riscie/autotiling

Script for sway and i3 to automatically switch the horizontal / vertical window split orientation

autotiling

This script uses the i3ipc-python library to switch the layout splith/splitv depending on the currently focused window dimensions. It works on both sway and i3 window managers.

Inspired by https://github.com/olemartinorg/i3-alternating-layout.

See on YouTube:

Installation

1. Install autotiling. Possible methods:

   • PyPi.

     

     autotiling is available from PyPi, so you can install it with

     pip install autotiling
     

   • Arch Linux

     

     For the latest development version use autotiling-git.

   • Manually

     1. Install the python-i3ipc>=2.0.1 package (or whatever it's called in your Linux distribution).
     2. Save the main.py file anywhere, make executable and autostart in your i3/sway config file: exec /path/to/the/script/main.py on sway or exec_always --no-startup-id /path/to/the/script/main.py on i3. You can give the main.py file another name.

   • Snap

     snap install autotiling
     

   NOTE: The current release and master branch is compatible with sway >= 1.5. For lower versions you need to use the script from the sway14 branch or the 0.9 release.

2. Add exec autotiling to the ~/.config/sway/config or exec_always --no-startup-id autotiling to the ~/.config/i3/config file.