x tile X Tile

X-tile is a gnome applet for your panel (or optionally a standalone application)
that allows you to select a number of windows and tile them in different ways.

This is especially useful for comparing products in separate web pages,
or for programmers refering to documentation as they are programming.

instructions help
download download
add to gnome panel gnome
use without panel terminal

 

x-tile

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help instructions :

after installation it is possible to add the applet to the gnome panel or to run the application
from applications--accessories--x-tile.
from the x-tile main window, after selecting two or more windows it is possible to:
- click tile windows vertically to tile them vertically
- click tile windows horizontally to tile them horizontally
- click tile windows horizontally to quad tile them
- click maximize checked windows to maximize them
- click unmaximize checked windows to unmaximize them
- click close checked windows to close them

to set a blacklist of windows to never show click x-tile filter
to reload the opened windows list click reload windows list
to edit the application preferences, click the menu item edit--preferences

in case of use as an applet it is furthermore possible, right clicking upon the applet icon,
to select "tile all vertically" or "tile all horizontally" for a tiling of all opened windows
without going through the x-tile main window.

TODO: better functionality with compiz running... actually we found that the option "only current workspace" sometimes doesn't work properly with compiz running

downloaddownload :

deb package debian package (for all pc architectures) : x-tile_1.3-1_all.deb
WARNING: the applet is available in the add applet list only after logoff and logon (gnome panels restart)

tar.gz archive source code : x-tile_1.3.tar.gz
NOTE: x-tile can be easily installed on any gnome system by following the "manual-install.txt" guide
in the source archive

gnome add to the gnome panel :

right click upon a panel and select "add to panel...", then select "x tile"
from the list and click "add"

terminal use without the panel :

it is possible to:
1) use the menu item applications--accessories--x-tile
2) run x-tile from the terminal enterning x-tile --without-panel (--tile-all-vertically/--tile-all-horizontally)
3) create keyboard shortcuts in system--preferences--keyboard shortcuts clicking "add"

keyboard shortcut

supply a name like x-tile and the commands should be:
x-tile --without-panel (x-tile main window)
x-tile --tile-all-vertically (skip main window, directly tile all opened windows vertically)
x-tile --tile-all-horizontally (skip main window, directly tile all opened windows horizontally)
click "apply" and then assign the key combo of your choice.