New Dwindle layout dispatchers: movewindowsplit and swapsplit

[11xx]

• swapsplit
  There's swapwindow but it is only directional and for individual windows, it's easier to hit e.g. SUPER + S to swap the two siblings of a node, similar to togglesplit.

• movewindowsplit
movewindow feels limited based on what, on theory, Dwindle can do: On moving a window from and to a split using directions, instead of mostly swaping like swapwindow it should split the target window, almost like how it is with a mouse drag&drop.

Here's an example of what is possible on bspwm using a script:

movewindowsplit.mp4

This movement of window in the video is based on:

1. If the direction chosen is within a split/node and there's a sibling in that direction, swap them
2. If the direction chosen is within a split/node and there is no sibling in that direction, either:
   a. Toggle the split orientation/Toggle the split orientation the other way (swapping the split)
   b. Move the window creating a new split on the target node

'2a' wouldn't make much difference and could just be a normal split instead?

I tried going around a script for both the information about the nodes/splits is limited, there's no reliable way of knowing which windows are siblings other than the ones that share a x or y coord, and even so there's no directional split, only the mouse can do something close.

[vaxerski]

Yeah, the point no. 2 is planned.

[truongan]

Currently the logic for movewindow (

Hyprland/src/managers/KeybindManager.cpp

Line 1123 in 50755d2

const auto PWINDOWTOCHANGETO = g_pCompositor->getWindowInDirection(PLASTWINDOW, arg);

) and swapwindow (

Hyprland/src/managers/KeybindManager.cpp

Line 1123 in 50755d2

const auto PWINDOWTOCHANGETO = g_pCompositor->getWindowInDirection(PLASTWINDOW, arg);

) dispatch is very similar when swapping/moving to the a direction on the same workspace.

I'm curious how far has the plan for no.2 has progressed 'cause it seem like a very good idea.

[g-libardi]

Any news on this? Its a valuable feature that is present in other popular TWM as qtile and i3

[11xx]

This was based on a very early version. They're implemented (swapsplit added and movewindow behaving as intended). It's pretty good.

Though as a side note I'd still prefer something like bubblemv script for bspwm or what Cosmic Desktop seems to be going for with the directional split and swapping part. But I also didn't feel the need to change this on Hyprland anymore because it's working fine.

[g-libardi]

Oh, thank you for your answer, didn't know this was implemented, I will update my config.