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Option to change layout for dashboard

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
30/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
lua, vim
Domain
tooling

Research direction

Start by reviewing the README and the dashboard's existing configuration and layout behavior. Determine how preset layouts could represent a header beside a single column containing the center and footer. Done means users can choose a preset that supports this arrangement without losing the current default layout.

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Description

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
So when I was trying to change the dashboard's logo, I eventually thought of changing what seems to be the default stack-like layout into something else, since the ASCII that I wanted to use is vertically large. To be specific, I wanted the center and footer to be in one column and have the header placed to its left. Unfortunately, I found no such option after looking at the Readme.

Describe the solution you'd like
There could be several approaches but the easiest one to use is choosing from preset layouts.

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