interesting! blogged about it: http://xmonad.wordpress.com/2009/03/04/xmonad-as-a-multi-head-sliding-block-... miles:

I'd like to be able to visualize my workspaces laid out on a 2D grid with my two monitors showing a horizontal slice like so, _________ _________ | | | | | 1 | | 2 | |_________| |_________| _________ _________ | | | | | 3 | | 4 | <- 3 and 4 mapped to left and right monitor |_________| |_________| _________ _________ | | | | | 5 | | 6 | |_________| |_________|

where workspaces 3 and 4 are visible on the monitors as shown.

As well as the xmonad standard of switching workspaces independently on each screen, I would also like to be able to switch both in lockstep with wrapping around at the top and bottom, ie. a linked switch "up" would get me,

_________ _________ | | | | | 5 | | 6 | |_________| |_________| _________ _________ | | | | | 1 | | 2 | <- 1 and 2 mapped to left and right monitor |_________| |_________| _________ _________ | | | | | 3 | | 4 | |_________| |_________|

In addition I would also like to be able to swap the two visible workspaces between the monitors, ie. a "swap" would get me,

_________ _________ | | | | | 5 | | 6 | |_________| |_________| _________ _________ | | | | | 2 | | 1 | <- 2 and 1 mapped to left and right monitor |_________| |_________| _________ _________ | | | | | 3 | | 4 | |_________| |_________|

Nb. I want the standard single monitor switching behaviour as well, allowing an unlinked switch "down" on the left monitor to result in,

_________ _________ | | | | | 2 | | 6 | |_________| |_________| _________ _________ | | | | | 3 | | 1 | <- 3 and 1 mapped to left and right monitor |_________| |_________| _________ _________ | | | | | 5 | | 4 | |_________| |_________|

In short I want to be able to treat my workspaces and monitors as a kind of sliding block puzzle ;-)

I haven't been able to find any layouts which do exactly this, but I'm sure that it's perfectly possible with xmonad. If there is actually something close and I've missed it, then pointers would be very much appreciated. Otherwise hints on where to start to do this myself would be extremely helpful.

Cheers,

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