Snaptile
Dev tools
window management
SHOW HN2017
69points
45comments
#641of 2,242 in 2017
Top 29%of 2017 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
5 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 10 comments about the project. Thread score +0.36.
Idea: 3 for, 2 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful for large monitors and keyboard-driven window layout
From 2 comments
This is a pretty cool idea that would really help make use of huge monitors, without the hassle of dual monitors. How much would would it be to let the user custom define their…
lacampbell on HNI use my align_window3 utility on Windows: https://github.com/tom-seddon/align_window3 It divides the screen into halves and thirds horizontally and vertically, with one keypress…
to3m on HN
Objections
Tiling window managers like i3 already do this more efficiently
From 3 comments
What's the advantage of this over a tiling window manager like i3?
pmoriarty on HNNone its somewhat less work than manually arranging windows but a lot more work than having them tiled in either manual or automatic tiling. In fact with tiling wm the most…
michaelmrose on HNAn actual tiling window manager is actually far more useful because it automatically places new windows in the layout and doesn't require you to manually mess with much.
michaelmrose on HN
Requests
Customisable grid sizes such as 3x2 or 6x4
From 2 comments
This is a pretty cool idea that would really help make use of huge monitors, without the hassle of dual monitors. How much would would it be to let the user custom define their…
lacampbell on HNStrongly second being able to customize the grid. I'd actually like 6*4, spanning keys 1-6 at the top to z-n at the bottom
goerz on HN
Questions
What is the advantage over a tiling window manager like i3?
From 1 comment
What's the advantage of this over a tiling window manager like i3?
pmoriarty on HN
Alternatives named
Optimal Layout (macOS)
From 1 comment
For OS X, I use Optimal Layout: http://most-advantageous.com/optimal-layout/ Here's a screenshot of it in action: http://i.imgur.com/2N8czFR.jpg It took about five keystrokes to…
sillysaurus3 on HN
Divvy
From 1 comment
I have loved using Divvy for ages - http://mizage.com/divvy/
samratjp on HN
quicktile
From 1 comment
I've been using quicktile (https://github.com/ssokolow/quicktile) for years to add tiling to desktop environments which don't provide it ootb. Also in python, and works very well.
rufugee on HN
i3 / tiling window managers
From 1 comment
What's the advantage of this over a tiling window manager like i3?
pmoriarty on HN