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No tiling gaps by default #21872

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On my linux computers, I have used tiling window managers for decades. I see no need for gaps between the windows, and there is, to my knowledge, no other tiling window manager which leaves gaps between the windows.

So please, please, deactivate the gaps between the windows by default.

p.s. Negative gaps is definitely not very useful.

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As long as Windows isn't as WM-agnostic as Linux.

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on Nov 8, 2022
crutkas

crutkas commented on Jun 13, 2025

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notes:

setting "Show accent color on title bars and window borders" i think is the root cause of this. if this setting is off, we should overshoot by -1 to calculate it in.

To check the status of the "Show accent color on title bars and window borders" setting programmatically, you can query the Windows Registry. This setting is stored in the following registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM

Look for the value:
ColorPrevalence (Type: REG_DWORD)
1 = Accent color is shown on title bars and window borders
0 = Accent color is not shown

linked a pull request that will close this issue on Jun 13, 2025
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