KWin tiling script with scrolling. Works especially well with ultrawide screens. Use with this for animations.
demo.mp4
Karousel works differently from most tiling window managers in that it does not maximize the width of windows, as this can be undesirable with wider screens, where it results in excessively wide windows that require large return sweeps when reading their content. Instead, it leaves the width of windows to the user's control. This additionally prevents unprompted reflow of window content.
Windows are automatically centered when possible. And when running out of width, windows can be scrolled through horizontally.
Similar window managers include PaperWM, Niri, and Cardboard.
Karousel requires the following QML modules:
- QtQuick 2.15
- org.kde.kwin 3.0
- org.kde.notification 1.0
- Doesn't support multiple screens
- Doesn't support windows on all desktops
- Doesn't support windows on multiple activities
The key bindings can be configured in KDE System Settings among KWin's own keyboard shortcuts. Here's the default ones:
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Meta+Space | Toggle floating |
| Meta+A | Move focus left |
| Meta+D | Move focus right (Clashes with default KDE shortcuts, may require manual remapping) |
| Meta+W | Move focus up (Clashes with default KDE shortcuts, may require manual remapping) |
| Meta+S | Move focus down (Clashes with default KDE shortcuts, may require manual remapping) |
| Meta+Home | Move focus to start |
| Meta+End | Move focus to end |
| Meta+Shift+A | Move window left (Moves window out of and into columns) |
| Meta+Shift+D | Move window right (Moves window out of and into columns) |
| Meta+Shift+W | Move window up |
| Meta+Shift+S | Move window down |
| Meta+Shift+Home | Move window to start |
| Meta+Shift+End | Move window to end |
| Meta+X | Toggle stacked layout for focused column (One window in the column visible, others shaded; not supported on Wayland) |
| Meta+Ctrl+Shift+A | Move column left |
| Meta+Ctrl+Shift+D | Move column right |
| Meta+Ctrl+Shift+Home | Move column to start |
| Meta+Ctrl+Shift+End | Move column to end |
| Meta+Ctrl++ | Increase column width |
| Meta+Ctrl+- | Decrease column width |
| Meta+Ctrl+X | Equalize widths of visible columns |
| Meta+Alt+Return | Center focused window (Scrolls so that the focused window is centered in the screen) |
| Meta+Alt+A | Scroll one column to the left |
| Meta+Alt+D | Scroll one column to the right |
| Meta+Alt+PgUp | Scroll left |
| Meta+Alt+PgDown | Scroll right |
| Meta+Alt+Home | Scroll to start |
| Meta+Alt+End | Scroll to end |
| Meta+[N] | Move focus to column N (Clashes with default KDE shortcuts, may require manual remapping) |
| Meta+Shift+[N] | Move window to column N (Requires manual remapping according to your keyboard layout, e.g. Meta+Shift+1 -> Meta+!) |
| Meta+Ctrl+Shift+[N] | Move column to position N (Requires manual remapping according to your keyboard layout, e.g. Meta+Ctrl+Shift+1 -> Meta+Ctrl+!) |
| Meta+Ctrl+Shift+F[N] | Move column to desktop N |
| Meta+Ctrl+Shift+Alt+F[N] | Move this and all following columns to desktop N |