Can't warp out of a stack (unless managed window located)

[diocletiann]

Would it be possible to allow warping out of stack in a cardinal direction even if could not locate a managed window is true? It would allow for "i3-like" tile movement and chaining of stack/warp commands across stacks, spaces, and displays. I tried the toggle float twice trick but that only works well as the very last command which prevents stacking into other spaces/displays. Thanks!

[diocletiann]

Now that I'm thinking about it, something like yabai -m window --unstack DIR_SEL would work better since there are cases where you'd prefer warp to fail if nothing is there, for example chaining to focus stack.next/prev.

[diocletiann]

Actually, even single unstack command that can fail (unlike toggle float) would work with some rotation or mirroring after.

[diocletiann]

#671 (comment) This looks like it should work. I'll try later and close if it does.

[diocletiann]

I modified @alextremblay's script to not float/un-float if the window isn't stacked and there is no valid target. I didn't know the insert command worked with toggle float. This is working pretty well.

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# dir should be one of east,west,north,south
dir=$1

window=$(yabai -m query --windows --window | jq -r '.id')

# stack this window onto existing stack if possible
yabai -m window $dir --stack $window

# otherwise, float and un-float this window to reinsert it into the bsp tree as a new window
if [[ $? -ne 0 ]] && (yabai -m query --windows --window | jq -e '."stack-index" != 0'); then
    yabai -m window --insert $dir \
    && yabai -m window $window --toggle float \
    && yabai -m window $window --toggle float
fi

[alextremblay]

Nice!

[b4rlw]

Nice mod! I've been enjoying @alextremblay's original script for a while now.

Do you ever get this bug when moving a window out of a stack @restfuladi? The window gets blocked over in red when pulling a window somewhere out the master stack to its own window. Fixes itself when repeating the action, but still annoying.

[diocletiann]

Nice mod! I've been enjoying @alextremblay's original script for a while now.

Do you ever get this bug when moving a window out of a stack @restfuladi? The window gets blocked over in red when pulling a window somewhere out the master stack to its own window. Fixes itself when repeating the action, but still annoying.

Thanks, it's the closest I've gotten to i3 behavior. I get the same glitch but I just re-do the action and then it doesn't happen for while.

[b4rlw]

@restfuladi Do you know if it's possible to stack all windows in a space while in BSP layout with a single command?Frequently, I find myself wanting to stack everything, then maybe warp out some windows. Problem is, it can be quite time consuming to manually stack everything in BSP.
Of course, you can assign a command for stack layout (I use hyper - s), but then you can't warp out!

[diocletiann]

@restfuladi Do you know if it's possible to stack all windows in a space while in BSP layout with a single command?Frequently, I find myself wanting to stack everything, then maybe warp out some windows. Problem is, it can be quite time consuming to manually stack everything in BSP. Of course, you can assign a command for stack layout (I use hyper - s), but then you can't warp out!

Now that you mention it that would be useful. I guess you could query all the windows IDs in a space and stack all but the first into the first one.

[b4rlw]

Now that you mention it that would be useful. I guess you could query all the windows IDs in a space and stack all but the first into the first one.

Good idea! I'll try and do this when I have some free time.

[diocletiann]

Now that you mention it that would be useful. I guess you could query all the windows IDs in a space and stack all but the first into the first one.

Good idea! I'll try and do this when I have some free time.

I added i3-style rotation to the script, you might find it useful:
#1286