I have a really wide screen (52') and all these window managment apps fails for me at the point that I only can divide the screen in thirds or halfs. Thirds for three apps is too small, halfes to large. I need custom areas like 3/7, 3/7, 1/7. The only app which i found which this offers is 1piece
Fifty two feet?! Damn!
HopTab – Open source macOS app switcher and tiler that replaces Cmd+Tab
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Re: HopTab – Open source macOS app switcher and tiler that replaces Cmd+Tab
#32I have a really wide screen (52') and all these window managment apps fails for me at the point that I only can divide the screen in thirds or halfs. Thirds for three apps is too small, halfes to large. I need custom areas like 3/7, 3/7, 1/7. The only app which i found which this offers is 1piece
Divvy handles this very well. It's been my go-to for like fifteen years: https://mizage.com/divvy/
Same. Divvy is simple and effective and "just works".
Re: HopTab – Open source macOS app switcher and tiler that replaces Cmd+Tab
#33Earlier quoted context omitted.
No, Cmd+Tab switches to the next application. This is what people get surprised and annoyed by. I've been using Mac for 15 years now and I find it super awkward to switch between windows within an app. On my machine it's Cmd ` or something strange like that. This is also doubly bound sometimes, such that I can only cycle forwards OR backwards. Complete mess.
It's absolutely terrible. Want to get one of your terminals and one of your vs code windows next to each other to check something visually? Can't do it. CMD-tab brings ALL of your terminal windows to the front, or ALL of your vs code windows :/ I still can't understand who ever thought this was a good idea...
> CMD-tab brings ALL of your terminal windows to the front, or ALL of your vs code windows
Cmd+Tab to the app, then press ↓ to choose a window from the app. Arrange using the basic OS window manager or your favorite 3rd-party window manager.
Re: HopTab – Open source macOS app switcher and tiler that replaces Cmd+Tab
#34As someone who switched to macos from the hot pile of mess called windows last year, my biggest point of pain was the window management. I use Rectangle Pro, and it helps a lot, but IMHO workspace integration is poor still. I'll give this one a try. BTW, if this works, can you please consider asking money for it? Keep it open source but perhaps add a friction-less support channel (read: not github issues) for paying…
There is AltTab[0] (free and open-source) also, to get a windows-ish windows management on macOS. [0] https://github.com/lwouis/alt-tab-macos
I’ve switched to macOS from Windows 8 years ago and I still find window management completely unusable without AltTab. The thing is, on a French keyboard layout you can’t even use cmd+backtick to switch between windows if the same application, it doesn’t work. Separating cmd+tab and cmd+backtick is moronic, but it’s not even possible if you’re not using a qwerty keyboard.
AltTab and Maccy are the 2 apps I can’t live without on macOS. Rectangle used to be in that list too, but I managed to not need it anymore since Apple introduced native tiling a few versions ago. Now they just need to introduce native clipboard history and sane alt+tab, hopefully this decade.
Re: HopTab – Open source macOS app switcher and tiler that replaces Cmd+Tab
#35Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's absolutely terrible. Want to get one of your terminals and one of your vs code windows next to each other to check something visually? Can't do it. CMD-tab brings ALL of your terminal windows to the front, or ALL of your vs code windows :/ I still can't understand who ever thought this was a good idea...
> CMD-tab brings ALL of your terminal windows to the front, or ALL of your vs code windows Cmd+Tab to the app, then press ↓ to choose a window from the app. Arrange using the basic OS window manager or your favorite 3rd-party window manager.
Why are you saying it like it doesn’t suck?
Re: HopTab – Open source macOS app switcher and tiler that replaces Cmd+Tab
#36Re: HopTab – Open source macOS app switcher and tiler that replaces Cmd+Tab
#37I think there is too much customization and options. Maybe having a .*aml/json file would be good. I have a few hammerspoon customization for me to choose and open the applications I have. I put those on different desktop but use this to open applications. Whereas for the tiling itself use either aerospace or Loop. Here is the hammerspoon code for opening the apps using keyboard more like vim jump options. ``` ----sh…
You cannot seriosly think that dropping a whole snippet as a comment is a smart move
I know I was not going for it. After I pasted I realized I should have put it in a Gist and linked here. I had already edited the code twice and still had issues. I could no longer edit it. I am also not seeing a delete option too.
Re: HopTab – Open source macOS app switcher and tiler that replaces Cmd+Tab
#38Earlier quoted context omitted.
There is AltTab[0] (free and open-source) also, to get a windows-ish windows management on macOS. [0] https://github.com/lwouis/alt-tab-macos
I’ve switched to macOS from Windows 8 years ago and I still find window management completely unusable without AltTab. The thing is, on a French keyboard layout you can’t even use cmd+backtick to switch between windows if the same application, it doesn’t work. Separating cmd+tab and cmd+backtick is moronic, but it’s not even possible if you’re not using a qwerty keyboard. AltTab and Maccy are the 2 apps I can’t live…
> it’s not even possible if you’re not using a qwerty keyboard
Well… it used to be possible.
I was using an AZERTY keyboard in my youth, and was definitely able to switch windows using cmd-. (I just tried, it is indeed not possible anymore as per my limited testing, for some reason…)
> Separating cmd+tab and cmd+backtick is moronic
Not for my taste. I like the app-centric worldview. I can understand that not everybody does though.
Re: HopTab – Open source macOS app switcher and tiler that replaces Cmd+Tab
#39I have a really wide screen (52') and all these window managment apps fails for me at the point that I only can divide the screen in thirds or halfs. Thirds for three apps is too small, halfes to large. I need custom areas like 3/7, 3/7, 1/7. The only app which i found which this offers is 1piece
Is humblebragcomplain a word? ;)
I like to call it "suffering from success" from the meme
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/subcultures/suffering-from-su...
Re: HopTab – Open source macOS app switcher and tiler that replaces Cmd+Tab
#40Earlier quoted context omitted.
https://github.com/jordanbaird/Ice Try this. I am not affiliated in anyway. It's my must have macos app.
Doesn’t work anymore since Tahoe
Thaw is the fork that has been updated and currently still maintained.