Help with creating custom layouts?

[EttVenter]

I'd like to create a custom layout. I had a look at the examples, but I'm not a developer, so I don't really understand them.

Anyone willing to help me figure this out? I need to create a layout that holds a single window in the center of the screen, NOT full screen. I've got a larger monitor, so some windows (like finder, for example) are wildly inefficient when they're taking up the whole display. So I'd like to be able to limit the space to a single window, and any other windows to "stack" under that one.

Anyone willing to help? Thanks!

[ianyh]

You may be able to replicate this with window margins and the fullscreen layout instead of making a whole custom layout.

[EttVenter]

You may be able to replicate this with window margins and the fullscreen layout instead of making a whole custom layout.

Yeah I did consider this, but I do use the fullscreen layout as it is with some apps, so I don't want to lose it.

Is there some way for me to learn how to make custom layouts?

[ianyh]

Ah, so it depends on what application the currently focused window belongs to? I can create a custom layout template to make it easier to modify so you would be able to just do the frame manipulations, but regardless custom layouts intentionally don't know what applications are running and which windows belong to which.

[EttVenter]

Ah, so it depends on what application the currently focused window belongs to? I can create a custom layout template to make it easier to modify so you would be able to just do the frame manipulations, but regardless custom layouts intentionally don't know what applications are running and which windows belong to which.

Oh! Sorry, I must've miscommunicated.

I don't need amethyst to detect what app the window belongs to. Here's my situation:

The fullscreen layout works great in some situations, like with my browser. Other apps, like Finder, or Things 3, become very inefficient to use what the windows are that size. So I want to be able to have a layout that only got space for 1 window, and the size/placement of that "space for a window" would be something I can predefine.

Does that make sense?

[EttVenter]

Still wondering if someone could offer up a custom file or help me learn how to make my own?

[niemes]

Just saw this message : Here we go. If you still need that layout. It's not a complex layout, but I can see that the current documentation is not super easy x).

function layout() {
    return {
        name: "One for All",
        initialState: {
            mainPaneCount: 1
        },
        getFrameAssignments: (windows, screenFrame) => {
            const mainPaneWidth = Math.round(screenFrame.width - 300);
            const mainPaneWindowHeight = Math.round((screenFrame.height - 150));

            const marginTop = 50;
            const marginLeft = 0;

            let frames = {};
            
            windows.forEach((window) => {
                const windowFrame = {
                    x: ((screenFrame.width + marginLeft) / 2) - (mainPaneWidth / 2),
                    y: ((screenFrame.height / 2) - (mainPaneWindowHeight / 2)) + marginTop,
                    width: mainPaneWidth,
                    height: mainPaneWindowHeight
                };
                frames[window.id] = windowFrame;
            });

            return frames;
        }
    };
}

You can tweak the margin to offset the center or change the size of the single window.
Hope this help !