GlazeWM - Windows Tiling Management
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- Опубликовано: 12 апр 2024
- GlazeWM is a powerful tiling window manager for Windows, designed to enhance productivity by allowing users to efficiently manage their windows and workspaces through keyboard-driven commands. This guide will walk you through the installation process and introduce you to some of the most commonly used hotkeys in GlazeWM.
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Hey! I'm one of the two core developers working on GlazeWM. Just wanted to say thank you for checking out the project ❤ We saw a ton of people downloading and joining the discord the last couple of days but weren't sure where everyone was coming from
We just announced a big revamp of the WM that'll (hopefully) be coming in a month or two. The goal is to make Windows as customizable as possible and we're cooking up some other projects that we'll be sharing on our discord in the future
Thank you for creating Glaze, I've used it for over a year now and its great. Question, Is there a config option in the yaml file that will allow me to disable tiling for a second monitor?
@@brandenmorin2550 You can press alt+shift+space to enable floating for any app, otherwise no I don't know any other way to do that.
make an option to autoamtically turn off the animation of opening windows, i want it snappy like arch oones lol
Best WM for windows ...
Just a small question
if I have to put conditional statements in config , how do i do that
Suppose Battery < 20% , i want the battery percentage to turn to red
wow it's nice, thanks for creating :)
Dude, thank you so much for introducing the GlazeWM - my life will never be the same!
I knew it it was just matter of time to Titus discover this thing. Havent used windows for a while (cuz arch by the way) but when I do definietly will give it a shot.
I’m loving glaze I’ve got it looking similar to what your dwm looks like on Linux, icons for the workspace, apps open up on there specified workspace
I've been using it since December. It's really great software
Great TWM! Using it for a while now. Missing some features (like layouts) but the built-in bar and components are great.
For those on macOS-Amethyst is an excellent and transformative application for window tiling. I don’t really use hot keys for individual application launching (I use Alfred), but for an xmonad inspired tiling experience, it’s awesome. For the chef’s kiss, hide your dock and your menu bar-productivity perfection.
This is fantastic. Thank you for the video!
FYI: GlazeWM has moderate modal functionality; it is nowhere near vim's functionality (or emacs' evil-mode), but it provides some nice flexibility. More specifically, it by default comes with a "resize" binding mode, which has the vim keys you were talking about. As another example, I set up an "insert" binding mode which I can manually toggle when on Emacs, so executing something like M-! doesn't move the focused window to the first workspace. There's also ways to externally send commands to GlazeWM via CLI or IPC, so if you wanted to you could probably automate switching the current binding mode.
nice vid chris!
winget is amazing! It's my default go-to for installing softwares on Windows, for the more generally available ones, like your usual browsers, like Chrome, Firefox, Vivaldi, Brave etc. game launchers like Steam, Heroic, EGS, development tools/IDEs like VSCode, communication tools like Discord, Zoom etc. It is great, I don't have to navigate to some website to download them anymore
About to try it now
I’ve got the same key bindings on Arch+i3 too. Definitely going to check it out
This is amazing! Ever since i started using i3wm in Linux, I dreaded opening Windows and accidentally hitting the wrong hotkeys lol
This is seriously cool.
From my tests, I've experienced a few issues. Sometimes windows don't properly scale into the available space and overflow on the other monitor/beyond the visible space, it accommodates empty space for elevated windows it can't tile, but if it's elevated it also elevates hotkey programs so that's not a good solution. Plus, the tray function is half-baked, it's missing an option to autohide on start and to reorganize the icons. It's promising but it still needs some work.
Hello, could you please share a video showcasing your windows custom settings? Your current windows theme looks great!
Chris nice video.
omg finally some decent solution for windows tiling on windows
Great Software! Hope this lands in the WinUtil
Good video!
This is good, I've set it with ALT+W to open thorium and it just flies, much like I3 except for windows memory weight.
Thanks chris the other day i asked you to make a video on how to make a config for glazeWM and I installed windows 11 back on my computer on a separate hard drive to install glazeWM with your config on it so now I have a dualboot with Ubuntu and windows 11
do chris use any of the handhelds at the moment? i wonder if he install linux on them.
There's a similar project for MacOS too, it's called Aerospace. I love it.
hyprland for windows? (edit: I don't care about animations in Hyprland - I want automated window arrangement, keybindings for moving windows around and start a handful of apps I actually use).
without the animations
@@distant6606literally the strongest point of Hyprland, so no, is not Hyprland for windows, more like i3
@@m0r4ag thats what i said bro, you misunderstood my comment
@@distant6606 i actually wanted to reply the OP but my brain was too small to notice that I was tagging you
@@m0r4ag ah happens to all of us no probs 😆
does anyone know the font name Chris uses for the browser its very unique and i really like it.
@ChrisTitusTech do you think microsoft will ever focus more on the "system" aspect of operating system in regards to Windows
is it possible to to a three window set up with two vertical, and then the last off to the side taking up full height? i tried and there doesn't seem an apparent way to do that
Long time ago there were a few WM like LiteStep that replace Explorer , you can make a video about that.
reminds me of Talisman also.
I've really been missing having alternate window managers in the win10 era, they all seem to have died off? Would be interested in more maintained working examples.
@@bigli Lite step should still kinda exist through some fork if i'm not mistaken. I would still call it dead tho, cause development is stuck.
I really loved bbLean.
Used GlazeWM for a while, even themed it with a Catppuccin colour palette. Pretty smooth experience with most of the windows, but gaming was a huge headache for me, as I had to manually edit in the names of the games' binary files into GlazeWM's ignore list in order for those fullscreen windows to actually open. Some games won't work even after being added into the ignore list, forcing me to close GlazeWM in order to play them. There was also the problem of elevated processes requiring the WM to be elevated as well. It's a good tool, but unfortunately it couldn't be great because Windows is, well, Windows.
Hooray tiling for windows.
I loved GlazeWM, but it would be perfect if I could move windows with a mouse instead of keyboard only, actually resizing can be made flawlessly with a mouse with GlazeWM, and I love the fact that I can disable the top bar. Another thing that's bad is if you have multiple monitors, every program will open in the main monitor, making you to need to press ALT+SHIFT+ARROWKEYS to move to the second monitor if the first one is full.
One more thing that makes the experience more Linux or even MacOS-like, installing flowlauncer , it gives you a launchbox like linux/macos so it kinda clones that. you do have to rebind it to something like meta+space because alt+space and alt+shift+space is already bound, no biggie though!
Hey Chris, could you do another video explaining extensively how to tile windows using glazewm. I'm trying to tile my windows in a grid format but have no clue how to do that.
I will try this and use AltSnap along with it.
Letss gooo!
I do have to admit, even on a 4k TV as a monitor, 20px is WAY too much. I don't like gaps to begin with so I set it to 0 in the first place
Looks interesting. Might actually make Win a bit more usable.
How did you create the custom greeting in Powershell?
completely off topic question, anyone's welcome to answer, is there any real difference between ungoogled chromium over thorium? its just what I've been using as a 2nd browser.
Bro i just have tried hyperland but had some boot issues with my laptop hp victus.. i need to go windows because of work sometimes but now i can do fancy keyboard stuff on windows
What's that top bar?
same here I NEED to know
That is part of GlazeWM it shows the tray and workspaces
pretty sure its just a customized version of the glazewm builtin bar
i think its part of glazewm
How can I add the top task bar like him?
Thinking about switching to Linux because of problems of windows and that I want to use Tilling WM.
Should i just use windows TWM or try linux? My problem is I could spend too much time configuring games or the OS to my liking and fewer bugs.
what games do you play?
just do a typical dual boot setup and try it out yourself. i personally have both on the same physical drive without any issues and use windows only for gaming and gamedev
@@Rayyan-hi2ge there is not an usual. I play like all games regulary. From pvp like OV2 to singleplayer games like skyrim, fallout 4, The Forest, Kenshi and i want to try the newer ones too
@@raianmr2843 I allready tried linux a bit on my laptop. The only thing annoying is that you have to configure allot of stuff. I would also like to only go with one.
@@dageta7742if u just play ow2? As online title and dont really use specific apps, then linux might just be a way better experience, either way you could dual boot and have best of both worlds, once you like one and dont feel like having 2 oses removing either, by then is not hard to do also.
Does it use much RAM/CPU or is it very lightweight?
It still has Windows underneath, this is just a program on top.
It's pretty hefty on RAM, it's just running on top of Windows, a single additional process, no deeper integrations. You'll want to build a system on Debian/Arch from the beginning if you want it to be as light on resources as possible.
the program itself uses about 80MB of ram on my system
WHAT IS THAT TOP STATUS BAR???
ive never used linux, just use regular windows. found the config file and opened it with notepad++. adjusted the insane gaps, but i dont see where you disable the bar. how to make it so i can move my windows freely? made me super dumb tbh
I was expecting it to be a linux thing, but then you said window, and my brain found that to sound off, how would there be a window manager in Windows, so uncommon, but so cool
You didn't read the video's title?
It's not a window manager like on Linux, it's more of a window organizer. Very hackily tacked on, like everything in Windows. The moment you close it you're back to regular Windows experience.
I'm assuming this wouldn't work on WSL2 kitty terminal window?
Since it's not a normal windows window.
why would your terminal matter for a wm ?
you want to run this wm inside your wsl2?
that would not be possible
GlazeWM is actually the funniest name lmao
Just mentioning "komorebi" tiling WM written in rust. However, the license isn't exactly open source friendly.
Why not AHK for this & more? 😅
Show me an AHK script that does this type of window management with all it's features. No, I'm not gonna spend hours on writing my own.
I'd also like to see an AHK script that does this.
pls add to toolbox
Isn't this the same functionality as what Fancy Zones already does in the Microsoft Power Toys?
Fancy Zones is close but you have to set the zones and requires you to hold a mod key to put it in the zone. Then you also need to set global hotkeys via autohotkey or another software.
@@ChrisTitusTechThanks for the clarification on this. BTW, I love your app, but could you please add the ability to change the font size bigger? It’s too small for me. Thanks.
Huh, turns out, the way you make Windows usable again, is to make it like Linux.
the only reason I still have windows is I play VR and CSP isnt working on linux arch other than that windows is useless to me
This reminds me of the good old days where Windows felt more customizable. Even though WIndows and Mac are both shit, at least Windows gives you freedom to install and do whatever you want, which only Linux can beat.
Please explain your environment. How are you using Linux commands in PowerShell?
Probably Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)
I believe it can be installed either through the Microsoft store or winget
vim is a native command when installed, most of the others are aliases setup in the powershell profile, he explained these in other vids previously
Powershell has a lot of linux commands by default, maybe powershell 7 which is not installed by default has more. If you want vim you have to install it
which linux commands?
Those aren't Linux commands its just launching native Windows Commands that also work in Linux and other UNIX systems.
screw windows lol
can you please do a wm tier list?
i think that would bring up some intresting coments from the community lol
"screw windows", he said on a channel of a guy that writes code for Windows.
@@supra107 we all have to do things we are not proud of, why shame the guy!!
@@akak5128 No one is forcing him to do anything for Windows. Maybe take a hint that not everyone treats their OS like a tribe war and understands that Windows still has it's place in the world and could be made better.
And if you don't like a RUclipsr making videos about Windows, there are channels like Brodie Robertson or Mental Outlaw that'll tell you only what you want to hear. ;)
OwO
2nd!
I ask why I don’t feel ppl that use windows actually would want this. “Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should!”
What are you trying to say?
@@tristen_grant in layman terms it’s too the amount of ppl that would use it are far far less then the amount of windows users.
There are people that want it, so it exists and it gets used. I don't understand why it's so baffling to you. Third party software on Windows that customized the UI/UX has been around since forever.
Why don't I use mouse like a normal human being?
Because keyboard is faster, even on Windows.
I don't know, why don't you?
first
lame
@@tristen_grant your drone music is probably lame
Windows ricing? 🙊
The rapture is coming
I wouldn't call this ricing.
Windows ricing was a thing ever since it got a taskbar. It's nothing new, just the next chapter. ;)
They can glaze deez
DisplayFusion is better
Interesting, its been many years since I looked at that. I remember people installing it 10 years ago to get different desktop wallpapers on dual monitors. The feature set looks impressive now, I'll revisit it.
@@ChrisTitusTech Display Fusion has a great feature set, but recently it just started to lag and not cooperate well with other tools, so I had to ditch it.
"We can change"? We can also use Linux, my sweety :-D
Okay and who asked?
Yes, and Chris does use Linux. Did you not watch the entire video, my sweety?
We could use Linux ... But in bad case like mine where your organization have given you windows laptop, what would you do sweety ?
@@MO-fg2cm Go against the organization and demand to be able to use Linux, and after your inevitable firing blame it on the Bill Gates cabal. :P
WM belong to linux! A WM on windows is like a pizza with pineapple (and yes, i said it because i'm italian, and don't you dare complain about it). Doesn't belong to it!
Why? Every system should have tiling window management.
@@tristen_grant I don't know tristen, maybe you are right. I feel WMs are something that make linux special in many way and must belong to the penguin only. But maybe i'm wrong ^^
@glzr_io. This is great tool. I have however encountered some inconsistencies with as I used it. Working with 2 screens was a bit of a challenge. I could not slide my windows to the second screen. Sometimes when i minimize the windows disappear and I cant get them back. Switching between tiles and floating was inconsistent. However, over it is a really good tool an di hope to use it more in the future
Hello chris, can you help me with fedora linux, I need to change Grub2 for system-boot, i hate grub2 very slow to boot but system-boot is very very fast and that i liked
powertoys better
PowerToys isn't really tiling.
@@tristen_grant yes but when i launch an app it will automatically tile.