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title: "Windows tiling in KDE Plasma 5"
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date: 2024-08-08T16:04:20Z
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tags:
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- Linux
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- KDE
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- Plasma
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- productivity
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KDE Plasma 5 introduced a (more or less) advanced window tiling manager. Most of
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the time I use `META` plus one or two of the arrow keys to move windows quickly
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to one half or one quarter of the screen. Plasma's advanced tiling manager
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enables us to use layouts that are not defined by half or quarter of the screen
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real estate.
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I keep forgetting how to use this, so this is my note to self:
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- Define layout: `META+T`
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- Move window to predefined location: hold `SHIFT` while dragging the title bar
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of a window with the mouse, or press `META`, klick anywhere into the window
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and start dragging, _then_ while still holding `META`, additionally press
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`SHIFT` to make the window snap to one of the predefined layout.
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Link: <https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/5/5.27.0/>
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2024-08-08 18:42:35 +00:00
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I wish there were keyboard shortcuts to move windows into one of the custom tile
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layouts as well: <https://discuss.kde.org/t/keyboard-shortcuts-for-new-tiling-feature/1843>
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