Powertoys: Tiling windows manager like i3 or chunkwm

[dmccorm2]

Support for 3rd parties app or built in functionality to support a tiling windows manager instead of floating. Something similar to i3 or chunkwm.

[flixpae]

I would also love to have tiling window manager capability.
A feature in the likes of i3 or sway would be really cool.

The Windows placement now get's somewhere in this direction but the Window arrangement is kind of a pain

there were attempts at this in the past but most of them are from the Windows XP times and/or are kinda quirky

[jaimecbernardo]

Hi, this looks like a duplicate of https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/4
Shifting the discussion there would be better, so it's all in the same issue :)

[benkaiser]

@jaimecbernardo this issue is specifically calling out a form of window manager (tiling). The other issue, and what is mentioned in the README is much more generic.

[jaimecbernardo]

Good point. Will point the other tiling window discussions here.

[felintusun]

A tiling mode would be so cool.

[klaernie]

Maybe it wouldn't even need to be a full tiling window manager - just a really beefy API that allows developers to write their own window managers without actually caring for the intricate details.

I personally would love to see AwesomeWM under windows. It's customizability and ease is unmatched for me. i3 and xmonad always beat be to death with their keyboard-only approach.

The main features I miss are:

• multiple tiling modes, depending on the task at hand
• multiple virtual desktops (for each screen separately)
• a way to match windows by characteristics and decide their virtual desktop or override properties (like always disable the AlwaysOnTop of Skype for Business' GalleryView)
• the ability to hook every key combination to manage windows or run code, allowing me to DISABLE key combination I don't use or care about
• a basic, usable config to start with

[PascalSenn]

There is a concept in #2694

[enricogior]

Closing this in favor of https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/2694