rotatelayoutaxis

Function	Expected argument	Default keybindings
rotatelayoutaxis	-4, -3, -2, -1, 1, 2, 3, 4	Listed separately further down

The rotatelayoutaxis function cycles through the various layout axes in a flextile-deluxe layout.

There are four axes to consider:

• the layout split (1)
• the arrangement for the master area (2)
• the arrangement for the primary stack area (3)
• the arrangement for the secondary stack area (4)

You may think of this as four wheels on a slot machine where each wheel can be turned for different outcomes.

The layout split

The default tile layout is split vertically - you have the master window on the left and the stack on the right.

Then you have other layouts such as the bottom stack layouts where the layout is split horizontally - you have the master window at the top and the stack at the bottom.

In flextile-deluxe the layout consists of first a split and then one or more areas that have their own arrangement.

The possible splits are:

Split	Description
No split	A no master and stack layout
Vertical	Master stack vertical split
Horizontal	Master stack horizontal split
Centered vertical	Centered master vertical split
Centered horizontal	Centered master horizontal split
Vertical dual stack	Master stack vertical split with dual stack
Horizontal dual stack	Master stack vertical split with dual stack
Floating master	Fake floating master
Fixed vertical	Fixed master stack vertical split
Fixed horizontal	Fixed master stack horizontal split
Fixed centered vertical	Fixed centered master vertical split
Fixed centered horizontal	Fixed centered master horizontal split
Fixed vertical dual stack	Fixed master stack vertical split with dual stack
Fixed horizontal dual stack	Fixed master stack vertical split with dual stack
Fixed floating master	Fixed fake floating master

Splits automatically reduce if there are not enough clients to fill all areas. Refer to the Layout page for more information on that.

Default keybindings	Description
Super+[	Cycle through the available layout splits (counter-clockwise)
Super+]	Cycle through the available layout splits (clockwise)

The master area arrangement

Each area in a layout split have their own arrangement. Clients can be arranged as columns or rows, or they can be arranged in more complex constellations such as in the fibonacci or tatami layouts.

The possible arrangements are:

Arrangement	Description
Top to bottom	Clients arrange vertically
Left to right	Clients arrange horizontally
Monocle	Clients arrange in deck / monocle mode
Gapplessgrid	Clients arrange in a gappless grid (original formula)
Gapplessgrid (cfacts)	Clients arrange in a gappless grid that takes cfacts into account
Gapplessgrid alt1	Clients arrange in a gappless grid (alt. 1, fills rows first, cfacts for rows)
Gapplessgrid alt2	Clients arrange in a gappless grid (alt. 2, fills columns first, cfacts for columns)
Gridmode	Clients arrange in a grid
Horizgrid	Clients arrange in a horizontal grid
Dwindle	Clients arrange in fibonacci dwindle mode
Dwindle (cfacts)	Clients arrange in fibonacci dwindle mode and takes cfacts into account
Spiral	Clients arrange in fibonacci spiral mode
Spiral (cfacts)	Clients arrange in fibonacci spiral mode and takes cfacts into account
Tatami	Clients arrange as tatami mats
Tatami (cfacts)	Clients arrange as tatami mats that takes cfacts into account

These arrangements can be used in all areas. Some variants take cfacts into account, see the setcfact function for more information on that.

Default keybindings	Description
Super+Alt+[	Cycle through the available tiling arrangements for the master area (counter-clockwise)
Super+Alt+]	Cycle through the available tiling arrangements for the master area (clockwise)

Primary stack area arrangement

Superfluous clients that do not fit into the master area overflow to the primary stack area and in turn the secondary stack area if a dual stack split is used.

Default keybindings	Description
Super+Shift+[	Cycle through the available tiling arrangements for the primary stack area (counter-clockwise)
Super+Shift+]	Cycle through the available tiling arrangements for the primary stack area (clockwise)

Secondary stack area arrangement

When dual stack splits are used superfluous clients that do not fit into the master area overflow to both the primary and the secondary stack areas.

Clients are divided evenly between the primary and secondary stack areas if nstack is 0, otherwise the value indicates the number of clients in the primary stack area. See the incnstack function for more information on that.

Default keybindings	Description
Super+Ctrl+[	Cycle through the available tiling arrangements for the secondary stack area (counter-clockwise)
Super+Ctrl+]	Cycle through the available tiling arrangements for the secondary stack area (clockwise)

External commands

duskc run_command rotatelayoutaxis 1   # cycle through available layout splits (horizontal, vertical, centered, no split, etc.) (clockwise)
duskc run_command rotatelayoutaxis -1  # cycle through available layout splits (horizontal, vertical, centered, no split, etc.) (counter-clockwise)
duskc run_command rotatelayoutaxis 2   # cycle through available tiling arrangements for the master area (clockwise)
duskc run_command rotatelayoutaxis -2  # cycle through available tiling arrangements for the master area (counter-clockwise)
duskc run_command rotatelayoutaxis 3   # cycle through available tiling arrangements for the primary (first) stack area (clockwise)
duskc run_command rotatelayoutaxis -3  # cycle through available tiling arrangements for the primary (first) stack area (counter-clockwise)
duskc run_command rotatelayoutaxis 4   # cycle through available tiling arrangements for the secondary stack area (clockwise)
duskc run_command rotatelayoutaxis -4  # cycle through available tiling arrangements for the secondary stack area (counter-clockwise)

Also see the setlayoutaxisex function.

Back to Functions > Layout.