Hi there!
I really like the new kwin tiling. The extra control is really a godsend for someone like me with a vertical monitor.
Instead of using shift+drag, wouldn’t it be cool to simply drag with the right mouse button (or whichever is unused for the lefties that put the mouse on the other side). Or maybe “merge” the old and new tiling into one so that the default is 4 splits, but it is configurable using meta+t.
Thanks y’all for your amazing work!
/Linus
hi, welcome.
in shortcuts there is a move window item you can assign key combo to like ctrl+shift+W
this it’s it’s just a matter or assigning the key combo to your preferred mouse button, but then it will always try to move the window every time you use that button (could get annoying).
input remapper is a good tool for reassignment of mouse button actions.
but i believe
you you are really asking for is a new feature here that adds the item Move + Shift to the pulldown menu
I am not sure I understand your reply. My “complaint” is that there is one tiling feature that works with the regular left click move (limited to a pre-configured tiling). Then there is the new tiling that requires a shift-click.
Both are useful. It would be nice to be able to use both without the keyboard.
This could be a more advanced feature: three tiling layers with different mouse buttons. The left tiles to the old one, the middle button tiles to one configured layout and the tight to a third layout.
I didn’t really think this through to the level where I have an idea of the UI for this, but the main thing is really a wish to merge the different tiling features. Using different mouse buttons would make the features more similar so that you can do both with the mouse instead of having one tile with the mouse and one that requires a key press.
understood.
which is why i suggested the input remapper tool so you can change the behavior of the unmodified right mouse button.. tho it would displace the use of the right mouse button for other things.
the settings page i posted already allows you to use the right mouse button for Move but you still need modify the mouse click by holding down the meta key… to move to a tile you need to hold down both meta and shift keys.
a feature suggestion to add the option of Move + Shift would save you from having to hold down both keys, but you would still need hold down the meta key to activate the modification… otherwise you get the unmodified behavior which is controlled by the application.
