I am no longer working on this project. I only use Windows via KVM now and do not have a need for this. I may revisit this project in the future but I do not currently have the time.
For those looking for a tiling desktop manager for Windows, I recommend:
HashTWM is native (written in C), while bug.n and math0ne's are both AutoHotKey. I don't think any of them are designed to work with virtual desktops, unfortunately.
This is a work-in-progress ghetto window manager for Windows. I miss i3.
ghettowm plugs in to Windows 10's native virtual desktop support by way of VirtualDesktopAccessor, rather than keeping track of per-desktop windows and hiding/unhiding them as it did initially.
The benefit with using the IVirtualDesktopManager is that in the event of an issue with ghettowm, your setup is still running 100% fine.
This may present some issues in the future as IVirtualDesktopManager has almost no functionality - the useful stuff is in IVirtualDesktopManagerInternal, which is undocumented and likely to change. As such, ghettowm is completely tied to VirtualDesktopAccessor.
GOOS=windows go build -ldflags -H=windowsgui
Alternatively, you can download one of the releases
As of 42263c, configuration is controlled by a lua file (ghetto.lua).
Keybinds and their handlers can be registered in code!
In the near future, I want to:
- Support pinning of windows
- Support moving windows between desktops
- Support defining layouts/tiling per desktop
As of a009caa, WINKEY as a meta key works.
However, this breaks ALT/SHIFT or key combos with more than one other key.
I plan to reimplement hotkeys asap, but frankly everything here needs a bit of cleanup so perhaps I will spend some time refactoring.
- Likely various race conditions
- WINKEY meta works, but now nothing else does ;)
-- ghettowm config
local bit32 = require('bit32')
local windows = require('windows')
local ghetto_util = require('ghetto_util')
local modkey = bit32.bor(ghetto_util.get_mod('Alt'), ghetto_util.get_mod('NoRepeat'))
ghettowm:RegisterHotkey(modkey, ghetto_util.get_key('LeftArrow'), function()
ghettowm:SwitchDesktopPrev()
end)
ghettowm:RegisterHotkey(modkey, ghetto_util.get_key('RightArrow'), function()
ghettowm:SwitchDesktopNext()
end)
ghettowm:RegisterHotkey(bit32.bor(modkey, ghetto_util.get_mod('Control')), ghetto_util.get_key('Q'), function()
ghettowm:Quit()
end)
ghettowm:RegisterHotkey(modkey, ghetto_util.get_key('One'), function()
ghettowm:SwitchDesktop(0)
end)
ghettowm:RegisterHotkey(modkey, ghetto_util.get_key('Two'), function()
ghettowm:SwitchDesktop(1)
end)
ghettowm:RegisterHotkey(modkey, ghetto_util.get_key('H'), function()
ghettowm:NextWindow()
end)
ghettowm:RegisterHotkey(modkey, ghetto_util.get_key('L'), function()
ghettowm:PrevWindow()
end)