Feature Request: Master layout

[I-Want-ToBelieve]

https://dwm.suckless.org/ https://wiki.hyprland.org/Configuring/Master-Layout/

[koekeishiya]

Is this referring specifically to the master & stacking implementation detail of the "tiled layout"?

[kkharji]

As previous dim user, this would be an awesome addition. When first setting up yabai, I did some complex shortcuts to make this work. still not there yet 😆 . I think indeed it's referring to master & stacking impl

[Bellavene]

A shitty workaround, still no 'send new window to master'. Tried to implement it, but too buggy. It must be done in source, not in scripts.

CURRENT_DISPLAY=$(yabai -m query --windows --window | jq '.display')
WINDOWS_ARRAY=$(yabai -m query --windows --space $(yabai -m query --spaces --space | jq '.index') --display $CURRENT_DISPLAY | jq -r 'map(select(.["is-minimized"]==false and .["is-floating"]==false))')
NUMBER_OF_WINDOWS=$(echo $WINDOWS_ARRAY | jq -r 'length')

case $NUMBER_OF_WINDOWS in
    [0-1])
        yabai -m config split_type auto
        ;;
    2)
        ;;
    3)
        yabai -m config split_ratio 0.5
        yabai -m space --balance x-axis
        yabai -m config split_type horizontal
        ;;
    *)
        yabai -m space --balance x-axis
        ;;
esac

https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai/issues/1609

[I-Want-ToBelieve]

I have successfully combined krohnkite-core with yabai.

There are still some bugs at the moment. After fixing some bugs, I will release an early version on GitHub. This should not take too long.

https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai/assets/24669431/fae86b77-691f-4064-869c-350d6815f61c

[Bellavene]

Great, but to do it the right way, we need to change the logic in the source code of yabai. All scripts on top of it are doomed to behave nonsensical.

[I-Want-ToBelieve]

MacOS has some quirks

1. When closing the last visible window of the same app, if there is a minimized window in the app, the minimized window will be automatically displayed! (WTF)

2. When closing the last visible window of an app, if the app does not have a minimized window, another app that is different from it will not automatically gain focus! (WTF)

3. Even if the last window is closed, some apps still exist in the command + tab list! And even if it is selected, it cannot be reopened!!(Pollution)

4. The closing of the window does not always mean the exit of the app, cmd+q actually closes the app, but it closes all windows(Complex)

[Bellavene]

1. Something is causing this, macos does not behave like that.
2. It is the main logic of macos, an app can be run without a window at all. I use a hammerspoon script for a workaround. Or @FelixKratz's fork of yabai fixes that too.
3. See # 2, mostly to reopen a window you must press a shortcut, either command+n or command+numbers
4. see # 2

[I-Want-ToBelieve]

Basically all layouts of krohnkite already work on top of yabai.

There are four more things to deal with

1. When there is no focus, automatically let a window gain focus.
2. Respond to dock and global menu show-hide events and adjust the available screen size.
3. Responds to events emitted when the window changes size and position via the mouse
4. Multi-monitor testing, multi-space can work now, multi-monitor should also work, but there is no test yet

[I-Want-ToBelieve]

Although moving the position of the window through the mouse and adjusting the size of the window through the mouse have not yet been processed

I am still planning to deal with compilation, packaging and distribution tomorrow

Because the requirements of the early version have now been met.

https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai/assets/24669431/615044d8-cdee-479f-a1ba-bc35af9b0118

https://github.com/esjeon/krohnkite/issues/201#issuecomment-1797711146

[I-Want-ToBelieve]

Currently there are only development versions.

The release of npm, crates.io, brew, nix and github still requires some time to configure github actions and changesets.

https://github.com/I-Want-ToBelieve/yakite