ianyh/Amethyst

Tile "Floating Windows" only?

Open

#1085 opened on Dec 24, 2020

View on GitHub
 (0 comments) (0 reactions) (0 assignees)Swift (16,121 stars) (516 forks)batch import
enhancementhelp wantedstarter issue

Description

Describe the solution you'd like If an app has multiple floating windows (in my case, floating plug-in windows in music softwares such as Ableton Live, Pro Tools and Logic), I'd love to be able to tile them neatly. Current market solutions only seem to work with regular windows.

The position and dimensions of these floating windows are viewable in UI Browser, so it is theoretically possible.

An example of a floating window would be the "View Options" in Finder: image

Describe alternatives you've considered Several commercial and non-commercial solutions.

Other considerations Normal windows would not be tiled, in this use case.

Contributor guide

Tech stack
swift
Domain
desktop
Issue type
feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
4
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
over 1 week
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
stale
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
mostly clear
Prerequisites
SwiftmacOS window management APIs
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
20
Research direction
The issue requests the ability to tile floating windows, which are not currently handled by Amethyst. Investigate how Amethyst currently manages windows (likely via Accessibility API or CGWindowList) in its window tiling logic. Look at existing code for window management and tiling algorithms, and consider modifications to include windows that are not managed (floating). The issue has no comments or linked PRs, so there is no prior work to build upon.