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Dwindle Layout

Dwindle is a BSPWM-like layout, where every window on a workspace is a member of a binary tree.

Quirks

Dwindle splits are NOT PERMANENT. The split is determined dynamically with the W/H ratio of the parent node. If W > H, it’s side-by-side. If H > W, it’s top-and-bottom. You can make them permanent by enabling preserve_split.

Grouped (tabbed) windows

Dwindle allows you to make a group with the togglegroup bind dispatcher, and cycle through it with changegroupactive.

A group is like i3wm’s “tabbed” container. It takes the space of one window, and you can change the window to the next one in the tabbed “group”.

When creating the group, a group will be made from the current active window, and all children (recursively!) of the parent node. The new group’s border colors are configurable with the appropriate col. settings in the config section below.

Grouping example (make, add, toggle, remove)

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Closing windows within the groups is allowed, however, since the groups in the backend are still a tree, if you remove a node that makes the original node container get removed, the group will be broken back to its dwindle form.

Config

category name: dwindle

name description type default
pseudotile enable pseudotiling. Pseudotiled windows retain their floating size when tiled. bool false
col.group_border inactive (out of focus) group border color color 0x66777700
col.group_border_active active group border color color 0x66ffff00
force_split 0 -> split follows mouse, 1 -> always split to the left (new = left or top) 2 -> always split to the right (new = right or bottom) int 0
preserve_split if enabled, the split (side/top) will not change regardless of what happens to the container. bool false
special_scale_factor 0 - 1 -> specifies the scale factor of windows on the special workspace float 0.8
split_width_multiplier specifies the auto-split width multiplier float 1.0
no_gaps_when_only whether to apply gaps when there is only one window on a workspace, aka. smart gaps. bool false
use_active_for_splits whether to prefer the active window or the mouse position for splits bool true

Bind Dispatchers

dispatcher description params
togglegroup toggles the current window and its siblings (recursively) into a group none
changegroupactive switches to the next window in a group. b - back, f - forward.
togglesplit toggles the split (top/side) of the current window none