gnomesome

Yet another gnome extension for window tiling inspired by awesome supporting multiple workspaces and screens.

Current supported layouts

• Floating
• Vertically tiled
• Horizontally tiled

Keybindings

• Mod4+e: Select the next layout on the current monitor and workspace
• Mod4+Shift+e: Select the previous layout on the current monitor and workspace
• Mod4+j: Select the next window on the current monitor and workspace
• Mod4+k: Select the previous window on the current monitor and workspace
• Mod4+Shift+j: Swap the current client with the next client in a layout
• Mod4+Shift+k: Swap the current client with the previous client in a layout
• Mod4+Ctrl+j: Select the next monitor
• Mod4+Ctrl+k: Select the previous monitor
• Mod4+o: Move the active window to the next monitor
• Mod4+i: Increase the master window area
• Mod4+u: Decrease the master window area
• Mod4+Shift+i: Increase the number of master windows
• Mod4+Shift+u: Decrease the number of master windows
• Mod4+Ctrl+Return: Swap the current window with the master
• Mod4+(1-5): Select the workspace with id (1-5)
• Mod4+Ctrl+(1-5): Move the current window to the workspace with id (1-5)
• Mod4+Shift+m: Toggle maximize of the current window
• Mod4+Shift+f: Toggle fullscreen of the current window
• Mod4+f: Toggle floating of the current window
• Mod4+return: Launch a gnome terminal

Install

To install the extension to the gnome-shell default path ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions run make install. To remove the extension run make uninstall. You need to restart gnome Alt+F2 r and enable the extension in the tweak tool to activate it.

To run the settings dialog you need to install clutter:

• Ubuntu: sudo apt install gir1.2-clutter-1.0 gir1.2-clutter-gst-3.0 gir1.2-gtkclutter-1.0