KDE Tiling

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Hi guys

I have been reading and watching a lot about tiling windows. I tried a few (i3, hyprland) but this is not I am looking for.

Simply I want to use KDE as it is but when I open any new window I need it automatically tilted and to have the buttons as I normally have on the borders of the window to maximize, minimize, close, move… the normal KDE experience but automatically tiled (As if I do dragging and resizing manually in KDE) but I need it to be done automatically while keeping it the same KDE, with the start menu, the tool bar… etc.

Any idea how can I get that?
Thank you very much

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I don’t know a solutiion for KDE, but that pretty much sounds like the behaviour of PopOS and the cosmic extension for the gnome desktop (available on other distros, too) or the cosmic-desktop (which is under developement and in apha state)

Fire up a virtual machine, install PopOs and have a look at it.

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No way, I am fully 100% Arch and 1000% EndeavourOS. And no Gnome, it is not as nice as KDE (just my personal taste) Gnome looks really nice but not as functional as KDE.

I didn’t like what I tried as s there was no tool bar and start menu.

By the way I read somewhere it is possible to do tiling from within KDE itself as it is built in but couldn’t find Out or find how to do it

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Yeah I got this, but it’s the easiest way to test it out, that’s why I suggested to use a virtual machine and have look at it. Later if you like it, you could have installed it on eos or wherever you want. But ok, if gnome isn’t an option, then that’s no solution :smiley:

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krohnkite is a tiling script for kwin:

aur/kwin-scripts-krohnkite-git 0.9.8.5.r5.gd7a5e3f-1 (+24 0.65) (Installed: 0.9.8.5.r4.g52f0d57-1)
    A dynamic tiling extension for KWin

Install and go to settings >> window management >> kwin scripts and activate and play with the settings.

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It’s not as good as pure tiling WM as per my testing. It behaves weirdly on various occasions.

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I have never had issues with it.

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You mean I install cosmic?

I came across krohnkite but didn’t try it out.

Well, it sounds more aligned with KDE as it is for kwin.

I have a spare old laptop so I will try both.
I hope someone who tried both or any give us their experience. Which fits my bill more, any pros/cons?

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I think Cosmic is still in alpha state so expect a few rough edged

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So this makes it easier.
I will try krohnkite and see how it goes

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Depends. The Cosmic shell extension for Gnome is just an extension bringing the behaviour to Gnome. Despite Comsic-Desktop which is a new desktop environment which is in alpha state.

But if you don’t like gnome, I would also suggest to try krohnkite first.

No intention to bother you with the cosmic stuff, I’ll stop here. :grinning_face:

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Not at all. Please don’t say this. This doesn’t bother me at all. It is all about learning that never ends here

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In KDE PLasma, from version 5_point_something to current, KDE has a tiling grid built in. You bring up the grid layout (across multiple screens, setting each individually, if applicable) with the Meta+T shortcut. After you set your layout and grid spacing, you can shift-drag any application window to that grid area, and it will auto-tile into that location. Applications will reload into that grid area (for the most part) each time they are launched, until location or size is changed. See, Settings>Input & Output>Keyboard>Shortcuts>KWin>Toggle Tiles Editor:.

This may be all you need in your workflow; otherwise, the suggestions already-given are your best alternatives.

Edit: Added info to Settings breadcrumb.