Balance windows and workspaces in i3wm
Project description
i3-balance-workspace
Balance windows and workspaces in i3wm. Functionality is similar to the Emacs
command M-x balance-windows
.
Installation
Following are available options to install i3-balance-workspace
:
-
Install from PyPi (Python Package Index) using
pip
:$ pip install i3-balance-workspace
-
For Arch-Linux users, install
i3-balance-workspace
via the AUR. -
To install locally, ensure
poetry
andpip
are installed on your system. Then execute:$ make install
Usage
usage: i3_balance_workspace [-h] [--scope {workspace,focus}] [--timeout <int>]
options:
--scope {workspace,focus}
scope of resizing containers (default: workspace)
--timeout <int>
timeout in seconds for resizing (default: 1)
-h, --help <flag>
show this help message and exit
In order to balance all windows in the current workspace, simply execute:
$ i3_balance_workspace
Alternatively, it is possible to only balance the windows that are in focus. For this, execute the following:
$ i3_balance_workspace --scope focus
In order to get the full benefit of this routine, it is recommended to initialize i3 persistent keybindings. Below are example keybindings which can be appended to your i3 config
file.
bindsym $mod+b exec "i3_balance_workspace --scope focus"
bindsym $mod+Shift+b exec "i3_balance_workspace"
Examples
i3-balance-workspace
has been tested and shows good performance on both simple and complex workspace layouts. Take a look at some examples:
Scope: Workspace
Scope: Focused windows
Bugs
In case of any bugs, feel free to open a GitHub issue.
Developments
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