On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 05:41:52PM +0800, 郑文辉(Techlive Zheng) wrote: > 2013/12/31 Eero Kari <ek...@iki.fi>: > > On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 07:20:28AM +0100, Michael Stapelberg wrote: > >> Hi Eero, > >> > >> Eero Kari <ek...@iki.fi> writes: > >> > the upcoming i3 layout restore feature almost completes my wishlist. The > >> > only > >> > thing lacking is the "float split" that ion3 had. I fired up notion just > >> > to make > >> > this 2-frame gif-animation showing the feature in action: > >> > > >> > https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/20179139/ion3-float-split.gif > >> > > >> > With the float split you could make two[1] containers overlap each > >> > other. The > >> > amount of overlap was controlled similarly as you would resize a window. > >> > And the > >> > layout stayed that way until changed it again. > >> Thanks for the explanation. > >> > >> > So, I accept the feature either as built-in, or as a working script[2]. > >> > Either > >> > way is fine ;) > >> I don’t care what you people do in third-party scripts (that’s what they > >> are there for, right? :)), but I consider it very unlikely that this > >> feature will be merged into core i3. It does not seem worth it to me to > >> add yet another weird special case, especially since it uses overlapping > >> windows. Ugh. As others have pointed out, i3 is primarily a tiling > >> window manager, and while other window managers may implement these > >> kinds of layouts, I am not convinced it’s a good idea in i3. > >> > > ...aaand replying to the mailing list also after messing up and replying > > just to > > Michael :) The original message below. > > > > > > Hi Michael, > > > > Likewise, thanks for the explanation. > > > > I'll just drop what I had in mind in here in case someone else is > > interested to > > whip up the script before I can get on with it. > > > > I imagine that the script would have to handle two floating windows in > > order to > > avoid further resizing after the initial setup. It should just basically > > move > > and resize the windows to their places and bind a key to toggle them. > > > > - Eero > > Hi, Eero, > > I see the only thing missing here is a command for switching forcus > back_and_forth between containers. With this command, you can bind the > command to a key and manually make two floating windows overlapping, > then just using the keybinding to switch between them. > > So here I am asking Michael, is it possible to add a command 'focus > back_and_forth' just like the existing 'workspace back_and_forth', so > that what Eero is asking for is doable withouth scripting. > > Of course, this command should promote the window to the top of the > screen, if it is floating. Currently, use keybing focusing a floating > window does not promote it to the top of the screen. > Hi Techlive,
"focus back_and_forth" could have it's uses, but I suspect that it would be a bit more involved to implement. I would be happy for just the focused floating window to be promoted to the top of the screen. Everything I want almost works already; I can have a floating terminal and a floating browser and "focus left" or "focus right" switches nicely between them. The only thing missing is bringing the focused window on top. - Eero
