vibou.gTile

Gnome-shell extension that tiles windows as you like.

This extension is developed at GitHub If you are reading this documentation anywhere else, it might be out of date.

Manual Installation

Manual installation requires simply putting the files in the right place:

$ cd ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions
$ git clone [repo]

Then run Tweak Tool and enable the extension.

Configuration

To configure gTile open the file extension.js go down to SETTINGS comments and edit this part of the code:

/*INIT SETTINGS HERE TO ADD OR REMOVE SETTINGS BUTTON*/
/*new GridSettingsButton(LABEL, NBCOL, NBROW) */
function initSettings()
{
    //Here is where you add new grid size button
    gridSettings[SETTINGS_GRID_SIZE] = [
        new GridSettingsButton('2x2',2,2),
        new GridSettingsButton('4x4',4,4),
        new GridSettingsButton('6x6',6,6)
    ];
    
    //example for new GridSettingsButton:
    myCustomButton = new GridSettingsButton('Custom',8,8); //Going to be a 8x8 GridSettings
    gridSettings[SETTINGS_GRID_SIZE].push(myCustomButton);
    
    
    /*NEW SETTINGS*/    
     //You can change those settings to set whatever you want by default
     //Afterward you can change those parameters using the gTile interface
     gridSettings[SETTINGS_AUTO_CLOSE] = true;
     gridSettings[SETTINGS_ANIMATION] = true;
}

Author

This extension has been developed by vibou with the help of the gnome-shell community. See network for details.

CHANGE LOG

V21

• Fix an issue on tracking focused window

V20

• Add compatibility with Gnome-Shell 10

V17

• Fix some UI Issues

V16

• UI changes

V15

• Compatibility Gnome Shell 3.6.1

V14

• Compatibility Gnome Shell 3.4.1 + small bug correction

V13

• Add Key binding settings + Compatibility 3.4.1

V12

• Correct small bug on auto tile where monitor height was considered without gnome-panel on primaryMonitor

V11

• AutoTile function : 2 new auto tile features + Replace Animation and auto close text by icons

V10

• Now gTile follows your focus window !! Thanks to Claus Beerta he implements it in a branch.
• I change the implementation so that it works with multi-screen and I also added animations.

V9

• Not validated

• However he added the keybinding in settings (into the file extension.js) but it s still buggy I think

• So I let it for those who wants to try it.

V8

• Correct bug where Desktop can be tile
• 3x2 button added by default

V7

• Add Auto-close once resize
• Add Smooth animation when toggle extension
• New icon
  (/!\ auto-close may cause some bugs so let me know if you had any thanks).