Arrange your windows automatically and switch between them using keyboard shortcuts. All of that with different layouts and without a complicated setup of classic tiling window managers (i3, dwm or XMonad). Just install Bismuth on any KDE Plasma powered Linux distribution and you are ready to go! 🦾
This is a fork of Krohnkite. The fork
was made, because the old project seems to be unmaintained. If you want to
import your old shortcuts from it, use the contrib/import_krohnkite.sh
script.
- Full KDE Plasma integration
- Multiple Screens, Activities and Virtual desktops
- Built-in KWin features (minimize, full-screen and rules)
- Floating Dialog windows
- Multiple Layouts
- Classic Tiling layout
- Monocle layout for focusing on one application
- Three-Column for wide monitors
- Floating layout for traditional experience
- Works on Wayland Plasma session
Project vision and road map can be found here.
Install script from source:
npm install # Installs dependencies for building
npm run sysdep-install # Install system dependencies for building
npm run bi-install # Installs all Bismuth components
To uninstall:
npm run bi-uninstall
⚠️ These packages are not affiliated with plugin developers. If you encounter any issues, you should contact the package maintainer first.
Bismuth is available on AUR. Install the kwin-bismuth
package with your favorite
AUR helper.
Updated ebuilds provided in viperML-overlay.
Bismuth is available on the Copr
If you are know a packaging solution for a distibution, that is not in this list, please provide a link to it via pull request.
☝️ Don't forget to enable window tiling in the new settings module: System Settings > Window Management > Window Tiling.
You may want to make a couple of manual fixes and tweaks, to improve your experience. See Tweaks section.
You can configure Bismuth in the System Settings > Window Management > Window Tiling.
| Action | Key |
|---|---|
| Focus Next Window | None |
| Focus Previous Window | None |
| Focus Upper Window | Meta J |
| Focus Bottom Window | Meta K |
| Focus Left Window | Meta H |
| Focus Right Window | Meta L |
| Move Window To Next Position | None |
| Move Window To Previous Position | None |
| Move Window Up | Meta Shift J |
| Move Window Down | Meta Shift K |
| Move Window Left | Meta Shift H |
| Move Window Right | Meta Shift L |
| Increase Window Width | Meta Ctrl L |
| Increase Window Height | Meta Ctrl J |
| Decrease Window Width | Meta Ctrl H |
| Decrease Window Height | Meta Ctrl K |
| Increase Master Area Window Count | Meta ] |
| Decrease Master Area Window Count | Meta [ |
| Increase Master Area Size | None |
| Decrease Master Area Size | None |
| Push Window Into Master Area | Meta Return |
| Toggle Active Window Floating | Meta F |
| Switch To Next Layout | Meta \ |
| Switch To Previous Layout | Meta | |
| Set Tile Layout | Meta T |
| Set Monocle Layout | Meta M |
| Set Three Column Layout | None |
| Set Spread Layout | None |
| Set Stair Layout | None |
| Set Floating Layout | Meta Shift F |
| Set Quarter Layout | None |
| Rotate | Meta R |
| Rotate (Reverse) | None |
| Rotate Part | Meta Shift R |