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i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Sat, 10 Oct 2015 00:25:28 +0000Is there a decent "tile all windows" i3 script?https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6795/is-there-a-decent-tile-all-windows-i3-script/I would like a new "container" for i3, in addition to the stacked, tabbed and h/v split containers. This container would display all the windows as tiled; that is, every window would be made as "square" as possible within the container. It would place the windows in a grid of equal-sized cells, but the last row might contain less than the rest. For example: [ w1 ][ w2 ][ w3 ] [ w4 ][ w5 ][ w6 ] [ wide7 ][ wide8 ] I realize this can be stitched together from split containers. But I'd either like the mode, or a script to auto-create a set of h/v split containers, so I can get there in one quick operation. I'd like it to take whatever containers are on the particular workspace, and replace them all with the tiled configuration. I could script this but the devil is in the details so I thought I would see if someone else had scripted a solution they could share. Or an alternative solution? Thanks, viva la i3!!Sat, 03 Oct 2015 15:14:57 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6795/is-there-a-decent-tile-all-windows-i3-script/Comment by moodboom for I would like a new "container" for i3, in addition to the stacked, tabbed and h/v split containers. This container would display all the windows as tiled; that is, every window would be made as "square" as possible within the container. It would place the windows in a grid of equal-sized cells, but the last row might contain less than the rest. For example: [ w1 ][ w2 ][ w3 ] [ w4 ][ w5 ][ w6 ] [ wide7 ][ wide8 ] I realize this can be stitched together from split containers. But I'd either like the mode, or a script to auto-create a set of h/v split containers, so I can get there in one quick operation. I'd like it to take whatever containers are on the particular workspace, and replace them all with the tiled configuration. I could script this but the devil is in the details so I thought I would see if someone else had scripted a solution they could share. Or an alternative solution? Thanks, viva la i3!! https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6795/is-there-a-decent-tile-all-windows-i3-script/?comment=6876#comment-6876OK I got nextmatch.py up and running, it's a start. :-)Sat, 10 Oct 2015 00:25:28 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6795/is-there-a-decent-tile-all-windows-i3-script/?comment=6876#comment-6876Comment by moodboom for I would like a new "container" for i3, in addition to the stacked, tabbed and h/v split containers. This container would display all the windows as tiled; that is, every window would be made as "square" as possible within the container. It would place the windows in a grid of equal-sized cells, but the last row might contain less than the rest. For example: [ w1 ][ w2 ][ w3 ] [ w4 ][ w5 ][ w6 ] [ wide7 ][ wide8 ] I realize this can be stitched together from split containers. But I'd either like the mode, or a script to auto-create a set of h/v split containers, so I can get there in one quick operation. I'd like it to take whatever containers are on the particular workspace, and replace them all with the tiled configuration. I could script this but the devil is in the details so I thought I would see if someone else had scripted a solution they could share. Or an alternative solution? Thanks, viva la i3!! https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6795/is-there-a-decent-tile-all-windows-i3-script/?comment=6875#comment-6875Argg, i started [https://github.com/MicahChambers/i3-wm-scripts here] but got errors out of the python scripts. Got any example python scripts? IndexError: list index out of range nextfind.py", line 44, in get_named_windows windows[results1.group(3).strip()].append(results1.group(1)) KeyError: '..Sat, 10 Oct 2015 00:08:53 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6795/is-there-a-decent-tile-all-windows-i3-script/?comment=6875#comment-6875Comment by moodboom for I would like a new "container" for i3, in addition to the stacked, tabbed and h/v split containers. This container would display all the windows as tiled; that is, every window would be made as "square" as possible within the container. It would place the windows in a grid of equal-sized cells, but the last row might contain less than the rest. For example: [ w1 ][ w2 ][ w3 ] [ w4 ][ w5 ][ w6 ] [ wide7 ][ wide8 ] I realize this can be stitched together from split containers. But I'd either like the mode, or a script to auto-create a set of h/v split containers, so I can get there in one quick operation. I'd like it to take whatever containers are on the particular workspace, and replace them all with the tiled configuration. I could script this but the devil is in the details so I thought I would see if someone else had scripted a solution they could share. Or an alternative solution? Thanks, viva la i3!! https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6795/is-there-a-decent-tile-all-windows-i3-script/?comment=6872#comment-6872Thanks Airblader, good tips, I suppose I could give it a try. Sorry but I can't upvote your comment or anything, this site is a little too locked down. :-)Fri, 09 Oct 2015 23:27:50 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6795/is-there-a-decent-tile-all-windows-i3-script/?comment=6872#comment-6872Comment by Airblader for I would like a new "container" for i3, in addition to the stacked, tabbed and h/v split containers. This container would display all the windows as tiled; that is, every window would be made as "square" as possible within the container. It would place the windows in a grid of equal-sized cells, but the last row might contain less than the rest. For example: [ w1 ][ w2 ][ w3 ] [ w4 ][ w5 ][ w6 ] [ wide7 ][ wide8 ] I realize this can be stitched together from split containers. But I'd either like the mode, or a script to auto-create a set of h/v split containers, so I can get there in one quick operation. I'd like it to take whatever containers are on the particular workspace, and replace them all with the tiled configuration. I could script this but the devil is in the details so I thought I would see if someone else had scripted a solution they could share. Or an alternative solution? Thanks, viva la i3!! https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6795/is-there-a-decent-tile-all-windows-i3-script/?comment=6800#comment-6800It should be fairly simple once you count the number of windows to move to calculate the size of the square. Just move all windows to a temporary workspace and after every n-th one, issue the commands "move down, split h".Sat, 03 Oct 2015 19:15:04 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6795/is-there-a-decent-tile-all-windows-i3-script/?comment=6800#comment-6800