Hello again, new version = new features

This version is designed to improve the mouse experience for those who don't like the overlay taking up the entire screen. The Compact mode, similar to KZones or MouseTiler, allows you to move your windows around the tiles in KWin tile manager (Meta + T shortcut) with a small window and now the UI adapts to your KDE theme.

Features

  • New compact mode for the UI

  • Fluid tile adapts to the KDE theme

  • New extra empty desktop appears when the last desktop contains windows, allowing you to always have a free desktop, similar to the behavior in GNOME

  • New popup appears when executing the “Change tile layout” shortcut

  • Improvements for Plasma 6.6

https://codeberg.org/Serroda/fluid-tile/releases/tag/v6.0

https://codeberg.org/Serroda/fluid-tile/wiki/Installation

https://codeberg.org/Serroda/fluid-tile/wiki/User-interface

Demos

https://codeberg.org/Serroda/fluid-tile/raw/commit/066003066815a2a26ec3f17b9fb43a765e636355/.meta/compact_mode_cursor.webp

https://codeberg.org/Serroda/fluid-tile/raw/commit/4247fad9b689fef042c05fe16e4cfddcaf5c5fb2/.meta/popup_shortcut.webp

Just a quick note to say that these small projects depend on you, the users. My laptop keyboard is currently broken, so I have to program the script using a Bluetooth keyboard from Aliexpress. I need a little help from you so I can continue developing the script

So far, there has only been one donation in five months of development to help repair the laptop, but it's still not enough

If you like the project and want to continue seeing updates, or if you think it has a future, you can help me through these links

https://ko-fi.com/M4M81LR295

https://liberapay.com/Serroda/donate

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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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  • 7 comments in c/kde@lemmy.kde.social view that post
    [–] 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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    [–] 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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    [–] 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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