Feature request: Filter tiled windows

[nclarius]

It would be nice if there was an option to only show windows that are not already snapped to some tile.

[emvaized]

I like this particular feature request, because if we could track all windows snapped from the assist, all their relative groups, and then expose it somehow via DBus, it opens a door for a lot of possibilities.

Additionally to filtering out already snapped windows inside the script, we can basically create a platform upon which a lot of interesting things can be built.

Few examples:

• Modified Task switcher widget which could visually group snapped windows in shared tiles
• Modified Overview for windows and desktops which could group snapped windows
• Additional scripts, which would extend the assist, such as:
  • minimize/restore snapped windows simultaneously;
  • move snapped windows with mouse as a group;
  • once one of the snapped windows gets closed, resize all the others to fill the freed area

So, a lot of things to think of.

[emvaized]

Well, it turns out there currently is no way to communicate between scripts via DBus...

Well, we still would be able to include some of these into the script itself. I just added test support for tracking snapped windows in the dev branch, as well as new options:

• "Show previously snapped windows" under filter
• "Minimize/restore snapped windows together" and "Raise snapped windows together" under behavior

Will be glad if you could join testing!

[emvaized]

Option to filter out previously snapped windows was added now in version 1.4

[nclarius]

Nice! A further enhancement would be if it also filtered out windows that were tiled without the assistant, but this is already a good improvement.