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All I wanted was to tile my open windows into columns with the press of a key. \n\nAlas **Columnar!** A stupid simple tiling-window-manager:\n1. `F7`: tiles all open windows (ignoring minimized)\n2. `F8`: swap active window to center tile\n3. `F9`: minimizes active window\n4. `F10`: exits app\n\n\u003e[!TIP]\n\u003eThis was built for my needs on a 49\" ultrawide monitor. If anyone wants to add more functionality, improve it for smaller screens, or fix a bug? feel free to send a pull request!\n\n## Installation\n\n1. clone this repo to your home directory via:  `git clone https://github.com/antoniofs23/Columnar.git`\n2. In app directory run the `INSTALL.sh` file (first make it executable via `chmod +x INSTALL.sh`)\n\n\u003e[!CAUTION]\n\u003e*the install file assumes python is already installed (which it normally is)* if not python3 is required prior to running `INSTALL.sh` \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003eBuilt for GNOME on `X11`, will not work on `wayland` as it requires `xdotools` which there's no alternative for as far as i know\n\n### running the app\nThe app should auto-start on login.\nHowever, it can also be run through the `columnar` terminal command\n\n---\n\nThe app lives on your top-menu-bar:\n\n![Screenshot from 2023-12-29 14-40-08](https://github.com/antoniofs23/Columnar/assets/39067846/0d0917b2-53ab-4b2b-9b53-bdf8ce719021)\n\n- The app is on by deafult and can be seen on your linux panel\n- To exit press `F10`\n  - this removes the icon\n  - to restart run the `columnar` command on your terminal \n\n# App functionality-walkthrough\n\nPress `F7` to tile open windows:\n![Screencast from 12-12-2023 08_40_52 PM](https://github.com/antoniofs23/Columnar/assets/39067846/3de5a45f-81e2-4fac-8121-066edee2e4e7)\n\nPress  `F9` to minimize a window:\n![Screencast from 12-12-2023 08_50_15 PM](https://github.com/antoniofs23/Columnar/assets/39067846/96c08ce9-fdf0-457c-9a52-303ff03e3405)\n\nPress `F7` again to re-tile ignoring minimized windows\n![Screencast from 12-12-2023 08_50_33 PM](https://github.com/antoniofs23/Columnar/assets/39067846/dce00eef-2ede-4bb5-9424-c4e4ae551f70)\n\nPress `F8` to swap the active window with the center window (if num of tiles is even then moves to left-center)\n![Screencast from 12-12-2023 08_51_00 PM](https://github.com/antoniofs23/Columnar/assets/39067846/9faca0eb-f869-4fed-b3ec-60199168bf20)\n\nYou can always press `F7` to re-tile after mninizing or closing some windows. 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