JAjanten·Dec 3, 2021Submission
Show HN: Keypad Layout, keyboard-driven window manager for macOS
7 points · Open discussionjanten
keypad-layout
Objective-C2017–2021
janten / keypad-layout
keypad-layout
Control window layout using Ctrl + Numeric Keypad on macOS
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Control window layout using Ctrl + Numeric Keypad on macOS
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| 2017 | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 2018 | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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6 sourcesShow HN: Keypad Layout Window Manager for Mac
2 points · Open discussionI wrote a little tool that uses the Ctrl plus the numeric Keyboard to subdivide the desktop into 3x3 quadrants: https://github.com/nafest/winpad_layout
Its basically a ripoff of the macOS tool https://github.com/janten/keypad-layout
In Show HN: Grid-based window tiling for X11 with powerful keyboard controlsShow HN: Keypad Layout Window Manager for Mac
109 points · Open discussionIf anyone is looking for an alternative: I put together a grid based window manager without an UI some months ago.
https://github.com/janten/keypad-layout
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