Show HN: Keypad Layout Window Manager for Mac

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Post by janten » Sat, May 20, 2017, 10:49 AM UTC

Show HN: Keypad Layout Window Manager for Mac
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Post by raghavkhanna » Sat, May 20, 2017, 12:23 PM UTC

There's also spectacle (https://www.spectacleapp.com/), however this seems worth trying out, especially due to the ease of remembering the layout config shortcuts

Re: Show HN: Keypad Layout Window Manager for Mac

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Post by hayden592 » Sat, May 20, 2017, 12:33 PM UTC

Looks neat and I'll have to try it out. Just curious what makes this different from Spectacle or Shiftit?

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Post by sambe » Sat, May 20, 2017, 12:39 PM UTC

I always used Divvy for this, but IIRC it's paid only. Looks like a nice start.

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Post by AndrewHampton » Sat, May 20, 2017, 1:05 PM UTC

I'll drop in the customary link to hammerspoon: http://www.hammerspoon.org

It has a couple libraries for window management. One is plug and play, the other is lower level. Here is my config for setting up a 2x2 grid: https://github.com/andrewhampton/dotfiles/blob/master/hammer...

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Post by tnajdek » Sat, May 20, 2017, 1:19 PM UTC

AndrewHampton wrote: post #5

I'll drop in the customary link to hammerspoon: http://www.hammerspoon.org It has a couple libraries for window management. One is plug and play, the other is lower level. Here is my config for setting up a 2x2 grid: https://github.com/andrewhampton/dotfiles/blob/master/hammer...

Another one is called slate: https://github.com/jigish/slate

Very flexible, my favorite feature is that configs can be written in JS, here's mine: https://gist.github.com/tnajdek/48ea2a2ccac365b91f29

Re: Show HN: Keypad Layout Window Manager for Mac

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Post by hultner » Sat, May 20, 2017, 1:26 PM UTC

I can highly recommend kvm[1] for those of you who are interested in tiling window managers for macOS. Another pearl is Amethyst[2]. I've used both of them (and others such as xnomad) extensively for the past 5 years or so and must say that I'm very pleased.

[1] https://koekeishiya.github.io/kwm/

[2] https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst

Re: Show HN: Keypad Layout Window Manager for Mac

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Post by janten » Sat, May 20, 2017, 1:50 PM UTC

sambe wrote: post #4

I always used Divvy for this, but IIRC it's paid only. Looks like a nice start.

Author here. I actually started this project after buying Divvy. Divvy has many more features but I could never set it up just right. In particular I found no way to use the grid feature without the mouse (other than assigning shortcuts to pre-defined layouts). So I scratched my own itch and created Keypad Layout as a simple no-frills replacement that works exactly the way I want it to.

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Post by tyingq » Sat, May 20, 2017, 1:52 PM UTC

sambe wrote: post #4

I always used Divvy for this, but IIRC it's paid only. Looks like a nice start.

I'm wondering if Divvy is going to be hit by this patent holder: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14333957

This project seems safe, as the UI doesn't show a preview grid you can drag over.

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Post by matt2000 » Sat, May 20, 2017, 2:01 PM UTC

raghavkhanna wrote: post #2

There's also spectacle ( https://www.spectacleapp.com/ ), however this seems worth trying out, especially due to the ease of remembering the layout config shortcuts

Came here to recommend spectacle too. I basically only use the keyboard shortcuts to send windows to the left half, or right half of the screen. If you hit them again it does 2/3rds or 1/3rds of that side of the screen which is helpful on lower resolutions. That pretty much covers me for window management.