bsp-layout
Manage layouts in bspwm (tall and wide)
BSPWM does one thing and it does it well. It is a window manager. But some workflows require layout management to some extent. bsp-layout fills that gap.
Dependencies
bashbspcbcman
Installation
AUR
Arch users can install it from AUR bsp-layout or bsp-layout-git
# If you are using yay
yay -S bsp-layout
# Or for git master
yay -S bsp-layout-gitInstall script
Others can install it directly using the install script.
Note: Please read scripts like these before executing it on your machine
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/phenax/bsp-layout/master/install.sh | bash -;Clone and make
You can also clone the repo on your machine and run sudo make install in the cloned directory
Supported layouts
tall- Master-stack with a tall window.
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rtall- Master-stack with a reversed tall window.
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wide- Master-stack with a wide window.
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rwide- Master-stack with a reversed wide window.
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grid- Horizontal grid layout
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rgrid- Vertical grid layout
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even- Evenly balances all window areas
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tiled- Default bspwm's tiled layout
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monocle- Default bspwm's monocle layout
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Usage
- Help menu
bsp-layout help- Set a layout in desktop named 6 Not specifying the desktop will apply the layout on the focused desktop
bsp-layout set tall 6- Set tall layout to desktop with a 40% split Set the master size for layout
// Currently focused workspace
bsp-layout set tall -- --master-size 0.4
// Workspace 6
bsp-layout set tall 6 -- --master-size 0.4- Remove layout applied to desktop named 6 This will remove any layout applied
bsp-layout remove 6- Apply a layout on your focused workspace once This will apply the layout on the current set of nodes on that workspace but newer nodes won't conform to the layout.
bsp-layout once tall- Go back through layouts Go back through all (or a custom list of) layouts.
# Switch to previous layout
bsp-layout previous
# Or to go back through a custom list of layouts
bsp-layout previous --layouts tall,monocle,wide
# For a specific desktop
bsp-layout previous --layouts tall,monocle,wide --desktop 4- Go through layouts Go through all (or a custom list of) layouts.
# Switch to next layout
bsp-layout next
# Or to go through a custom list of layouts
bsp-layout next --layouts tall,monocle,wide
# For a specific desktop
bsp-layout next --layouts tall,monocle,wide --desktop 4- Toggle layout
# Toggle between monocle and tall layouts
bsp-layout next tall,monocleConfiguration
You can configure the size of the master window in percentage in $XDG_CONFIG_DIR/bsp-layout/layoutrc file.
An example of that file can be found in example.layoutrc
mkdir ~/.config/bsp-layout && curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/phenax/bsp-layout/master/example.layoutrc > ~/.config/bsp-layout/layoutrc;