cassidyjames
commented
3 years ago I'd be open to this, but I believe it would need to be implemented upstream in Mutter if we want to use Mutter's true tiling behavior rather than an over-the-top solution like GNOME Shell tiling plugins do. Some advantages to using the built-in behavior are automatic handling of multi-display use cases (e.g. unplugging displays, rotating displays, moving across displays, etc.), being able to communicate the tiling state down to the app (e.g. so the stylesheet can round the outside corners but keep the inside corners square), and automatic handling of simultaneous resizing.
Problem
This is a “nice to have”, aesthetic/emotional, and in no way essential.
Windows + wingpanel entirely covers up the wallpaper when a window is maximized or snapped left/right. Thereby feeling like a different mode and breaking some of the physicality of the desktop metaphor.
Proposal
It would be nice to have snapping behaviour (and the maximize) feature have gaps. So, instead of taking up the full real-estate, your wall paper shows through and there are margins around the windows.
Prior Art
Some tiling managers implement this.