Krohnkite

Krohnkite Original

Source (link to git-repo or to original if based on someone elses unmodified work): https://github.com/esjeon/krohnkite

Description:

A dynamic tiling extension for KWin.

Kröhnkite is mainly inspired by dwm from suckless folks, and aims to be "simple" in both development and usage.

Features
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* DWM-like window tiling
- Dynamically tile windows, rather than manually placing each.
- Floating windows
* Multiple Layout Support
- Tiling layout
- Monocle layout
- Desktop-friendly layouts (Spread, Stair)
* Integrates well into KWin features, including:
- Activities
- Virtual desktops
- Window switcher
- Fullscreen (KWin can fullscreen any window)
- Minimization

Last changelog:

v0.8 Release 10 months ago

* Fix master-stack ratio in TCL layout with only 2 windows
* Fix left-stack adjustment in TCL layout
* Support KWin-native maximization (WIP)
* Use separate layouts by default
* Properly handle windows started in fullscreen
* Move & resize floating windows w/ shortcuts
* (option) Put new window as master

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kostas1507
11 months ago

Update, I'm stupid! I didn't actually read the whole guide and I didn't realize that there was a configuration panel, so you actually can get gaps... although I would like being able to toggle gaps with a shortcut!

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jackchealdang
11 months ago

10 10 the best

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mmberlin
1 year ago

Is there any way to create a window decoration for toggling float (Meta+F)?

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esjeon
1 year ago

Sorry, but it's not possible. KWin API does not provide enough functionality for that, so no scripts can do that.

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mmberlin
1 year ago

10 10 the best tiling script. Tried others and they all broke kwin.

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brdlaw
1 year ago

10 10 Favorite tiling script on KDE by far. Miles better than the others.

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p135246
1 year ago

10 Wonderful, please, keep developing! For me, there are now two options and I am shifting towards the first: 1) KDE with Krohnkite, 2) No desktop manager and dwm. If all functionality is added, I do not see any reason to prefer 2) over 1) on a modern desktop. One can work effectively as in dwm and have the mainstream desktop manager kde as backup for testing, compatibility with new technologies and not so frequent tasks.

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kloss
1 year ago

9 9 excellent
Much better than https://github.com/lingtjien/Grid-Tiling-Kwin
That would be nice to have a documentation less terse than the Github readme.

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thoth432
1 year ago

9 9 excellent!!

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mighty-michelangelo
1 year ago

10 You made a dream come true. This really, really works.

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rbelem
1 year ago

10 Easy to remember shortcuts and fits well with my current ones.

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bimlas
1 year ago

9 For a while I used AwesomeWM, where I really liked tiling window management, but I missed KDE's capabilities. Thanks to the script I can now use the best of both worlds!

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l4k1
2 years ago

9 +

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4ty2
2 years ago

9 + Very good script and useful!

Although it would be nice to see the new windows form a golden ratio, not stack in rows. But that's just preference

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sjamaan
2 years ago

9 +This is amazing!

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molecule-eye
2 years ago

9 +Nice!

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murlakatamenka
2 years ago

9 + Thank you very much, good job! <3

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frag
2 years ago

9 +Good job!

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v0.8 Release 10 months ago

v0.7 Release 1 year ago

* Improved "No Border" state management
* Deprecating "Cycle Layout" shortcut, in favor of "Next/Previous Layout"
* Directional swap - move window to left/right/up/down
* Toggling Monocle layout - press shortcut once to activate Monocle layout, once more to return to the previous layout.
* Optional window width limit, relative to the height of screen.

v0.6.1 Release 1 year ago

This is a bugfix release.

#### Bugfix
* set "Keep Above" for new floating windows
* fix adjustment of Three-Column layout when master > 1

#### Minor Changes
* improve Three-Column layout master ratio handling

v0.6 Release 1 year ago

#### New features
* Grow/Shrink Window shortcut: resizes window (tiled only, for now)
* Float All shortcut: toggles float on all visible windows
* Floating Layout: floats all window, practically disables tiling logic
* Three-Column Layout: a layout for wider monitors (e.g. 21:9)

#### Major changes
* Individually resizable windows (if layout supports it)
* Quarter layout kicks new windows to next desktop if the current desktop is full
* Swap windows by dragging w/ mouse
- (optional hack) Improve swapping by using actual mouse coordinate (disabled by default)
* Configurable HJKL behavior: either dwm-like(default) or i3-like(WIP)
* Popup notification when switching layout

#### Minor changes
* More precise geometry calculation to prevent minor wobblying
* Prevent windows from protruding from its screen.
* No more "Keep Below". Instead, floating windows are kept above.
* Windows can be ignored based on its role (`WM_WINDOW_ROLE`).
* Tons of internal refactoring...

v0.5 Release 2 years ago

* feature: live-adjust layout while resizing window
* bugfix: fix Tile layout gap (#34)
* bugfix: consider screen gaps during layout adjustment calculation
* bugfix: layout adjustment freezes the window being resized
* internal: windows now have explicit state, and actions during state transition are explicitly defined.
* internal: window can be in "free tile" state, which allows layouts to float tiles without affecting other layouts.
* refactoring: split KWin-specific code from main logic

v0.4 Release 2 years ago

* updated user configuration dialog.
* added "always maximize" option for Monocle layout
* ignore/float windows based on title (substring match)
* added option for skipping tiling in user-specified activity/screen
* implemented basic Quarter layout.
- Currently, only the layout works, and no automatic desktop management.
* regression: fixed the calculation of gaps b/w tiles
* bugfix: fixed weird gap in Tile layout
* bugfix: fixed resize increment calculation
* added timestamp to debug output

v0.3 2 years ago

* new feature: adjust Tile layout by resizing windows w/ mouse
* new feature: maximize the sole tileable window by removing screen gap and window titlebar/border
* feature removal: window jiggling hack - it does nothing
* bugfix: unnecessary gap b/w master and stack in Tile layout
* bugfix: moving focus out of ignored windows (e.g. yakuake)
* regression: fullscreen window is not occupying the whole screen

v0.2 Release 2 years ago

* Screen gaps can be configure per side
* Automatically float utility, dialog, splash windows
* An option for removing borders from tiled windows
* Direct shortcuts fro layouts
* Supports moving windows b/w screens with KWin shortcuts.
* Optional tile jiggling for forcefully unfreezing tiles
* Optional separate layouts for each desktop/activity
* Optional debug message printing
* Respect window resizing increment hint (e.g. terminals, emacs)
* Many fixes against window freezing issue

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kdemichl Apr 13 2021 9 excellent

Pretty good.

sojiro Apr 06 2021 10 the best

10 the best

guylangston Apr 06 2021 10 the best

Love this plugin, it is the key reason for me using KDE as a daily driver.

Trollwut Mar 31 2021 9 excellent

9 excellent

marcuse1w Mar 05 2021 10 the best

10 the best Note the tip in the Wiki for how to be the configuration button

clupasq Feb 09 2021 10 the best

Amazing! Really great script to make the most out of your screen real estate.

duhdugg Jan 05 2021 10 the best

I've been bouncing between kwin and tiling window managers for years. With Krohnkite, I no longer find myself needing to switch to awesome or i3, and then back to kwin when I start missing the present windows filtering and other features.

axel-huerta Oct 30 2020 10 the best

10 the best

bookha Oct 26 2020 9 excellent

9 excellent

mirkogennari Oct 06 2020 10 the best

10 the best

geier Sep 20 2020 10 the best

10 the best

ryk97 Sep 16 2020 7 good

As long as the monitor is oriented horizontal, i really like this script! However, one of my monitors is oriented verticall and therefore it would be great if kröhnkite could start splitting windows there horizontally. Is there any way to achieve this?

linux-oid Sep 16 2020 10 the best

10 the best

nfrid Aug 20 2020 10 the best

Just the best tiling script for kwin. :)

girgrinok Aug 19 2020 10 the best

10 the best Honestly, this is an incredible script. It gives me "the best of both worlds" and lets me use tiling shortcuts without having to install i3 or any of the other tiling WMs. I don't have to mess with combining plasma with i3, it just works right away inside of kwin. I LOVE it!

macdo Aug 11 2020 9 excellent

Hi, I love it, but i wonder if there is an option / shortcut to enable and disable the script. Thanks in advance and keep going!!

carlis Jul 03 2020 10 the best

10 the best. This is the best tiling script for kde I've found. The most full featured, the stablest, and the only one I've found compatible with dynamic workspaces. I have a suggestion. I'll truly appreciate an option to toggle maximized windows being in top of the others. This behavior makes the user unable to access the panel from a maximized window among to other things, for example, some secondary windows of a program could remail below the main one if the last one is maximized. The only way to workaround this I've found is using fullscreen instead of maximization, where that property is not applied. Which is kind of curious because, you know, a fullscreen window is "more maximized than a maximized window" XD. That's all and thank you for all the effort.

assher Jun 26 2020 10 the best

10 the best

rp42 Jun 05 2020 10 the best

10 the best. Great so far. Best tiling extension I've used.

rokre22 May 20 2020 10 the best

10 the best

kostas1507 May 11 2020 9 excellent

9 excellent! only missing a toggle gaps shortcut and fibonacci tilling mode

jackchealdang Apr 27 2020 10 the best

10 the best

mmberlin Apr 09 2020 10 the best

10 the best tiling script. Tried others and they all broke kwin.

brdlaw Mar 09 2020 10 the best

10 Favorite tiling script on KDE by far. Miles better than the others.

p135246 Jan 07 2020 10 the best

Wonderful, please, keep developing! For me, there are now two options and I am shifting towards the first: 1) KDE with Krohnkite, 2) No desktop manager and dwm. If all functionality is added, I do not see any reason to prefer 2) over 1) on a modern desktop. One can work effectively as in dwm and have the mainstream desktop manager kde as backup for testing, compatibility with new technologies and not so frequent tasks.

kloss Jan 05 2020 9 excellent

9 excellent Much better than https://github.com/lingtjien/Grid-Tiling-Kwin That would be nice to have a documentation less terse than the Github readme.

thoth432 Nov 13 2019 9 excellent

9 excellent!!

mighty-michelangelo Oct 30 2019 10 the best

You made a dream come true. This really, really works.

rbelem Oct 08 2019 10 the best

Easy to remember shortcuts and fits well with my current ones.

bimlas Jul 29 2019 9 excellent

For a while I used AwesomeWM, where I really liked tiling window management, but I missed KDE's capabilities. Thanks to the script I can now use the best of both worlds!