XMonad.Layout.TrackFloating

Layout modifier that tracks focus in the tiled layer while the floating layer or another sublayout is in use. This is particularly helpful for tiled layouts where the focus determines what is visible. It can also be used to improve the behaviour of a child layout that has not been given the focused window.

The relevant bugs are Issue 4 and 306: http://code.google.com/p/xmonad/issues/detail?id=4, http://code.google.com/p/xmonad/issues/detail?id=306

Usage

Apply to your layout in a config like:

main = xmonad (def{
                  layoutHook = trackFloating (useTransientFor
                      (noBorders Full ||| Tall 1 0.3 0.5)),
                  ...
              })

useTransientFor and trackFloating can be enabled independently. For example when the floating window sets WM_TRANSIENT_FOR, such as libreoffice's file->preferences window, optionA will have the last-focused window magnified while optionB will result magnify the window that opened the preferences window regardless of which tiled window was focused before.

import XMonad.Layout.Magnifier
import XMonad.Layout.TrackFloating

underlyingLayout = magnifier (Tall 1 0.3 0.5)

optionA = trackFloating underlyingLayout
optionB = trackFloating (useTransientFor underlyingLayout)

For other layout modifiers

It also corrects focus issues for full-like layouts inside other layout modifiers:

import XMonad.Layout.IM
import XMonad.Layout.Tabbed
import XMonad.Layout.TrackFloating
import XMonad.Layout.Reflect

gimpLayout = withIM 0.11 (Role "gimp-toolbox") $ reflectHoriz
      $ withIM 0.15 (Role "gimp-dock") (trackFloating simpleTabbed)

Interactions with some layout modifiers (ex. decorations, minimizing) are unknown but likely unpleasant.

trackFloating :: l a -> ModifiedLayout TrackFloating l a

Runs another layout with a remembered focus, provided:

• the subset of windows doesn't include the focus in XState
• it was previously run with a subset that included the XState focus
• the remembered focus hasn't since been killed

useTransientFor :: l a -> ModifiedLayout UseTransientFor l a

When focus is on the tiled layer, the underlying layout is run with focus on the window named by the WM_TRANSIENT_FOR property on the floating window.

Exported types

data TrackFloating a

Instances

LayoutModifier TrackFloating Window

Defined in XMonad.Layout.TrackFloating

Methods

modifyLayout :: LayoutClass l Window => TrackFloating Window -> Workspace WorkspaceId (l Window) Window -> Rectangle -> X ([(Window, Rectangle)], Maybe (l Window))

modifyLayoutWithUpdate :: LayoutClass l Window => TrackFloating Window -> Workspace WorkspaceId (l Window) Window -> Rectangle -> X (([(Window, Rectangle)], Maybe (l Window)), Maybe (TrackFloating Window))

handleMess :: TrackFloating Window -> SomeMessage -> X (Maybe (TrackFloating Window))

handleMessOrMaybeModifyIt :: TrackFloating Window -> SomeMessage -> X (Maybe (Either (TrackFloating Window) SomeMessage))

pureMess :: TrackFloating Window -> SomeMessage -> Maybe (TrackFloating Window)

redoLayout :: TrackFloating Window -> Rectangle -> Maybe (Stack Window) -> [(Window, Rectangle)] -> X ([(Window, Rectangle)], Maybe (TrackFloating Window))

pureModifier :: TrackFloating Window -> Rectangle -> Maybe (Stack Window) -> [(Window, Rectangle)] -> ([(Window, Rectangle)], Maybe (TrackFloating Window))

hook :: TrackFloating Window -> X ()

unhook :: TrackFloating Window -> X ()

modifierDescription :: TrackFloating Window -> String

modifyDescription :: LayoutClass l Window => TrackFloating Window -> l Window -> String

Read (TrackFloating a)

Defined in XMonad.Layout.TrackFloating

Methods

readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS (TrackFloating a)

readList :: ReadS [TrackFloating a]

readPrec :: ReadPrec (TrackFloating a)

readListPrec :: ReadPrec [TrackFloating a]

Show (TrackFloating a)

Defined in XMonad.Layout.TrackFloating

Methods

showsPrec :: Int -> TrackFloating a -> ShowS

show :: TrackFloating a -> String

showList :: [TrackFloating a] -> ShowS

data UseTransientFor a

Instances

LayoutModifier UseTransientFor Window

Defined in XMonad.Layout.TrackFloating

Methods

modifyLayout :: LayoutClass l Window => UseTransientFor Window -> Workspace WorkspaceId (l Window) Window -> Rectangle -> X ([(Window, Rectangle)], Maybe (l Window))

modifyLayoutWithUpdate :: LayoutClass l Window => UseTransientFor Window -> Workspace WorkspaceId (l Window) Window -> Rectangle -> X (([(Window, Rectangle)], Maybe (l Window)), Maybe (UseTransientFor Window))

handleMess :: UseTransientFor Window -> SomeMessage -> X (Maybe (UseTransientFor Window))

handleMessOrMaybeModifyIt :: UseTransientFor Window -> SomeMessage -> X (Maybe (Either (UseTransientFor Window) SomeMessage))

pureMess :: UseTransientFor Window -> SomeMessage -> Maybe (UseTransientFor Window)

redoLayout :: UseTransientFor Window -> Rectangle -> Maybe (Stack Window) -> [(Window, Rectangle)] -> X ([(Window, Rectangle)], Maybe (UseTransientFor Window))

pureModifier :: UseTransientFor Window -> Rectangle -> Maybe (Stack Window) -> [(Window, Rectangle)] -> ([(Window, Rectangle)], Maybe (UseTransientFor Window))

hook :: UseTransientFor Window -> X ()

unhook :: UseTransientFor Window -> X ()

modifierDescription :: UseTransientFor Window -> String

modifyDescription :: LayoutClass l Window => UseTransientFor Window -> l Window -> String

Read (UseTransientFor a)

Defined in XMonad.Layout.TrackFloating

Methods

readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS (UseTransientFor a)

readList :: ReadS [UseTransientFor a]

readPrec :: ReadPrec (UseTransientFor a)

readListPrec :: ReadPrec [UseTransientFor a]

Show (UseTransientFor a)

Defined in XMonad.Layout.TrackFloating

Methods

showsPrec :: Int -> UseTransientFor a -> ShowS

show :: UseTransientFor a -> String

showList :: [UseTransientFor a] -> ShowS

Eq (UseTransientFor a)

Defined in XMonad.Layout.TrackFloating

Methods

(==) :: UseTransientFor a -> UseTransientFor a -> Bool

(/=) :: UseTransientFor a -> UseTransientFor a -> Bool