shitfuckzones

A FancyZones clone for KDE Plasma 6 that actually fucking works.

Why does this exist?

Because every other window tiling/zone tool on Linux either:

• Shit itself on a 32:9 super ultrawide and had a minimum zone size. A minimum. Size. For zones. What the fuck?
• Had no way to span a window across multiple zones, which is the entire goddamn point of zones
• Offered no option to disable auto tiling - cool thanks I just wanted zones, not for you to rearrange my entire desktop every time I open a terminal
• Hadn't been updated since Plasma 5 was cool
• Was "almost done" since 2019

Could some of this be a skill issue? Absolutely. But at some point you stop reading documentation and start writing angry code. This is that code.

What does it do?

PowerToys FancyZones, but on Linux. That's it. That's the pitch.

• Ctrl + drag a window and release - it snaps to the zone under your cursor
• Ctrl + Shift + drag - span across multiple zones (anchor where Shift was pressed, bounding box of all intersecting zones on release)
• A semi-transparent overlay shows the zone grid while you drag
• The highlighted zone updates live as you move the cursor
• Fully configurable layouts and appearance via config.json

Requirements

• KDE Plasma 6 (Wayland)
• Python 3 with: PyQt6, dbus-python, python-evdev, PyGObject
• Read access to /dev/input/event* — install.sh will prompt for sudo once to drop a udev rule (TAG+="uaccess") that grants the active seat user ACL access, then apply it immediately with udevadm trigger + setfacl.

Install

./install.sh

This does everything: installs the KWin script, embeds your layout config, starts the daemon, and sets up autostart on login.

Uninstall

./install.sh --uninstall

Gone. No traces. Like it never happened. Except for this repo on your disk, staring at you.

Configuration

Edit config.json and re-run ./install.sh. Layouts use proportional coordinates (0.0–1.0) relative to the usable screen area.

Several layouts are included:

• my-grid - 24-zone grid (my personal setup for 32:9 super ultrawide monitor)
• halves - left/right split
• thirds - three columns
• grid-2x2 - four quadrants
• main-side - large main area + two stacked side panels
• priority-grid - narrow/wide/narrow columns

Set active_layout to whichever you want. Appearance (colors, opacity, gap, border) is also configurable.

Architecture

Two components, because KWin scripts can render windows but not overlays:

1. KWin Script (contents/code/main.js) - hooks into window drag events, handles zone calculation and snapping, talks to the daemon via DBus.
2. Daemon (daemon.py) - monitors keyboard via evdev (for Ctrl/Shift detection), renders the zone overlay via PyQt6, communicates with the KWin script over DBus.

License

MIT. Do whatever you want with it. Name your fork something worse, I dare you.