Window tabbing

[patham9]

Fluxbox provides window tabbing where windows can be grouped together even when from different applications. Is there any plan to implement this feature in Waybox?

[keithbowes]

It's way down in my TODO list, but I'm not sure, since I'm delegating the taskbar to things like Waybar; it seems unlikely that I'll ever create a taskbar for Waybox when things like Waybar are fairly adequate (and it would be far easier to send PRs for Waybar than to create my own taskbar from scratch). Of course, the Waybar taskbar doesn't work with Waybox yet, since Waybar doesn't support the standard ext-foreign-toplevel-list-v1 but just the proprietary wlr-foreign-toplevel-management-unstable-v1 (which I'd prefer not to implement when there's a standard protocol that does the same thing); it's the same problem preventing rofi -show window from being usable as a window switcher.

[higuita]

Not sure i understand the above response... maybe wayland works differently!
We aren't talking about grouping apps in the taskbar!

So i'm writing this based on what seems to me a confusion on this request:

we are talking about group different windows in to just one window. Lets say 2 windows get merged and the window top bar gets split in half and when clicking (or mouse-over) each half it switch to the windows between the 2 apps using the same dimensions. all inside the same window, not in external apps or places

Check this video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mb76tSuaQxo

We are not talking about waybar, i don't actually use any bar in fluxbox nor want to use in wayland, just want a minimal window manager that manage windows size and positions, move, maximize, minimize, share, pin, layers, switch between apps, virtualscreens.

you can emulate tab grouping with copy dimensions/position and shade:

• copy dimensions and position between 2 apps
• shade the hidden apps and expand the visible one
• when someone clicks on the other grouped apps, shade the previous active, unshade the new main app. same dimensions, same position