grout

A simple tiling window manager for Windows, written in Rust. Inspired by Budgie's Window Shuffler grid functionality.

• Demo
• Download
• Usage
• Config

Demo

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Download

• Download executable from latest release

Usage

• Run

  grout.exe

  or

  cargo run

  . Program will run in the background and options can be accessed by right clicking the system tray icon.
• Activate the windowing grid with hotkey

  CRTL + ALT + S

  .
• Increase / decrease grid rows / columns with

  CTRL + arrows

  .
• Hovering cursor over the grid will show a preview of that zone in the window.
• Select a window you want resized, then click on a tile in the grid. Window will resize to that zone.
• Hold

  SHIFT

  down while hovering after a selection, zone will increase in size across all tiles. Select again to resize to larger zone.
• Resizing can also be achieved by click-drag-release. Click & hold cursor down, drag cursor across multiple tiles and release to make selection.
• F1 - F6 can be used to toggle between saved profiles. F1 is the default profile loaded when program is first started.

Config

See example config in the wiki for a full list of all options.

• A configuration file will be created at

  %APPDATA%\grout\config.yml

  that can be customized. You can also open the config file from the system tray icon.