how do you deal with multiple windows of same app

[maxandersen]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
this is more a usage question than a request - at least for now.

I'm trying to use amethyst and I like it but one thing that nags me is that I tend to have alot of IDE windows open (one per project/folder) so i.e. I have ~8-10 Vscode and eclipse/intellij windows open.

Amethyst keeps trying to sqeuezze that into the left and right columns (I use 3 column layout as I have ultra wider monitor).

meaning they are tiny slivers of windows and I cant identify what they are - hence it would be much more useful all my vscode/ide windows would get layered on top of each other and I could just pick which one to have visible/on top rather than try show all of them.

Is there a way for that or someone can explain how to deal with that best in amethyst ?

[slaughtr]

When I had an ultrawide I would just keep a single IDE window on my primary space AKA space one, with the rest set to fullscreen on space two. Then if I was switching my "main" project/repo I would use switch to that window on the secondary space, throw it to space one, and then throw the one I'm not using anymore back to space 2.

I've also used minimized windows a ton more since I started using amethyst specifically to deal with similar issues around multiple IDE windows, which requires a tiny bit of mouse usage but keeps big Java projects ready to go but out of the way.

[maxandersen]

Interesting.

Full screen on 49" is quite hard for me to use - hence trying to find a way to have main app in middle and then let the shides keep things somewhat orderly without making it too tiny :)

[slaughtr]

The fullscreen on space two is just for the benefit of being able to see everything, my UW was only 34" so trying to do layouts with 5+ windows didn't really work. If you've got a 49" (jealous!) I bet you could use a column layout pretty well.

[ianyh]

Sounds similar to #323.