Dynamic Workspaces

A kwin script that creates and deletes desktops as you move windows on the last one.

I intented to replicate some of gnome-desktop's behavior with moving windows around. As this is a simple script for satisfying my needs, it only workds horizontally left-toright. What I did is this:

• There is always an empty desktop on the right
• When you move a window to that desktop, a new desktop is created
• When you move window away from last desktop, or close the window, the desktop is destroyed

Tested on Plasma versions 5.6 to 5.25

Installation

git clone https://github.com/d86leader/dynamic_workspaces.git
cd dynamic_workspaces
plasmapkg2 --type kwinscript -i .

Then you might need to restart kwin. Do this by either logging out and back in, or by running kwin_x11 --replace in krunner.

Upgrade

If updating, change the plasmapkg2 command above to the following:

plasmapkg2 --type kwinscript -u .

Known issues

This script doesn't live well with other scripts that create workspaces. Mix at your own risk! If you find a compatibility issue you can fix, fix it and make a merge request. (-: