WinTile: Windows 10 window tiling for GNOME

WinTile is a hotkey driven window tiling system for GNOME that imitates the standard Win-Arrow keys of Windows 10, allowing you to maximize, maximize to sides, or 1/4 sized to corner a window using just <Super>+<Arrows>.

WinTile also supports:

• 2, 3, or 4 columns for standard or ultrawide monitors
• Mouse preview and snapping for placing tiles
• "Maximize" mode, which adds/removes GNOME animations
• Ultrawide-only mode limits 16:9 screens to a 2x2 grid
• Adding gaps around tiles

Usage:

Moving with arrow key:

Pressing <Super>+<Arrows> will move tile around the screen.

• <Super>+<Up> will maximize your tile with a few different levels

  • Maximized vertically in the current column
  • Maximized horizontally in the top row
  • If you're using 4 col mode, it will maximize in the center at double-width first

• <Super>+<Left> or <Super>+<Right>

  • Move a tile in that direction. If it's at the edge of a screen, it will go full-height
  • If a tile is more than 1 column wide and on the edge in that direction it will shrink by 1 column

• <Super>+<Down> will maximize your tile with a few different levels

  • If you're already maximized in 4 col mode, it will downsize in the center at double-width
  • If maximized vertically, it will shrink to the bottom row
  • If minimizing is enabled, the tile will disappear to the task bar

Moving with the mouse:

Dragging a window around the edge of the screen will create a preview of where that tile will snap.

There are a few zones to be aware of

• Top Center maximizes a window

• Bottom Center maximizes horizontally in the bottom row

• In the center of any column on the bottom row will maximize vertically in that column

• Right or left center will maximize vertically in a column

  • If using 4 columns and double-width is enabled, it will maximize on that half of the screen

• Any other zone along the edge will create a 1x1 tile

Configuration

Browser

1. Visit https://extensions.gnome.org/local/
2. Click on the "Configure this extension" button.

Gnome-tweaks

1. Open Extension settings in Gnome Tweaks
2. locate Wintile and click on the cogwheel button to bring up the configuration dialog.

Installation

GNOME Extension site:

https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1723/wintile-windows-10-window-tiling-for-gnome/

Building from source

1. Download source code from the Master or develop branches.
2. unzip the file
3. cd into the directory it creates
4. run ./build.sh
5. run unzip -d [email protected] [email protected]
6. run cp -r [email protected] ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/
7. restart your session

Wayland users need to reboot to enable the extension.

Gnome users can press <Alt>+<F2> and run r from the prompt. (IT WILL NOT WORK from a terminal)

Debugging

If you're having issues, please attach some debug logs to your issue. Note: debugging must be enabled in WinTile settings

journalctl -qf | grep -i -e wintile -e 'js error'