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Row/Column Layout Enhancement #93

Open GoogleCodeExporter opened 9 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Currently WMII has columns, and rows within the column.  My suggested
enhancement is an option for rows, and columns within those rows.  For
example, moving a window Down when it is already at the lowest would break
it out of the current column, and create a new row that spans all current
columns.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by Izk...@gmail.com on 24 Jan 2009 at 8:58

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

Original comment by sun...@gmail.com on 2 Oct 2009 at 10:00

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
i3 has an implementation of this feature, which increases window management 
complexity a lot in my opinion, because you need to deal with both containers 
and clients and the span of these in addition to the current wmii scheme.

Original comment by peterbjo...@gmail.com on 11 Sep 2010 at 4:10

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
I agree. That's why wmii doesn't do it. It may seem simple on the surface, but 
the complexities of navigating and altering the resulting layouts are more 
significant than people tend to anticipate, and aren't conducive to efficient 
dynamic window management. The best compromise I can come up with is a tabbed 
Vim-like model, but that's not what wmii is meant to be.

Original comment by maglion...@gmail.com on 11 Sep 2010 at 5:58

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
I agree. That's why wmii doesn't do it. It may seem simple on the surface, but 
the complexities of navigating and altering the resulting layouts are more 
significant than people tend to anticipate, and aren't conducive to efficient 
dynamic window management. The best compromise I can come up with is a tabbed 
Vim-like model, but that's not what wmii is meant to be.

Original comment by maglion...@gmail.com on 11 Sep 2010 at 5:58

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Is that a WontFix decision on this issue, Kris?

Original comment by sun...@gmail.com on 22 Feb 2011 at 9:45

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

Original comment by sun...@gmail.com on 22 Feb 2011 at 10:04