Snaptile
Versatile, mouse-free window tiling for X11.
Grid System
The grid system divides your screen into 12 sections
ctl + alt +
Q | W | E | R |
---|---|---|---|
A | S | D | F |
Z | X | C | V |
You can snap your window to any rectangle, of any arbitrary size, on this grid by specifying 2 corners. For example:
ctl + alt + E + D
x | x | E | x |
---|---|---|---|
x | x | D | x |
x | x | x | x |
Which looks like
The two keys only needs to "span" a rectangle. For example:
ctl + alt + X + D
x | x | x | x |
---|---|---|---|
x | + | D | x |
x | X | + | x |
which looks like
Requirements
- Python3
- X11-based desktop
- python3-gi
- python3-xlib
- PySQL2 (not required, for automatically detecting keyboard layout)
Installation Guides
Install on Ubuntu
Go to a directory you want to store snaptile:
cd <place-you-want-to-store-snaptile>
Install and run:
sudo apt-get install git python3-gi python3-xlib
git clone https://github.com/jakebian/snaptile.git
cd snaptile && ./snaptile.py
Install on Arch / Manjaro
The snaptile-git arch linux packaged is created & maintained by @madnight.
Install and run:
yaourt snaptile-git
snaptile
Install on Fedora
Go to a directory you want to store snaptile:
cd <place-you-want-to-store-snaptile>
Install and run:
sudo dnf install git python3-gobject python3-xlib
git clone https://github.com/jakebian/snaptile.git
cd snaptile && ./snaptile.py
Options
./snaptile.py -h
Snaptile.py
-d expanded dual-monitor keybinds
-W use Windows key
-h this help text
Start at boot
To start at boot, just add a script to Startup Applications invoking the python script
/usr/bin/python3 <full-path>/snaptile/snaptile.py
Credits
Snaptile is a rewrite of PyGrid, supporting the more powerful shortcuts system.