DE/WM agnostic tiling manager.
Calls into other applications to handle window management. Uses rofi to present options.
woof-tile calls the following applications to handle window controls. These will need to be installed:
- wmctrl
- xdotool
- xprop
I recommend you use rofi to interact with woof-tile, although it is optional.
Coming Soon
Clone the repo, and run make install
It will copy the woof file into /usr/bin/.
You will also need to create the following files / directories:
- ~/.woof/
- ~/.woof/log/
- ~/.woof/status/
- ~/.woof/config.json
See the config.json file for an example of what the file should look like.
The config file and example layouts are included in the release.
Assign hotkeys using xbindkeys to actually use it
Commands:
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
ag(l,<ID>) | (add to group) add window as a group |
ah(l,<ID>) | (add horizontal) add the active window the the right of a target window |
as | (attempt swallow) attempt to swallow windows |
av(l,<ID>) | (add vertical) add the active window below the target window |
cp | (change plane) change a vertical split to a horizontal split and vice versa |
db | (debug) print out debug information |
eh | (expand horizontal) increase the horizontal size of the active window |
ev | (expand vertical) increase the vertical size of the active window |
gd | (nav down) focus window to the bottom |
gl | (nav left) focus window to the left |
gr | (nav right) focus window the the right |
gu | (nav up) focus window to the top |
kl | (kill) attempt to close the window and remove it from woof |
la | (list) list the windows available for interaction |
ll | (load layout) layout a layout |
ls | (list screens) list all the screens in woof |
mm | (move mouse) move the mouse to the center of the window |
mn | (minimize all) minimize all windows in woof |
mv | (move to) move the active window to another window as a split |
mx | (maximize) maximize the active window as if it was the only window on the screen |
ns | (new screen) adds a new screen (not functional) |
nw | (next window in group) activate next window in group |
pd | (swap pane down) swaps this pane for the one to the down |
pl | (swap pane left) swaps this pane for the one to the left |
pr | (swap pane right) swaps this pane for the one to the right |
pu | (swap pane up) swaps this pane for the one to the up |
pw | (prev window in group) activate prev window in group |
re | (restore) restore all window positions |
rh | (reduce horizontal) decrease the horizontal size of the active window |
rl | (reload) reload to default starting tree |
rm | (remove) remove the window from woof |
rs | (rename screen) rename the current screen |
rv | (reduce vertical) decrease the vertical size of the active window |
sl | (swap screen left) swap this screen for the left one |
sp | (swap-pane) swap the two windows in the split |
sr | (swap screen right) swap this screen for the right one |
ss<ID> | (swap screen) swap the two screens |
sw<ID> | (swap) swap the positions of two windows in the tree |
wl | (save layout) save layout |
Use:
rofi -show wf -modi wf:woof
To get the rofi menu. Rofi menu is required for adding and swapping windows and additional options
Example entries for xbindkeys:
"woof nav-left"
m:0x4d + c:113
Control+Shift+Alt+Mod4 + Left
"woof nav-down"
m:0x4d + c:116
Control+Shift+Alt+Mod4 + Down
"woof nav-up"
m:0x4d + c:111
Control+Shift+Alt+Mod4 + Up
"woof nav-right"
m:0x4d + c:114
Control+Shift+Alt+Mod4 + Right
"rofi -show wf -modi wf:woof"
m:0x4d + c:33
Control+Shift+Alt+Mod4 + p
"woof rh" # reduce horizontal size
m:0x4d + c:29
Control+Shift+Alt+Mod4 + y
"woof ev" # expand horizontal size
m:0x4d + c:30
Control+Shift+Alt+Mod4 + u
"woof rv" # reduce vertical size
m:0x4d + c:31
Control+Shift+Alt+Mod4 + i
"woof eh" # expand vertical size
m:0x4d + c:32
Control+Shift+Alt+Mod4 + o
"woof activate-next-window" # activate next window in window group
m:0x4d + c:60
Control+Shift+Alt+Mod4 + period
"woof activate-prev-window" # activate prev window in window group
m:0x4d + c:59
Control+Shift+Alt+Mod4 + comma
"woof kill"
m:0x48 + c:53
Alt+Mod4 + x
"woof maximize"
m:0x48 + c:52
Alt+Mod4 + z
"woof swap-screen 1"
m:0x48 + c:10
Alt+Mod4 + 1
"woof swap-screen 2"
m:0x48 + c:11
Alt+Mod4 + 2
"woof swap-screen 3"
m:0x48 + c:12
Alt+Mod4 + 3
"woof swap-screen 4"
m:0x48 + c:13
Alt+Mod4 + 4
"woof swap-screen 5"
m:0x48 + c:14
Alt+Mod4 + 5
"woof swap-screen 6"
m:0x48 + c:15
Alt+Mod4 + 6
"woof swap-screen 7"
m:0x48 + c:16
Alt+Mod4 + 7
"woof swap-screen 8"
m:0x48 + c:17
Alt+Mod4 + 8
"woof swap-screen 9"
m:0x48 + c:18
Alt+Mod4 + 9
"woof swap-screen 0"
m:0x48 + c:19
Alt+Mod4 + 0
Use the rofi menu, it will list all options. You probably won’t know what parameters to put it though. Use your best judgement or look through the code. I haven’t bothered to properly document it all.