Amethyst

Amethyst Tiling window manager for macOS along the lines of xmonad. If you want to learn more about tiling window managers and the features of Amethyst there are some great community resources on YouTube. Boost your MacOS PRODUCTIVITY with Amethyst | Tiling Window Manager Getting Amethyst Amethyst is available for direct download on the releases page or using homebrew cask. brew install --cask amethyst Note: that Amethyst now is only supported on macOS 10.15+. Using Amethyst Amethyst must be given permissions to use the accessibility APIs in the Privacy & Security tab, Privacy -> Accessibilty. Important note: You will probably want to disable Automatically rearrange Spaces based on most recent use (found under Mission Control in System Preferences). This setting is enabled by default, and will cause your Spaces to swap places based on use. This makes keyboard navigation between Spaces unpredictable. or run in a terminal: defaults write com.apple.dock workspaces-auto-swoosh -bool NO killall Dock Troubleshooting See Troubleshooting for some common issues. Configuration Keyboard Shortcuts Amethyst uses two modifier combinations (mod1 and mod2) and can optionally use another two (mod3 and mod4). Default Shortcut Description mod1 option + shift mod2 ctrl + option + shift mod3 not defined by default mod4 not defined by default And defines the following commands, mostly a mapping to xmonad key combinations. Default Shortcut Description mod1 + space Cycle layout forward mod2 + space Cycle layout backwards mod1 + h Shrink the main pane mod1 + l Expand the main pane mod1 + , Increase main pane count mod1 + . Decrease main pane count mod1 + j Move focus counter clockwise mod1 + k Move focus clockwise mod1 + p Move focus to counter clockwise screen mod1 + n Move focus to clockwise screen mod2 + h Swap focused window to counter clockwise screen mod2 + l Swap focused window to clockwise screen mod2 + j Swap focused window counter clockwise mod2 + k Swap focused window clockwise mod1 + enter Swap focused window with main window mod1 + z Force windows to be reevaluated mod2 + z Relaunch Amethyst mod2 + left Throw focused window to space left mod2 + right Throw focused window to space right mod2 + 1 Throw focused window to space 1 mod2 + 2 Throw focused window to space 2 mod2 + 3 Throw focused window to space 3 mod2 + 4 Throw focused window to space 4 mod2 + 5 Throw focused window to space 5 mod2 + 6 Throw focused window to space 6 mod2 + 7 Throw focused window to space 7 mod2 + 8 Throw focused window to space 8 mod2 + 9 Throw focused window to space 9 mod2 + 0 Throw focused window to space 10 none Throw focused window to space 11 none Throw focused window to space 12 none Throw focused window to space 13 none Throw focused window to space 14 none Throw focused window to space 15 none Throw focused window to space 16 mod1 + w Focus Screen 1 mod2 + w Throw focused window to screen 1 mod1 + e Focus Screen 2 mod2 + e Throw focused window to screen 2 mod1 + r Focus Screen 3 mod2 + r Throw focused window to screen 3 mod1 + q Focus Screen 4 mod2 + q Throw focused window to screen 4 mod1 + g Focus Screen 5 mod2 + g Throw focused window to screen 5 mod1 + t Toggle float for focused window mod1 + i Display current layout mod2 + t Toggle global tiling mod1 + a Select tall layout none Select tall-right layout mod1 + s Select wide layout none Select middle-wide layout mod1 + d Select fullscreen layout mod1 + f Select column layout none Select row layout none Select floating layout none Select widescreen-tall layout none Select bsp layout Available Layouts Amethyst allows you to cycle among several different window layouts. Layouts can also be enabled/disabled to control whether they appear in the cycle sequence at all. Tall The default layout. This gives you one "main pane" on the left, and one other pane on the right. By default, one window is placed in the main pane (extending the full height of the screen), and all remaining windows are placed in the other pane. If either pane has more than one window, that pane will be evenly split into rows, to show them all. You can use the keyboard shortcuts above to control which window(s), and how many, are in the main pane, as well as the horizontal size of the main pane vs. the other pane. Tall-Right Exactly the same as Tall, but the main pane is on the right, with the other pane on the left. Wide The rotated version of Tall, where the main pane is on the top (extending the full width of the screen), and the other pane is on the bottom. If either pane has more than one window, that pane will split into columns instead of rows. Two Pane This layout has two visible panes - the main and the secondary pane. The window in the main pane is pinned, just like in other layouts, and all the remaining windows are placed in the other pane with only one window being visible at a time, which can be swapped (using the keyboard shortcuts). This layout automatically adapts to horizontal/vertical tiling depending on your screen orientation. The main pane is on the left in the horizontal orientation and it's on the top in the vertical orientation. Two Pane Right Exactly the same as Two Pane, but the main pane is on the right, with the other pane on the left. 3Column-Left A three-column version of Tall, with one main pane on the left (extending the full height of the screen) and two other panes, one in the middle and one on the right. Like Tall, if any pane has more than one window, that pane will be split into rows. You can control how many windows are in the main pane as usual; other windows will be assigned as evenly as possible between the other two panes. 3Column-Middle Exactly like 3Column-Left, but the main pane is in the middle, with the other panes on either side. (In previous versions of Amethyst, this layout was known as Middle-