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awesome-wmmaximize-window
Romildo
Romildo

Reputation: 545

Maximize client window vertically to the half left of screen

How to configure a shortcut key in awesome to toggle a client window vertical maximization to the left half of the screen (snap to left)?

Module awful.placement has an example that may help, but there is no mention on how to implement a toggle that would be able to maximize the client or restore it to its prior size and location.

Currently I have the following in rc.lua:

clientkeys = gears.table.join(
    -- ...
    awful.key({ modkey, "Mod1" }, "Left",
        function (c)
            -- Simulate Windows 7 'edge snap' (also called aero snap) feature
            local f = awful.placement.scale + awful.placement.left + awful.placement.maximize_vertically
            f(c.focus, {honor_workarea=true, to_percent = 0.5})
        end ,
        {description = "maximize vertically to the left half of screen", group = "client"})
)

Upvotes: 0

Views: 456

Answers (1)

Uli Schlachter
Uli Schlachter

Reputation: 9877

Are you looking for awful.placement.restore? It seems to do be what you are looking for. However, the documentation says one has to "set[...] the right context argument" for this, but does not mention which one that is.

I think it should be scale since it is the first one in your chain, but I fail to see the logic in calling this chain "scale".

To turn that into a toggle, you can "invent" a new client property. Something like this: if c.my_toggle then print("a") else print("b") end c.my_toggle = not c.my_toggle. This way, the my_toggle property tracks which function you have to call.

Upvotes: 1

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