I modified combineTwoP and Property. http://hpaste.org/45435/combinetwoqb New name is combineTwoQB Now windows use full screen space always! (It was bug in combineTwoP, when all windows are in one pane only) Now you can use IsDialog property to detect dialog windows. Version with simplified config: http://hpaste.org/45439/combinetwoqb data Property = Title String | ClassName String | Resource String | Role String -- ^ WM_WINDOW_ROLE property | Machine String -- ^ WM_CLIENT_MACHINE property | And Property Property | Or Property Property | Not Property | IsDialog -- ^^^^^ _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_DIALOG | AtomProperty String String | Const Bool deriving (Read, Show) infixr 9 `And` infixr 8 `Or` -- | Does given window have this property? hasProperty :: Property -> Window -> X Bool hasProperty (Title s) w = withDisplay $ \d -> fmap (Just s ==) $ io $ fetchName d w hasProperty (Resource s) w = withDisplay $ \d -> fmap ((==) s . resName ) $ io $ getClassHint d w hasProperty (ClassName s) w = withDisplay $ \d -> fmap ((==) s . resClass) $ io $ getClassHint d w hasProperty (Role s) w = withDisplay $ \d -> fmap ((==) (Just s)) $ getStringProperty d w "WM_WINDOW_ROLE" hasProperty (Machine s) w = withDisplay $ \d -> fmap ((==) (Just s)) $ getStringProperty d w "WM_CLIENT_MACHINE" hasProperty (IsDialog) w = hasProperty (AtomProperty "_NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE" "_NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_DIALOG") w hasProperty (AtomProperty sKey sValue) w = withDisplay $ \d -> checkAtomProperty d w sKey sValue hasProperty (And p1 p2) w = do { r1 <- hasProperty p1 w; r2 <- hasProperty p2 w; return $ r1 && r2 } hasProperty (Or p1 p2) w = do { r1 <- hasProperty p1 w; r2 <- hasProperty p2 w; return $ r1 || r2 } hasProperty (Not p1) w = do { r1 <- hasProperty p1 w; return $ not r1 } hasProperty (Const b) _ = return b -- | Does the focused window have this property? focusedHasProperty :: Property -> X Bool focusedHasProperty p = do ws <- gets windowset let ms = W.stack $ W.workspace $ W.current ws case ms of Just s -> hasProperty p $ W.focus s Nothing -> return False -- | Find all existing windows with specified property allWithProperty :: Property -> X [Window] allWithProperty prop = withDisplay $ \dpy -> do rootw <- asks theRoot (_,_,wins) <- io $ queryTree dpy rootw hasProperty prop `filterM` wins -- | Convert property to 'Query' 'Bool' (see "XMonad.ManageHook") propertyToQuery :: Property -> Query Bool propertyToQuery (Title s) = title =? s propertyToQuery (Resource s) = resource =? s propertyToQuery (ClassName s) = className =? s propertyToQuery (Role s) = stringProperty "WM_WINDOW_ROLE" =? s propertyToQuery (Machine s) = stringProperty "WM_CLIENT_MACHINE" =? s propertyToQuery (IsDialog) = propertyToQuery (AtomProperty "_NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE" "_NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_DIALOG") propertyToQuery (AtomProperty k v) = (ask >>= (\w -> liftX $ withDisplay $ \d -> checkAtomProperty d w k v)) =? True propertyToQuery (And p1 p2) = propertyToQuery p1 <&&> propertyToQuery p2 propertyToQuery (Or p1 p2) = propertyToQuery p1 <||> propertyToQuery p2 propertyToQuery (Not p) = not `fmap` propertyToQuery p propertyToQuery (Const b) = return b -- $helpers -- | Get a window property from atom getProp32 :: Atom -> Window -> X (Maybe [CLong]) getProp32 a w = withDisplay $ \dpy -> io $ getWindowProperty32 dpy a w -- | Get a window property from string getProp32s :: String -> Window -> X (Maybe [CLong]) getProp32s str w = do { a <- getAtom str; getProp32 a w } checkAtomProperty d w sKey sValue = do sk <- getAtom sKey sv <- getAtom sValue md <- io $ getWindowProperty32 d sk w case md of Just mm -> if (fromIntegral sv `elem` mm) then return True else return False _ ->return False data SwapWindow = SwapWindow -- ^ Swap window between panes | SwapWindowN Int -- ^ Swap window between panes in the N-th nested ComboP. @SwapWindowN 0@ equals to SwapWindow deriving (Read, Show, Typeable) instance Message SwapWindow data CombineTwoQB l l1 l2 a = C2P [a] [a] [a] l (l1 a) (l2 a) Property deriving (Read, Show) combineTwoQB :: (LayoutClass super(), LayoutClass l1 Window, LayoutClass l2 Window) => super () -> l1 Window -> l2 Window -> Property -> CombineTwoQB (super ()) l1 l2 Window combineTwoQB = C2P [] [] [] instance (LayoutClass l (), LayoutClass l1 Window, LayoutClass l2 Window) => LayoutClass (CombineTwoQB (l ()) l1 l2) Window where doLayout (C2P f w1 w2 super l1 l2 prop) rinput s = let origws = W.integrate s -- passed in windows w1c = origws `intersect` w1 -- current windows in the first pane w2c = origws `intersect` w2 -- current windows in the second pane new = origws \\ (w1c ++ w2c) -- new windows superstack = Just Stack { W.focus=(), up=[], down=[()] } f' = W.focus s:delete (W.focus s) f -- list of focused windows, contains 2 elements at most in do matching <- (hasProperty prop) `filterM` new -- new windows matching predecate let w1' = w1c ++ (new \\ matching) -- updated first pane windows w2' = w2c ++ matching -- updated second pane windows s1 = differentiate f' w1' -- first pane stack s2 = differentiate f' w2' -- second pane stack if not (null w1' || null w2') then do ([((),r1),((),r2)], msuper') <- runLayout (Workspace "" super superstack) rinput (wrs1, ml1') <- runLayout (Workspace "" l1 s1) r1 (wrs2, ml2') <- runLayout (Workspace "" l2 s2) r2 (return (wrs1++wrs2, Just $ C2P f' w1' w2' (maybe super id msuper') (maybe l1 id ml1') (maybe l2 id ml2') prop)) else case (w1' ++ w2') of [] -> do l1' <- maybe l1 id `fmap` handleMessage l1 (SomeMessage ReleaseResources) l2' <- maybe l2 id `fmap` handleMessage l2 (SomeMessage ReleaseResources) super' <- maybe super id `fmap` handleMessage super (SomeMessage ReleaseResources) (return ([], Just $ C2P [] [] [] super' l1' l2' prop)) [w] -> do l1' <- maybe l1 id `fmap` handleMessage l1 (SomeMessage ReleaseResources) l2' <- maybe l2 id `fmap` handleMessage l2 (SomeMessage ReleaseResources) super' <- maybe super id `fmap` handleMessage super (SomeMessage ReleaseResources) (return ([(w,rinput)], Just $ C2P [w] [w] [] super' l1' l2' prop)) ww -> do ([((),r1),((),r2)], msuper') <- runLayout (Workspace "" super superstack) rinput (wrs1, ml1') <- runLayout (Workspace "" l1 s1) rinput (wrs2, ml2') <- runLayout (Workspace "" l2 s2) rinput (return (wrs1++wrs2, Just $ C2P f' w1' w2' (maybe super id msuper') (maybe l1 id ml1') (maybe l2 id ml2') prop)) handleMessage us@(C2P f ws1 ws2 super l1 l2 prop) m | Just SwapWindow <- fromMessage m = swap us | Just (SwapWindowN 0) <- fromMessage m = swap us | Just (SwapWindowN n) <- fromMessage m = forwardToFocused us $ SomeMessage $ SwapWindowN $ n-1 | Just (MoveWindowToWindow w1 w2) <- fromMessage m, w1 `elem` ws1, w2 `elem` ws2 = return $ Just $ C2P f (delete w1 ws1) (w1:ws2) super l1 l2 prop | Just (MoveWindowToWindow w1 w2) <- fromMessage m, w1 `elem` ws2, w2 `elem` ws1 = return $ Just $ C2P f (w1:ws1) (delete w1 ws2) super l1 l2 prop | otherwise = do ml1' <- handleMessage l1 m ml2' <- handleMessage l2 m msuper' <- handleMessage super m if isJust msuper' || isJust ml1' || isJust ml2' then return $ Just $ C2P f ws1 ws2 (maybe super id msuper') (maybe l1 id ml1') (maybe l2 id ml2') prop else return Nothing description (C2P _ _ _ super l1 l2 prop) = "CC0" --"combining " ++ description l1 ++ " and " ++ description l2 ++ " with " ++ description super ++ " using "++ (show prop) -- send focused window to the other pane. Does nothing if we don't -- own the focused window swap :: (LayoutClass s a, LayoutClass l1 Window, LayoutClass l2 Window) => CombineTwoQB (s a) l1 l2 Window -> X (Maybe (CombineTwoQB (s a) l1 l2 Window)) swap (C2P f ws1 ws2 super l1 l2 prop) = do mst <- gets (W.stack . W.workspace . W.current . windowset) let (ws1', ws2') = case mst of Nothing -> (ws1, ws2) Just st -> if foc `elem` ws1 then (foc `delete` ws1, foc:ws2) else if foc `elem` ws2 then (foc:ws1, foc `delete` ws2) else (ws1, ws2) where foc = W.focus st if (ws1,ws2) == (ws1',ws2') then return Nothing else return $ Just $ C2P f ws1' ws2' super l1 l2 prop -- forwards the message to the sublayout which contains the focused window forwardToFocused :: (LayoutClass l1 Window, LayoutClass l2 Window, LayoutClass s a) => CombineTwoQB (s a) l1 l2 Window -> SomeMessage -> X (Maybe (CombineTwoQB (s a) l1 l2 Window)) forwardToFocused (C2P f ws1 ws2 super l1 l2 prop) m = do ml1 <- forwardIfFocused l1 ws1 m ml2 <- forwardIfFocused l2 ws2 m ms <- if isJust ml1 || isJust ml2 then return Nothing else handleMessage super m if isJust ml1 || isJust ml2 || isJust ms then return $ Just $ C2P f ws1 ws2 (maybe super id ms) (maybe l1 id ml1) (maybe l2 id ml2) prop else return Nothing -- forwards message m to layout l if focused window is among w forwardIfFocused :: (LayoutClass l Window) => l Window -> [Window] -> SomeMessage -> X (Maybe (l Window)) forwardIfFocused l w m = do mst <- gets (W.stack . W.workspace . W.current . windowset) maybe (return Nothing) send mst where send st = if (W.focus st) `elem` w then handleMessage l m else return Nothing -- code from CombineTwo -- given two sets of zs and xs takes the first z from zs that also belongs to xs -- and turns xs into a stack with z being current element. Acts as -- StackSet.differentiate if zs and xs don't intersect differentiate :: Eq q => [q] -> [q] -> Maybe (Stack q) differentiate (z:zs) xs | z `elem` xs = Just $ Stack { W.focus=z , up = reverse $ takeWhile (/=z) xs , down = tail $ dropWhile (/=z) xs } | otherwise = differentiate zs xs differentiate [] xs = W.differentiate xs myManageHook0 = composeAll -- help1: run: xprop | grep WM_CLASS -- help2: run: xprop | egrep "CLASS|NAME" [ -- manage hooks appName =? "gimp" --> doFloat , isFullscreen --> doFullFloat -------for flash in ff -------, isDialog --> doCenterFloat ------------, isDialog --> doSink --------------------------------------------------------------- -----, propertyToQuery (IsDialog) --> doSink , propertyToQuery (myDialogs) --> doSink ] --where moveTo = doF . W.shift --where moveTo = doShift where moveTo = doF . liftM2 (.) W.greedyView W.shift --myManageHook = myManageHook0 <+> manageDocks <+> manageHook gnomeConfig myManageHook = myManageHook0 <+> manageDocks <+> manageHook defaultConfig doSink :: ManageHook doSink = ask >>= \w -> liftX (reveal w) >> doF (W.sink w) myTabbed0 = tabbed shrinkText defaultTheme myTabbed = combineTwoQB (Mirror (Tall 1 (3/100) (3/5))) (myTabbed0) (myTabbed0) (myDialogs) myDialogs = (IsDialog) `Or` (ClassName "Dialog") `Or` (ClassName "dialog") `Or` (ClassName "Toplevel") `Or` (ClassName "Chat") `Or` (ClassName "Message") --myTabber is resulted layout. you must not import standard Property -- to use my combineTwoQB -- (i use xmonad 0.9) -- Best regards, Michael