Is there a way to view several workspaces at once?

[arbitrary-dev]

For example Awesome WM have this:

Mod4 + Control + 1-9
Toggle tag view.

So that I can have apps A and B on workspace 1, app C on workspace 2, and when I toggle both W1 & W2, I will see all three apps (A, B & C) on the screen.

Is it possible in SwayWM?

[Nefsen402]

No, this is not currently possible. How would you display both workspaces at once? How would you tile all three apps? The closest thing we have to showing several workspaces at once is to have multiple monitors.

[arbitrary-dev]

How would you display both workspaces at once?

With ease 😄

How would you tile all three apps?

Using the layout of the primary workspace, just add to it apps from a secondary one with respect to the floating state of the apps, of course.

[benaryorg]

Given the feature freeze is this still up for discussion or would the feature remain unmerged even if a PR were to be opened (similar to persistent workspaces)?

I'm asking since this is literally the one feature that still ties me to AwesomeWM and by extension X11, and I'd just like to know whether I should keep an eye on sway.

[emersion]

Not a hard no, but generally new WM features will be rejected unless there is a very good reason not to. In this instance, I don't think it makes sense for Sway to gain Awesome WM features. Other compositors might be better suited to your workflow.

[benaryorg]

Thanks for the honesty, I won't hold my breath then (though I will stay subscribed to the issue, just in case).

Also thank y'all for all your great work on not just sway but the wider ecosystem!