XMonad.Layout.LayoutCombinators

The XMonad.Layout.LayoutCombinators module provides combinators for easily combining multiple layouts into one composite layout.

Usage

You can use this module with the following in your xmonad.hs:

import XMonad.Layout.LayoutCombinators

Then edit your layoutHook to use the new layout combinators. For example:

myLayout = (Tall 1 (3/100) (1/2) *//* Full)  ||| (Tall 1 (3/100) (1/2) ***||** Full) ||| Full ||| etc..
main = xmonad def { layoutHook = myLayout }

For more detailed instructions on editing the layoutHook see the tutorial and XMonad.Doc.Extending.

Layout combinators

Each of the following combinators combines two layouts into a single composite layout by splitting the screen into two regions, one governed by each layout. Asterisks in the combinator names denote the relative amount of screen space given to the respective layouts. For example, the ***||* combinator gives three times as much space to the left-hand layout as to the right-hand layout.

Combinators using DragPane vertical

These combinators combine two layouts using XMonad.Layout.DragPane in vertical mode.

(*||*) :: (Read a, Eq a, LayoutClass l1 a, LayoutClass l2 a) => l1 a -> l2 a -> CombineTwo (DragPane ()) l1 l2 a infixr 6

(**||*) :: (Read a, Eq a, LayoutClass l1 a, LayoutClass l2 a) => l1 a -> l2 a -> CombineTwo (DragPane ()) l1 l2 a infixr 6

(***||*) :: (Read a, Eq a, LayoutClass l1 a, LayoutClass l2 a) => l1 a -> l2 a -> CombineTwo (DragPane ()) l1 l2 a infixr 6

(****||*) :: (Read a, Eq a, LayoutClass l1 a, LayoutClass l2 a) => l1 a -> l2 a -> CombineTwo (DragPane ()) l1 l2 a infixr 6

(***||**) :: (Read a, Eq a, LayoutClass l1 a, LayoutClass l2 a) => l1 a -> l2 a -> CombineTwo (DragPane ()) l1 l2 a infixr 6

(****||***) :: (Read a, Eq a, LayoutClass l1 a, LayoutClass l2 a) => l1 a -> l2 a -> CombineTwo (DragPane ()) l1 l2 a infixr 6

(***||****) :: (Read a, Eq a, LayoutClass l1 a, LayoutClass l2 a) => l1 a -> l2 a -> CombineTwo (DragPane ()) l1 l2 a infixr 6

(*||****) :: (Read a, Eq a, LayoutClass l1 a, LayoutClass l2 a) => l1 a -> l2 a -> CombineTwo (DragPane ()) l1 l2 a infixr 6

(**||***) :: (Read a, Eq a, LayoutClass l1 a, LayoutClass l2 a) => l1 a -> l2 a -> CombineTwo (DragPane ()) l1 l2 a infixr 6

(*||***) :: (Read a, Eq a, LayoutClass l1 a, LayoutClass l2 a) => l1 a -> l2 a -> CombineTwo (DragPane ()) l1 l2 a infixr 6

(*||**) :: (Read a, Eq a, LayoutClass l1 a, LayoutClass l2 a) => l1 a -> l2 a -> CombineTwo (DragPane ()) l1 l2 a infixr 6

Combinators using DragPane horizontal

These combinators combine two layouts using XMonad.Layout.DragPane in horizontal mode.

(*//*) :: (Read a, Eq a, LayoutClass l1 a, LayoutClass l2 a) => l1 a -> l2 a -> CombineTwo (DragPane ()) l1 l2 a infixr 6

(**//*) :: (Read a, Eq a, LayoutClass l1 a, LayoutClass l2 a) => l1 a -> l2 a -> CombineTwo (DragPane ()) l1 l2 a infixr 6

(***//*) :: (Read a, Eq a, LayoutClass l1 a, LayoutClass l2 a) => l1 a -> l2 a -> CombineTwo (DragPane ()) l1 l2 a infixr 6

(****//*) :: (Read a, Eq a, LayoutClass l1 a, LayoutClass l2 a) => l1 a -> l2 a -> CombineTwo (DragPane ()) l1 l2 a infixr 6

(***//**) :: (Read a, Eq a, LayoutClass l1 a, LayoutClass l2 a) => l1 a -> l2 a -> CombineTwo (DragPane ()) l1 l2 a infixr 6

(****//***) :: (Read a, Eq a, LayoutClass l1 a, LayoutClass l2 a) => l1 a -> l2 a -> CombineTwo (DragPane ()) l1 l2 a infixr 6

(***//****) :: (Read a, Eq a, LayoutClass l1 a, LayoutClass l2 a) => l1 a -> l2 a -> CombineTwo (DragPane ()) l1 l2 a infixr 6

(*//****) :: (Read a, Eq a, LayoutClass l1 a, LayoutClass l2 a) => l1 a -> l2 a -> CombineTwo (DragPane ()) l1 l2 a infixr 6

(**//***) :: (Read a, Eq a, LayoutClass l1 a, LayoutClass l2 a) => l1 a -> l2 a -> CombineTwo (DragPane ()) l1 l2 a infixr 6

(*//***) :: (Read a, Eq a, LayoutClass l1 a, LayoutClass l2 a) => l1 a -> l2 a -> CombineTwo (DragPane ()) l1 l2 a infixr 6

(*//**) :: (Read a, Eq a, LayoutClass l1 a, LayoutClass l2 a) => l1 a -> l2 a -> CombineTwo (DragPane ()) l1 l2 a infixr 6

Combinators using Tall (vertical)

These combinators combine two layouts vertically using Tall.

(*|*) :: (Read a, Eq a, LayoutClass l1 a, LayoutClass l2 a) => l1 a -> l2 a -> CombineTwo (Tall ()) l1 l2 a infixr 6

(**|*) :: (Read a, Eq a, LayoutClass l1 a, LayoutClass l2 a) => l1 a -> l2 a -> CombineTwo (Tall ()) l1 l2 a infixr 6

(***|*) :: (Read a, Eq a, LayoutClass l1 a, LayoutClass l2 a) => l1 a -> l2 a -> CombineTwo (Tall ()) l1 l2 a infixr 6

(****|*) :: (Read a, Eq a, LayoutClass l1 a, LayoutClass l2 a) => l1 a -> l2 a -> CombineTwo (Tall ()) l1 l2 a infixr 6

(***|**) :: (Read a, Eq a, LayoutClass l1 a, LayoutClass l2 a) => l1 a -> l2 a -> CombineTwo (Tall ()) l1 l2 a infixr 6

(****|***) :: (Read a, Eq a, LayoutClass l1 a, LayoutClass l2 a) => l1 a -> l2 a -> CombineTwo (Tall ()) l1 l2 a infixr 6

(***|****) :: (Read a, Eq a, LayoutClass l1 a, LayoutClass l2 a) => l1 a -> l2 a -> CombineTwo (Tall ()) l1 l2 a infixr 6

(*|****) :: (Read a, Eq a, LayoutClass l1 a, LayoutClass l2 a) => l1 a -> l2 a -> CombineTwo (Tall ()) l1 l2 a infixr 6

(**|***) :: (Read a, Eq a, LayoutClass l1 a, LayoutClass l2 a) => l1 a -> l2 a -> CombineTwo (Tall ()) l1 l2 a infixr 6

(*|***) :: (Read a, Eq a, LayoutClass l1 a, LayoutClass l2 a) => l1 a -> l2 a -> CombineTwo (Tall ()) l1 l2 a infixr 6

(*|**) :: (Read a, Eq a, LayoutClass l1 a, LayoutClass l2 a) => l1 a -> l2 a -> CombineTwo (Tall ()) l1 l2 a infixr 6

Combinators using Mirror Tall (horizontal)

These combinators combine two layouts horizontally using Mirror Tall.

(*/*) :: (Read a, Eq a, LayoutClass l1 a, LayoutClass l2 a) => l1 a -> l2 a -> CombineTwo (Mirror Tall ()) l1 l2 a infixr 6

(**/*) :: (Read a, Eq a, LayoutClass l1 a, LayoutClass l2 a) => l1 a -> l2 a -> CombineTwo (Mirror Tall ()) l1 l2 a infixr 6

(***/*) :: (Read a, Eq a, LayoutClass l1 a, LayoutClass l2 a) => l1 a -> l2 a -> CombineTwo (Mirror Tall ()) l1 l2 a infixr 6

(****/*) :: (Read a, Eq a, LayoutClass l1 a, LayoutClass l2 a) => l1 a -> l2 a -> CombineTwo (Mirror Tall ()) l1 l2 a infixr 6

(***/**) :: (Read a, Eq a, LayoutClass l1 a, LayoutClass l2 a) => l1 a -> l2 a -> CombineTwo (Mirror Tall ()) l1 l2 a infixr 6

(****/***) :: (Read a, Eq a, LayoutClass l1 a, LayoutClass l2 a) => l1 a -> l2 a -> CombineTwo (Mirror Tall ()) l1 l2 a infixr 6

(***/****) :: (Read a, Eq a, LayoutClass l1 a, LayoutClass l2 a) => l1 a -> l2 a -> CombineTwo (Mirror Tall ()) l1 l2 a infixr 6

(*/****) :: (Read a, Eq a, LayoutClass l1 a, LayoutClass l2 a) => l1 a -> l2 a -> CombineTwo (Mirror Tall ()) l1 l2 a infixr 6

(**/***) :: (Read a, Eq a, LayoutClass l1 a, LayoutClass l2 a) => l1 a -> l2 a -> CombineTwo (Mirror Tall ()) l1 l2 a infixr 6

(*/***) :: (Read a, Eq a, LayoutClass l1 a, LayoutClass l2 a) => l1 a -> l2 a -> CombineTwo (Mirror Tall ()) l1 l2 a infixr 6

(*/**) :: (Read a, Eq a, LayoutClass l1 a, LayoutClass l2 a) => l1 a -> l2 a -> CombineTwo (Mirror Tall ()) l1 l2 a infixr 6

Re-exports for backwards compatibility

(|||) :: l a -> r a -> Choose l r a infixr 5

The layout choice combinator

newtype JumpToLayout

A message to jump to a particular layout, specified by its description string.

The argument given to a JumpToLayout message should be the description of the layout to be selected. If you use XMonad.Hooks.DynamicLog from xmonad-contrib, this is the name of the layout displayed in your status bar. Alternatively, you can use GHCi to determine the proper name to use. For example:

$ ghci
GHCi, version 6.8.2: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/  :? for help
Loading package base ... linking ... done.
:set prompt "> "    -- don't show loaded module names
> :m +XMonad.Core   -- load the xmonad core
> :m +XMonad.Layout.Grid  -- load whatever module you want to use
> description Grid  -- find out what it's called
"Grid"

As yet another (possibly easier) alternative, you can use the XMonad.Layout.Renamed module (also in xmonad-contrib) to give custom names to your layouts, and use those.

For example, if you want to jump directly to the Full layout you can do

, ((modm .|. controlMask, xK_f), sendMessage $ JumpToLayout "Full")

Constructors

JumpToLayout String

Instances

Message JumpToLayout

Defined in XMonad.Layout

type NewSelect = Choose

Deprecated: Use Choose instead.