XMonad.Layout.TrackFloating

Provides layout modifier UseTransientFor: when a float has focus and is WM_TRANSIENT_FOR a tile, run the underlying layout as if that tile had focus.

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

Deprecated: Use X.L.FocusTracking.focusTracking.

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

type TrackFloating = FocusTracking

Deprecated: Use X.L.FocusTracking.FocusTracking.

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