Window Manager for Linux Mint (Mate, Cinnamon, etc)
Bash scripts to tile a window on a certain position of the screen and resizes them. The scripts can be used with keyboard shortcuts. The scripts are most suitable for Linux computers using "normal" and "ultrawide" monitors (see below) because they resize windows to 34%, 50%, or 66% of the screen width. More specifically, I developed these scripts working on a 27" monitor and a 37.5" Curved one.
sudo apt install xdotool wmctrl x11-xserver-utils
This repository includes two types of script: scripts that tile windows (the mv*.sh scripts) and scripts that resize windows by changing their heights (the resize*.sh scripts). The window width depend on the resolution width of the display. Unfortunately linux commands are not precise in estimating monitor size. Therefore, if two monitors are used and the current is greater than 600mm I consider the monitor to be "wide".
I will use cardinal directions such as E for East, NW for North West, C for Center to describe the positions on the screen. The mv*.sh scripts resize the current window to 50% (34% for normal monitors) of the screen width and move them to the corresponding cardinal position. When a script is invoked a second time, the window will be resized to 66% or 34% (50% for ultrawide monitors) of the screen width for windows tiled on the West or East, respectively.
The resize*.sh scripts resize the height of the windows. By invoking the scripts multiple times, windows can be resized to a height of 25%, 33%, 50%, 66%, 75%.
For Linux Mint MATE the scripts take into account MATE panels on the bottom and on the left (if any).
I personally use the following keyboard shortcuts to the following scripts:
| Keyboard Shortcut | Script | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Ctrl + WinKey + Up | resizeup.sh | Increase a window's height to 33%, 50%, 66%, or 75% of the screen height |
| Ctrl + WinKey + Down | resizedown.sh | Decrease a window's height to 25%, 33%, 50%, or 66% of the screen height |
For "normal" monitors, i.e. monitors with width lower than 600mm:
| Keyboard Shortcut | Script | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Ctrl + WinKey + Page Up | mvW.sh | Move window to the Left, resize to 50% or 66% of screen width |
| Ctrl + WinKey + Page Down | mvE.sh | Move window to the Right, resize to 50% or 34% of screen width |
| Ctrl + WinKey + Left | mvSW.sh | Move window to the Bottom Left corner, resize to 50% or 66% of screen width |
| Ctrl + WinKey + Right | mvSE.sh | Move window to the Bottom Right corner, resize to 50% or 34% of screen width |
| Shift + Ctrl + WinKey + Left | mvNW.sh | Move window to the Top Left corner, resize to 50% or 66% of screen width |
| Shift + Ctrl + WinKey + Right | mvNE.sh | Move window to the Top Right corner, resize to 50% or 34% of screen width |
For ultrawide monitors with monitor width greater than 600mm:
| Keyboard Shortcut | Script | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Ctrl + WinKey + 1 | mvW.sh | Move window to the Left, resize to 25% or 33% of screen width |
| Ctrl + WinKey + 2 | mvC.sh | Move window to the Center, resize to 48% of %33% of screen width |
| Ctrl + WinKey + 3 | mvW.sh | Move window to the Right, resize to 25% or 50% of screen width |
These keyboard shortcuts can be programmatically set by using these lines of code:
#Change the following variable to the installation path
INSTALLATIONPATH="Dropbox/scripts/MintWM"
RELEASE=`env | grep DESKTOP_SESSION= | sed 's/DESKTOP_SESSION=//'`
#any monitor
dconf write /org/${RELEASE}/desktop/keybindings/custom20/action "'bash ${INSTALLATIONPATH}/resizeup.sh'"
dconf write /org/${RELEASE}/desktop/keybindings/custom20/name "'resizeup'"
dconf write /org/${RELEASE}/desktop/keybindings/custom20/binding "'<Primary><Mod4>Up'"
dconf write /org/${RELEASE}/desktop/keybindings/custom21/action "'bash ${INSTALLATIONPATH}/resizedown.sh'"
dconf write /org/${RELEASE}/desktop/keybindings/custom21/name "'resizedown'"
dconf write /org/${RELEASE}/desktop/keybindings/custom21/binding "'<Primary><Mod4>Down'"
dconf write /org/${RELEASE}/desktop/keybindings/custom22/action "'bash ${INSTALLATIONPATH}/mvSW.sh'"
dconf write /org/${RELEASE}/desktop/keybindings/custom22/name "'mvSW'"
dconf write /org/${RELEASE}/desktop/keybindings/custom22/binding "'<Primary><Mod4>Left'"
dconf write /org/${RELEASE}/desktop/keybindings/custom23/action "'bash ${INSTALLATIONPATH}/mvSE.sh'"
dconf write /org/${RELEASE}/desktop/keybindings/custom23/name "'mvSE'"
dconf write /org/${RELEASE}/desktop/keybindings/custom23/binding "'<Primary><Mod4>Right'"
dconf write /org/${RELEASE}/desktop/keybindings/custom24/action "'bash ${INSTALLATIONPATH}/mvNW.sh'"
dconf write /org/${RELEASE}/desktop/keybindings/custom24/name "'mvNW'"
dconf write /org/${RELEASE}/desktop/keybindings/custom24/binding "'<Primary><Shift><Mod4>Left'"
dconf write /org/${RELEASE}/desktop/keybindings/custom25/action "'bash ${INSTALLATIONPATH}/mvNE.sh'"
dconf write /org/${RELEASE}/desktop/keybindings/custom25/name "'mvNE'"
dconf write /org/${RELEASE}/desktop/keybindings/custom25/binding "'<Primary><Shift><Mod4>Right'"
#normal monitors
dconf write /org/${RELEASE}/desktop/keybindings/custom26/action "'bash ${INSTALLATIONPATH}/mvW.sh'"
dconf write /org/${RELEASE}/desktop/keybindings/custom26/name "'mvW'"
dconf write /org/${RELEASE}/desktop/keybindings/custom26/binding "'<Primary><Mod4>Page_Up'"
dconf write /org/${RELEASE}/desktop/keybindings/custom27/action "'bash ${INSTALLATIONPATH}/mvE.sh'"
dconf write /org/${RELEASE}/desktop/keybindings/custom27/name "'mvE'"
dconf write /org/${RELEASE}/desktop/keybindings/custom27/binding "'<Primary><Mod4>Page_Down'"
#ultrawide monitors
dconf write /org/${RELEASE}/desktop/keybindings/custom28/action "'bash ${INSTALLATIONPATH}/mvW.sh'"
dconf write /org/${RELEASE}/desktop/keybindings/custom28/name "'mvW'"
dconf write /org/${RELEASE}/desktop/keybindings/custom28/binding "'<Primary><Mod4>1'"
dconf write /org/${RELEASE}/desktop/keybindings/custom29/action "'bash ${INSTALLATIONPATH}/mvE.sh'"
dconf write /org/${RELEASE}/desktop/keybindings/custom29/name "'mvE'"
dconf write /org/${RELEASE}/desktop/keybindings/custom29/binding "'<Primary><Mod4>3'"
dconf write /org/${RELEASE}/desktop/keybindings/custom30/action "'bash ${INSTALLATIONPATH}/mvC.sh'"
dconf write /org/${RELEASE}/desktop/keybindings/custom30/name "'mvC'"
dconf write /org/${RELEASE}/desktop/keybindings/custom30/binding "'<Primary><Mod4>2'"