xfce-tiler

Extremely simple quadrant, half and directional window tiling for XFCE / xfwm4 (works across monitors).

        Super+1 │ Super+3          1+2 = left half      1+3 = top half
        ────────┼────────          3+4 = right half     2+4 = bottom half
        Super+2 │ Super+4          1+4 = maximise       2+3 = minimise

Parts

File	Purpose
tile	The whole thing
install	Installs it and writes the XFCE shortcuts

Requirements

• Linux
• X11
• EWMH window manager (tested on xfwm4)
• XFCE for the shortcuts
• Python 3
• libX11 and libXinerama for multi-monitor (fallback to one screen without it)

Install

./install --all
./install --dry-run --all

Shortcuts

Settings -> Keyboard -> Application Shortcuts:

Key	Command	Result
Super+1	tile quad 1	top-left quarter
Super+2	tile quad 2	bottom-left quarter
Super+3	tile quad 3	top-right quarter
Super+4	tile quad 4	bottom-right quarter
Super+Left	tile dir left	step left, then onto the monitor to the left
Super+Right	tile dir right	step right, then onto the monitor to the right
Super+Up	tile dir up	step up
Super+Down	tile dir down	step down

Everything happens on the monitor the window is already on. The numbers are not monitor numbers.

Chords

Chord	Result
Super+1+2	left half
Super+3+4	right half
Super+1+3	top half
Super+2+4	bottom half
Super+1+4	maximise
Super+2+3	minimise
Super+1+2+3+4	maximise

Arrows

Where the window is	Super+Left does
not tiled	left half, full height
full width	left half, rows kept
right half	left half, rows kept
left half at the edge	the monitor to the left, entering as its right half
left half, no monitor left	left half, top to bottom

Tuning

Variable	Default	Meaning
TILE_GAP	0	Pixels between tiles and around the screen edge
TILE_CHORD_WAIT	0.08	Seconds spent watching for a simultaneous second key
TILE_CHORD_HOLD	0.45	Seconds a chord stays open for a late second key
TILE_WRAP	0	1 wraps past the outermost monitor instead of growing
TILE_GTK_SHADOW	0	1 grows CSD windows so their visible edge lines up
TILE_WINDOW	-	Act on this window id instead of the focused one

Removal

rm -f ~/.local/bin/tile
for k in 1 2 3 4 Left Right Up Down; do
    xfconf-query -c xfce4-keyboard-shortcuts -p "/commands/custom/<Super>$k" -r
done

License

MIT LICENSE

By MattFor