Custom Window Snap

Many desktop environments for Linux have had window snapping (a.k.a window tiling or edge snapping) for a long time. It is a feature that I use very heavily, especially with hotkeys. I have been very dissatisfied with the way Linux desktop environments have handled this. They almost work the way I want, but not quite. I decided to take control of this.

Gosnap stands for "Good Old Snap" and replaces the window snapping/tiling feature on just about any Linux distro that uses the X Window System.

Download:

Filename	Description	Size	Modified	Link
gosnap	The Gosnap bash script.	6.4K	7/31/2020	Download

Installing:

wget https://beardedmaker.com/wiki/files/gosnap
chmod a+x gosnap
sudo cp gosnap /usr/bin

Usage:

Usage: gosnap [-L | -l | -R | -r | -M | -m | -N | -n | -d | -i]
  -L    snap left
  -l    snap left dynamically
  -R    snap right
  -r    snap right dynamically
  -M    maximize window
  -m    toggle maximize window
  -N    minimize window
  -n    minimize window dynamically
  -d    resize to default geometry (current default: 0,10,60,826,556
  -i    print window information

If your desktop environment supports custom hotkeys, you can simply map any hotkey you want to execute this script with the appropriate parameter. For example:

• Snap Left: gosnap -l Super+Left
• Snap Right: gosnap -r Super+Right
• Snap Maximize: gosnap -m Super+Up
• Snap Minimize: gosnap -l Super+Down

Note: To "snap dynamically" means to go to an intermediate position depending on the window's current position. For example, if I minimize the window using gosnap -n, but the window was previously maximized, I'd rather the window pop into the middle of the screen on the first invocation, and then when I minimize again I want the window to collapse to the taskbar. To just immediately minimize the window, use gosnap -N instead.