Tiling windows horizontally and vertically under Lubuntu (LXDE/Openbox)?
Configuration:
Yes, you can achieve this by adding a few custom keyboard shortcuts to your openbox configuration file.
Open your rc.xml
variant (e.g. ~/.config/openbox/lxde-rc.xml
, ../lubuntu-rc.xml
or ../rc.xml
) and insert the following snippet within the <keyboard>..</keyboard>
section:
<!-- Vertical tiling -->
<keybind key="C-W-v">
<action name="UnmaximizeFull"/>
<action name="MoveResizeTo">
<width>50%</width>
</action>
<action name="MaximizeVert"/>
<action name="MoveResizeTo">
<x>0</x>
<y>0</y>
</action>
<action name="NextWindow">
<interactive>no</interactive>
<dialog>none</dialog>
<finalactions>
<action name="UnmaximizeFull"/>
<action name="MoveResizeTo">
<width>50%</width>
</action>
<action name="MaximizeVert"/>
<action name="MoveResizeTo">
<x>-0</x>
<y>0</y>
</action>
</finalactions>
</action>
</keybind>
<!-- Horizontal tiling -->
<keybind key="C-W-h">
<action name="UnmaximizeFull"/>
<action name="MoveResizeTo">
<height>50%</height>
</action>
<action name="MaximizeHorz"/>
<action name="MoveResizeTo">
<x>0</x>
<y>0</y>
</action>
<action name="NextWindow">
<interactive>no</interactive>
<dialog>none</dialog>
<finalactions>
<action name="UnmaximizeFull"/>
<action name="MoveResizeTo">
<height>50%</height>
</action>
<action name="MaximizeHorz"/>
<action name="MoveResizeTo">
<x>0</x>
<y>-0</y>
</action>
</finalactions>
</action>
</keybind>
<!-- Restore window dimensions -->
<keybind key="C-W-r">
<action name="UnmaximizeFull"/>
<action name="NextWindow">
<interactive>no</interactive>
<dialog>none</dialog>
<finalactions>
<action name="UnmaximizeFull"/>
</finalactions>
</action>
</keybind>
Shortcuts in action:
Usage:
- Super+Ctrl+V: Tile last active windows vertically
- Super+Ctrl+H: Tile last active windows horizontally
- Super+Ctrl+R: Restore original window dimensions
To modify these assignments simply edit the <keybind key="...">
lines in the snippet above.
Notes:
- This method will only tile the two last active windows
- You can swap window positions by focussing the inactive window and pressing the hotkey again