
    • Do not leave blank spaces when arranging windows, this will be done by extending existing windows
    • New UI when you move windows with the mouse, to put them on the tiles, similar to KZones

    When I have more time I will add more things

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Yeah, I figured it would be a colossal effort, but asked anyways in case I was wrong in my assumption.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    Why don't you use those alternatives instead of Fluid tile if you want scroll mode?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
    • I'm a happy Bazzite user, so I can't use Niri, also I fear about gaming with their compositor.
    • I prefer KDE over Gnome, so PaperWM is out.
    • Karousel needs much more work before it becomes as usable as the alternatives.
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    [–] 3 points 1 year ago* (6 children)

    Would this work on Fedora's atomic spins and forks running KDE Plasma?

    I run Bazzite, which is downstream of silverblue.

    Also, out of curiosity... Would this work on KDE OS?

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Hi, this script will only work if the window manager is KWin. Fedora A's atomic spins uses Sway and the forks should work if you use Kwin by default

    KDE Linux uses KWin by default

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Bazzite uses Kwin, so it should work, right? Even if it's atomic / semi-immutable.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

    Yeah of course, try installing the script from the KDE settings using the Get New button. Instructions

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Yesterday I tried it on Aurora, I couldn't download a single kwin script, that's on them. Today I tried Fluid Tile on Bazzite, works like a charm. Great work!

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    [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Looks sick! I'll try it out when I get home.

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    • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    I was just looking for something like this, love it!

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    [–] 3 points 9 months ago

    "These options did not add any real value" made me smile. That's the Windows 11 tagline!

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    [–] 5 points 9 months ago

    Woah, I gotta try this, dynamic tiling (and the related shortcuts/interactions) was the only thing that pushed me away from kde to hyprland. Great stuff, thank you!

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