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[FEATURE]: Window decoration to toggle tiling/floating

Open fsimonis opened this issue 2 years ago • 2 comments

Summary

Depending on my workflow, I extensively use the mouse to untile windows or move them between screens.

While there is a quick visual way of untiling a windows (by dragging it), there is no easy way to tile it again or to identify in which state a window currently is.

A window decoration would be ideal for this, as it doesn't clutter the UI and allows to quickly tile a window especially after moving it. (In this case, the cursor is already close to these buttons anyhow) Just like with maximize/minimize, this would also act as indicator in which state the window is in.

A clear and concise description of what you want to happen

Add a window decoration/button to toggle the window between tiling/floating.

A clear and concise description of any alternative solutions or features you've considered.

Leave it as it is.

Additional info

No response

fsimonis avatar Nov 30 '22 14:11 fsimonis

I was looking for a keyboard shortcut for tiling my window because I keep making my browser floating white switching the tab, or creating a new tab with my mouse. Does this mean that there currently is no way to retile a window once it goes to floating mode by draging it with mouse? This is sad. Bismuth is otherwise almost perfect.

swadeshp avatar Jan 13 '23 14:01 swadeshp

Just want to bump this again. It would be wonderful if we can get this "retile" feature added since it is very easy to untile windows with a innocent misclick, and apparently the only viable way to retile them as of right now is to close and reopen those windows.

Bismuth has been keeping my windows organized and is just a wonderful feature otherwise.

WC-william avatar Mar 06 '23 05:03 WC-william