Niri is a scrollable, tiling window manager for Wayland. What does it mean for a tiling window manager to be scrollable?
Windows are arranged in columns on an infinite strip going to the right. Opening a new window never causes existing windows to resize.
Every monitor has its own separate window strip. Windows can never “overflow” onto an adjacent monitor.
Workspaces are dynamic and arranged vertically. Every monitor has an independent set of workspaces, and there’s always one empty workspace present all the way down.
↫ Niri’s GitHub page
Definitely an intriguing idea.
I am mostly in CLI, but never have i ever said “i wish i had more space horizontally”… Vertically yeah sure. A cli like VM where i can scroll down in nano, vim or teapot without losing position would be awesome.
How often do you tile windows vertically (one above the other) as opposed to horizontally (one to the side of the other)? If you use multiple monitors do you place them in a row or in a column?
This kind of window manager is for people who like tiling windows horizontally and want to do more of it (and dislike the way master and stack tiling works with ever smaller windows). Also, with virtual desktops in traditional tiling WMs you are limited to how much can fit on your screen, but with scrolling tiling, the surface of a virtual desktop is effectively infinite so virtual desktops can be used for logical grouping.
The original source of inspiration for all scrolling tiling WM is this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWz1KbknIZk
yes i regularly use dvtm. Vertical scrolling is vital. i get the appeal of this manager,¨
However, it doses solve nothing
I actually think its kind of nifty!
Oh god. No. Nooo nonono.
Too much movement and resizing.
Seems to me they should offer an option for vertical scrolling, with workspaces horizontal. As is it’s pretty much unusable with a mouse.