CHANGELOG.md

Changelog

v39

Fixed

• Clean up settings signals properly (technically only relevant for the active hint since it may be destroyed before the settings singleton)

v38

Fixed

• issue with always active window hint (there is still a problem with GTK4 popups on Wayland)

v37

Added

• added active window hint. By default the Minimal option will be chosen (#210)
• added an option to not use T-A features (Tiling Popup and grouping) when DNDing a window via a modifier and via additional keyboard shortcuts. Features are hidden behind the advanced settings (#212)
• added setting for a single/uniform screen gap instead of splitting it into edges (each edge is still available, if the advanced settings are enabled)

Changed

• increased possible maximum of gaps to 500 (#205)
• changed/shuffled some of the preferences around

v36

Added

• support GNOME 43

Changed

• removed the 'row'-look of shortcuts in the layouts

Fixed

• consider monitor scale when calculating window gaps (#196)

v35

Added

• added setting to disable multi-monitor grace period (#189)

Changed

• make the 'improved performance behaviour' opt-in (in the advanced settings) since it impacts the precision of the tile preview (#190)

Fixed

• fixed issue about windows maximizing to wrong monitor under some circumstances setups (#188)

Removed

• removed in-app changelog

v34

Added

• added setting to completely disable tile groups. That means no resizing, raising or suggestions anymore (#180)
• added the ability to only resize the absolutely necessary windows in a tile group when holding Ctrl before resizing started (#155)

Changed

• improved perfromance when dragging a window around for lower performance machines (#181)
• split the screen gap setting into top, bottom, left and right parts by CharlieQLe (#146)
• don't open the changelog window after an extension update in the prefs by default anymore

Fixed

• added a workaround for a multi-monitor bug where windows may untile incorrectly under Wayland (#137)
• fixed issue with RMB as a Move Mode Activator under Wayland (#170)
• added Meta as a Move Mode Activator and set it as default, if Alt is the default window action key (#172)

v33

*Added

• german (Switzerland) tl by MrReSc #152
• german (Germany) tl by pjanze #161
• italian translation by starise #164
• spanish translation by fjsevilla-dev #168

Changed

• port to GNOME 42 and drop support for older versions
• Brazillian Portuguese tl by ItzJaum #157
• if an app is attached to a layout rect, try to tile an existing window instance first before opening a new one

Removed

• deprecate 'App Switcher and Tiling Popup' setting
• hacky partial touch 'support'

Fixed

• override GNOME's default shortcuts only if they are set in Tiling Assistant

v32

Added

• added new keyboard shortcuts:
  • Restore window size (#134)
  • Toggle Vertical Maximization
  • Toggle Horizontal Maximization
  • Move Window to Center (#132)
  • Toggle Always on Top
• added ability to move tile groups to a new workspace/monitor using the Tile Editing Mode:
  • Shift+Directions moves the tile group to a new monitor
  • Shift+Alt+Directions moves the tile group to a new workspace
• tiled windows will untile themselves if they change workspaces
• allow one action to have multiple keyboard shortcuts (press Enter or Space when listening for a new keyboard shortcut to append shortcuts to existing ones)
• added GNOME's native tiling behaviour (Super+Up/Down/Left/Right) to the default shortcuts

Changed

• adapt edge-tiling only if it doesn't cover existing tiles. Use Ctrl-drag (mouse) or the Tile Editing Mode (keyboard) to 'replace/cover' existing tiles. That way 1 window can be part of multiple tile groups
• reworked tile group detection when a window is tiled
• renamed Split Tiles mode to Adaptive Tiling. This is the mode when moving a window around while holding Ctrl
• disabled grouping tiled windows in the app switcher by default and mark that setting as experimental
• introduce concept of deprecated settings and deprecate the Toggle Tiling Popup and Auto-Tile keyboard shortcuts
  • Deprecated settings won't be visible in the prefs window anymore unless they have a non-default value set

Fixed

• fixed a compatibility issue introduced in v31 with other alt-Tab extensions (#126)
• fixed the Tiling Popup ignoring the Tile Group setting App Switcher and Tiling Popup
• shortcuts may no longer change unintentionally after using the clear-shortcut-button
• Fixed the URLs in the prefs' popup menu freezing the prefs - Wayland only (#136)

v31

Fixed

• fixed crash introduced in v28 (#125)

v30

Fixed

• fixed crash introduced in v28 (#124)

v29

Fixed

• removed timer sources according to EGO review

v28

Added

• added a Panel Indicator for the layouts (disabled by default). With it you can activate a layout with your pointer or change your Favorite Layout (per monitor)
• added a setting to group tileGroups in the AppSwitcher (altTab) and Tiling Popup
• when dnd-ing a window, hold Super to make the tile preview span multiple rectangles. This only works in the Favorite Layout or Split Tiles preview modes
• added a hidden setting to not adapt the Edge-Tiling to the favorite layouts

Removed

• removed the Change favorite layouts keyboard shortcut (Use the Panel Indicator instead)
• removed the favorite button from the Layouts in the preferences (Use the Panel Indicator instead)

Changed

• show the entire Layout when moving a window with the Favorite Layout preview mode
• updated the jp translation (by k-fog #112)
• untile tiled windows, if they are moved to a new monitor or workspace (#114)
• Tile Editing Mode: Pressing Space will always open the Tiling Popup (even if there is already a window in that spot)
• visual tweaks to the preference window

Fixed

• when dragging a window to a new monitor there is a short Grace Period (150 ms), in which, if the grab is released, the window will tile to the old monitor. Fix: The Tiling Popup will appear on the correct monitor now.
• fixed artifacts due to the rounded corners of the Changelog Dialog (only works on Wayland)
• fixed animations being skipped, if an animation was already running (#58)

v27

Added

• Favorite Layout, a new window movement mode, as an alternative to the default Edge Tiling (issue #94)
  • It allows users to dnd a window to a predefined layout (Check out the GUIDE.md for details)
  • It also adapts the keyboard shortcuts and edge previews to the favorite layout
• Changelog dialog to prefs window on new extension version (deactivatable in Hidden Settings)

Removed

• the color selection for the Tile Editing Mode because now we can always follow the system's native Tile-Preview style

Changed

• Split gaps into Window Gaps and Screen Gaps (i. e. when windows are touching the screen edges) (discussion #109)
• Tile to top & Toggle Maximization cycle between top tiling and maximization in Tiling State and Tiling State (Windows)
• reworked the preference window to follow GNOME's HIG a bit more closely
• moved the Inverse Top Screen Edge Action settings to the Hidden Setting
• moved the Include apps from all workspaces for the Tiling Popup to the general settings
• and some other minor settings tweaks

v26

Added

• AUR package (not by me, see #85)

Changed

• hid the Layouts behind the 'Advanced / Experimental Settings' switch (in Hidden Settings)
• renamed Layout to Popup Layout since just Layout may be misleading
• Tile Editing Mode's resizing now follows GNOME native keyboard resizing style (see Alt + F8)
• removed the PieMenu
• removed support for GNOME < 40
• refactored code & created scripts to automate stuff like building, updating translations...

v25

Fixed

• bug when PieMenu is enabled

v24

Added

• clear-keybindings button
• Dutch translation (by Vistaus #95)
• partial japanese translation (by k-fog #89)
• added Brazillian Portuguese translation (by msmafra #92)
• windows-like minimize option for the dynamic keybindings
• hidden settings: choose secondary mode (tile preview) activator and option to default to secondary mode (#90)

Fixed

• GNOME Shell 41: use new function, which got replaced in GS

v23

Added

• partial Traditional Chinese translation for users in Taiwan (by laichiaheng #84)
• added dynamic tiling options: disabled, focus & tiling states (#87)
• added the 'layout selector' as an option for the pieMenu

Changed

• moved 'Tile Editing Mode: Focus Color' to the 'Hidden Settings'
• removed experimental semi-autotiling mode (#70)
• simplify tl file (removed duplicates)

Fixed

• multimonitor: wrong position for the focus indicator of the tile editing mode
• multimonitor: wrong position for the layout selector
• multimonitor: inconsistent behaviour for tiling a window via DND within the 'grace period'

v22

Added

• link to a list of known incompatible apps/extensions (github issue #61)
• Czech translation (by pervoj #81)

Fixed

• correctly position PieMenu on multimonitor setup (#78)
• wrong tilePreview, if window was at the very top display edge
• stop an extension crash, if ~/.config/tiling-assistant didn't exist, when the screen got locked (#80)

v21

Bugfixes:

• reenable focus on prefs40.ui
• correctly use pointer position when moving window with keyboard Alt + F7 + Arrow keys (#76)

v20

Features:

• Tile Editing Mode: add option to 'equalize' window sizes (see 6bfbc07)
• Layouts: add dynamic rectangles to enable layouts like Master & Stack (see the tooltip in the Layouts tab of the settings)
• Experimental: Semi Tiling Mode (see 'Hidden Settings')

Miscellaneous:

• remove User Guide and Changelog tabs from the settings page (instead create .md files in repo)
• setup translations/ for translations

Bugfixes:

• restore tile states properly after a screen lock

v17 - 19

Features:

• Experimental: app attachments to layouts

Miscellaneous:

• Layouts: move layouts file from the extension folder to $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/tiling-assistant/layouts.json (#68)

Bugfixes:

• raise tileGroups with sloppy mouse focus mode only on click

v16

• Pie menu: Super + RMB a window
• Settings: gaps on maximized windows (off by default)
• Settings: 'restore window size on grab end' (workaround for Wayland)
• Experimental: Tile Editing Mode

v13 - 15

• dynamic tiling ('focus and tiling')
• ctrl-dragging a window now also works for multiple windows (by dragging the window to the very edges of other windows/free screen rects)
• inverse top screen edge action (by c-ridgway)
• multi-monitor: the tile preview will stick to the old monitor when changing monitors for a short period to easier tile quickly on the old monitor (by c-ridgway)
• default keybindings with the numpad for tiling (by c-ridgway)
• dynamic numbers of layouts & layout selector
• add 'User Guide' and 'Changelog' settings tab
• other minor settings additions/removals/changes
• refactor and minor bugfixes