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Idea #428: Tile windows horizontally and vertically

Written by Mahyar the 29 Feb 08 at 01:47. Category: Look and Feel. Related project: Nothing/Others. Status: New
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In the panel, it would be handy to be able to tile windows horizontally and vertically instead of just minimising, maximising and moving to other desktops.

At present, I spend a lot of time resizing windows when it should be automated.
Tags: tile windows

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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #428
Written by Mahyar the 29 Feb 08 at 01:47.
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Solution #2: tile windows horizontally and vertically
Written by harizon the 30 Sep 09 at 11:57.
A simple program to tile windows horizontally and vertically can be found at http://tile-windows.googlecode.com/ .Download source archive extract and make.
Use "path/to/executable/tiler -v" to tile windows vertically
Use "path/to/executable/tiler -h" to tile windows horizontally

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dhaus111 wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 01:50
This can be done by compiling the tile plugin into compiz, its quite helpful when xfering from one 500GB Porn folder to the other 386GB porn folder...:)

jhoger wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 05:30
tab groups of windows, managed by the wm would also be nice.

hexpek wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 08:41
I so want this. I don't use compiz - my hardware complains. If gnome would tile and cascade like Windows I'd be extremely happy.

tomaszx wrote on the 4 Mar 08 at 22:25
this would be nice like split nautilus window vertucaly : http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/2589/

zeusabj wrote on the 10 Mar 08 at 05:37
This is one feature I used religiously in Windows. I really miss it under Ubuntu. I'd *love* to see this somehow implemented as well.

melat0nin wrote on the 12 Jun 08 at 09:20
+1

This it the one desktop tool I really miss from Windows. I will have a look at the Compiz tile plugin though.

harry_seldon wrote on the 9 Aug 08 at 16:33
+1

Would be great that Gnome and KDE could do this easily. It is very convenient when you work on several files at the same time.

andreiashu wrote on the 17 Oct 08 at 10:19
+1

Like the "Always on top" option in gonome, this one is a must and should be available by default in Gnome.

hardyheron wrote on the 23 Oct 08 at 05:33
+1

Is it really so difficult to tile Windows after 10 years of development?

CydeSwype wrote on the 18 Dec 08 at 06:24
i'd like to see the ubuntu implementation smarter than the windows "tile" feature. specifically, there should be a "lock tiles" feature so that once the windows are tiled, one window can be resized and all the other windows should resize with it, to remain "tiled." this would be especially handy for watching a movie in one window of the tile, having a browser in another "tile," etc. the user could resize the movie playing in one window to make it bigger and all the other windows would get smaller. would be nice to drag a window/tile to another window/tile to "swap" tiles also. tile usually assumes the user wants all windows the same size...but this is rarely the case.

Feba wrote on the 10 Jan 09 at 00:18
I agree with CydeSwype. For a great example of how Metacity could make a great tiling wm without actually being a tiling wm, see emacs. You can spawn windows horizontally and vertically, and from those two come up with tons of different configurations. You can also resize them, where one seamlessly gains space as the other loses it. It would just be a great functionality to have; plus I've heard something about Windows 7 making window tiling even easier (although I didn't read specifics), and it would be nice to stay ahead of the curve on this.

stimpyaw wrote on the 21 Jan 09 at 22:45
This is one of the missing features that keeps up me from switching to Ubuntu completely. Windows since 3.0 has had this ability. PLEASE, add this feature!! Thanks, just my 2cents.

leohart wrote on the 28 Feb 09 at 03:15
This feature has been SOLVED a long time ago. You can use xmonad (instead of Metacity) as your Window Manager under GNOME. All of your windows will be completely tile all the time. It supports re-sizing of one tile and all the other tiles will be auto-resize to fit.

It supports multiple layout mode so you can switch from tile to one window at a time with one shortcut combo. You can even move your tiles between virtual windows or between monitors (if u happen to have more than 2). It is not perfect since you need to get used to it. But it will improve your workflow tremendously.

Endolith wrote on the 23 Mar 09 at 04:41
Using a completely different window manager is not a solution. This has not been solved.

Endolith wrote on the 28 Mar 09 at 16:54
There really needs to be a better way to do this than something in the panel. Stop thinking like Windows.

ulrith wrote on the 27 May 09 at 09:25
It becomes very necessary with wide monitors appearing! Please add this functionality to standard Ubuntu desktop!

korvins wrote on the 27 May 09 at 09:48
I know this functionality was in windows since 1995 but I never used it.

Suddenly I bought a 24" monitor and it has become a very needed function.

Users with small screens, please understand this feature is very useful for big monitors and people will get more and more big monitors now that they are not as expensive as they were.

Talking about monitors with full hd, maximized windows make no sense at all (since most of the space will be wasted) and this is where this feature is very important.

aceinnovations wrote on the 12 Aug 09 at 04:57
Windows 7 window tiling features are worth a look for incorporating in to this as well.

ulrith wrote on the 26 Oct 09 at 08:38
It's implemented as gnome applet: http://open.vitaminap.it/en/x_tile.htm


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