Bug 513259

Summary:	Dynamic tiling windows management in KDE Plasma KWin
Product:	[Plasma] kwin	Reporter:	marc <marc_smith>
Component:	Custom Tiling	Assignee:	KWin default assignee <kwin-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	filip.kendes1, jxftw2424, mihawk.90+kdebugs, nate, notmart, postix
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description marc 2025-12-12 18:15:59 UTC

This is feature request for **dynamic window tiling** native to KWin. 
For now I am using Kronkhite, which is OK, but it's nowhere near native solutions like Hyprland (although it is a WM only).
I think KDE Plasma with it's fantastic potential can fill the growing niche for people who love consistency of desktop environment and functionality and flexibility of tiling window manager.
I know Plasma does offer some tiling functionality, but it is very limited, so options offered by WMs like DWM or Hyprland would be absolute game changer for many people who don't want to use WMs and figure out how to connect random building blocks together, but would rather stay in consistent desktop experience with all the great things tiling gives.

Thanks!

Comment 1 Filip 2025-12-12 19:24:25 UTC

*** Bug 503563 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 2 Filip 2025-12-12 19:24:34 UTC

*** Bug 467583 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3 Filip 2025-12-12 19:30:47 UTC

Closed 2 older bugs as duplicate of this one, couldn't find one in the past that was closed/resolved which I'm sure these are multiple so I decided to have this one as main since it's the newest.

I think the stance on this is won't do if I remember correctly, but I'll leave this to kwin devs. I would personally like to se this built into kwin natively, not just with plugins like Krohnkite.

Comment 4 postix 2025-12-12 19:55:55 UTC

> decided to have this one as main since it's the newest.
I don't know if it's a written rule, but usually you take the *oldest*, because later ones are dups of the first one.

Comment 5 Nate Graham 2025-12-12 21:03:06 UTC

Yes, that's generally the case. Fixing this up.

Comment 6 Nate Graham 2025-12-12 21:03:25 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 467583 ***

Comment 7 Filip 2025-12-12 22:04:19 UTC

Yeah, that is the rule. I just pushed this one as main so it's more visible because the oldest one is 2 years old still in reported state so probably harder to find, but that might be just a me problem.

Other way around works too.