Nesting Windows

[whereswalden]

In your example gif, at one point you have two windows, horizontal layout 50/50, then the rightmost window spawns a child window beneath it, Then in the bottom rightmost window, it splits horizontally. H 50%, V 25% > H 12.5%, H 12.5%.
In what manner of shortcuts did you achieve this organization? Is this specific to the app/program you are focused upon?

[w5922xd]

@whereswalden I had a similar question but think I have a grasp on it now.

• Start with one application open.
• Hit alt+shift+v to switch to Horizontal layout mode.
• Open another application (Note: not a browser tab, it has to be a separate process). It should open next to it on the right.
• Hit alt+v to switch to Vertical layout mode.
• Open another application (Note: not a browser tab, it has to be a separate process). It should open below the second window.
• And so on.

What really threw me off was I was trying all this out with browser tabs. The behavior only impacts opening a new process and doesn't apply to existing ones.

[cloudhan]

This works for newly opened window, any way to apply to existing windows?

[maphew]

The behavior only impacts opening a new process and doesn't apply to existing ones.

Ah, so that's why Windows Explorer windows don't follow the vertical/horizontal mode shift. Speaking of which: how to tell what mode is currently active?

[Purple-Tentacle]

Add this component to your config
- type: "tiling direction" label_horizontal: "⮂" label_vertical: "⮁" background: "#ffffff33" margin: "0 4px" padding: "0 8px"

[tibicen]

Is there any way of automating this behaviour based on width and height of the current window? "Automatic splitting" Bsd style?