Padding in Monocle and single window mode

[aagha]

I saw in a YT vid recently on how you can add padding to a single window by using the window_based_work_area_offset.

I'd l like this to have padding on my main monitor, when a window is in single-only or monocle model.

I'm running two monitors--my main, a 32", right above my laptop, which is higher resolution; something like this:

I'm relatively new, but I've setup window_based_work_area_offset_limit=1 and

"window_based_work_area_offset": { "left": 0, "top": 80, "right": 0, "bottom": 150 },

Changing the coordinates in window_based_work_area_offset are only effecting my laptop window, and don't do anything to a window on he main monitor if it's in single or monocle mode.

Any advice would be appreciated.

[LGUG2Z]

window_based_work_area_offset is a monitor-specific configuration option; you have to set it individually for each monitor, on each JSON object in the monitors array. The reason for this is people often have monitors in different orientations, so a single offset applied to all monitors would not be desirable for example, monitors in the vertical orientation.

[aagha]

@LGUG2Z Checking for 'monitor-information', I see the name of my laptop monitor--do I have to use that as the name?

I've implemented the following, leveraging the result of monitor-information as the name of the 2nd workspace following the format in #812

However, with this, when I'm (just) my laptop--as I am now, apply_window_based_work_area_offset doesn't apply after a komorebi stop and start.

[LGUG2Z]

In the JSON object for the second monitor it looks like you still haven't added/replicated the work area offset options

[aagha]

Sorry @LGUG2Z I'm missing something--I don't see the option for offsets:

With the workspace_padding I get:

This is the direction I want(!) but I'm trying to have a lot more padding on the left and right, and not a uniform amount all around. I set apply_window_based_work_area_offset=true, hoping it would apply/inherit the window_based_work_area_offset settings, but no dice.

I tried to look up documentation on workspace_rules, but can't find anything in the docs or the schema:

[LGUG2Z]

In the screenshot above you're trying to add them to a workspace config object - you need to move up one level and the autocompletions should show:

  "monitors": [
    {
      "window_based_work_area_offset_limit": 1,
      "window_based_work_area_offset": {
        "left": 750,
        "top": 0,
        "right": 1500,
        "bottom": 0
      },
      "workspaces": [
        {
          "name": "monitor1-workspace-1",
          "layout": "UltrawideVerticalStack",
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "window_based_work_area_offset_limit": 1,
      "window_based_work_area_offset": {
        "left": 750,
        "top": 0,
        "right": 1500,
        "bottom": 0
      },
      "workspaces": [
        {
          "name": "monitor2-workspace-1",
          "layout": "BSP",
        }
      ],
    }
  ]

[aagha]

Oh! Great. That worked perfectly. Thanks!

  "monitors": [
    {
      "workspaces": [
        {
          "name": "laptop",
          "layout": "Columns"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "window_based_work_area_offset_limit": 1,
      "window_based_work_area_offset": {
        "left": 350,
        "top": 80,
        "right": 700,
        "bottom": 150
      },
      "workspaces": [
        {
          "name": "monitor",
          "layout": "VerticalStack"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]

[ownself]

This feature is really stunning! Right now I'm setting 3 workspaces enabled and 2 workspaces disabled, I was wondering is it possible to add CLI support (for key binding) to toggle this feature in current workspace!
PS : Currently I'm using "toggle-maximize" to mimic what I wish to do, the only lacking is that beautiful padding gap :-)

[Pugsworth]

I have also been trying to find this kind of feature for a while and resorted to writing a script to toggle the work-area-offset to mimic this. I'm so glad that it's a configuration setting that I just missed!
Turns out, I also had my configuration schema still set to 0.1.25, so these options never popped up.

Is there any way to toggle this functionality, however?

For most of the time, this is the behavior I want with my main (ultra-widescreen) monitor. But sometimes, I would like the ability to override the limit to be 2 instead of 1 or even 0 (off).

I see there is a apply_window_based_work_area_offset for workspaces, but my workflow is to be usable for any workspace.