Master-Stack Layout

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Scroller Layout

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Maomaowm

This project is developed based on dwl(0.5) , adding many operation that supported in hyprland and a hyprland-like keybinds, niri-like scroll layout and sway-like scratchpad. See below for more features.

separate window layout for each workspace(tags), with separate workspace parameters

support layout

• tile(master)
• scroller
• monocle
• grid
• dwindle
• sprial

window open rules

options

• appid: type-string if match it or title, the rule match
• title: type-string if match it or appid, the rule match
• tags: type-num(1-9) which tags to open the window
• isfloating: type-num(0 or 1)
• isfullscreen: type-num(0 or 1)
• scroller_proportion: type-float(0.1-1.0)
• animation_type : type-string(zoom,slide)
• isnoborder : type-num(0 or 1)
• monitor : type-num(0-99999)
• width : type-num(0-9999)
• height : type-num(0-9999)

some special feature

• hycov like overview
• foreign-toplevel support(dunst,waybar wlr taskbar)
• minimize window to waybar(like hych)
• sway scratchpad support (minimize window to scratchpad)
• window pin mode support
• text-input-v2/v3 for fcitx5
• window move/open animaition
• workspace switch animaition
• fade in animation
• alt-tab switch window like gnome
• niri like scroller layout

suggest tools

yay -S rofi foot xdg-desktop-portal-wlr swaybg waybar wl-clip-persist cliphist wl-clipboard wlsunset

install

wlroots(0.17)

git clone -b 0.17.4 https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wlroots/wlroots.git
cd wlroots
meson build -Dprefix=/usr
sudo ninja -C build install

git clone https://github.com/DreamMaoMao/maomaowm.git
cd maomaowm
meson build -Dprefix=/usr
sudo ninja -C build install

# set your autostart app ih this
mkdir -p ~/.config/maomao/

# some suggest config
cp waybar ~/.config/maomao/ -r 
cp wallpaper ~/.config/maomao/ -r

config

the config file is ~/.config/maomao/config.conf the autostart file is ~/.config/maomao/autostart.sh

thanks for some refer repo

• https://github.com/dqrk0jeste/owl - for basal window animaition

• https://github.com/djpohly/dwl - for basal dwl feature

• https://github.com/guyuming76/dwl - for text-input

• https://github.com/swaywm/sway - for foreign-toplevel