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Richard
Asked: 2012-04-13 12:10:24 +0800 CST

Program To Cascade/Tile Windows

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I have perhaps ten or fifteen windows open.

I'd like a program which automatically resizes all the windows and arranges them in columns and rows across the screen (a grid formation), automatically figuring out the largest size for the windows so that they still fit.

This isn't an "Expose" type program - I want the windows to stay resized.

I am using OpenBox to do my window management and am otherwise happy with it, I don't want to find a whole new window manager just to solve this problem.

The program Tile is almost perfect, but it doesn't know how to lay the windows out in a grid formation.

Any thoughts?

Thanks!

lubuntu window-manager tiling

3 Answers

  1. Maybe, you should try a tiling window manager, like Xmonad, dwm, or Awesome. I am using Xmonad and very happy with it, although I seldom use more than 3–4 windows on a workspace. But if you have a monitor big enough, I think, it can be configured.

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  2. I run lubuntu 12.04 w/ OpenBox and installed x-tile (via Synaptic Package Manager) to provide the functionality you describe. Has worked for me.

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  3. to cascade windows on ubuntu unity window manager, you can use something like this:

    #!/bin/bash

xy=20;
for windowId in `xdotool search xterm`; do 
    xdotool windowmove --sync $windowId $xy $xy; 
    ((xy+=40)); 
done

    I needed for the loads of xterms I am using, works great!

    For all windows, it requires some adjustments...

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