Mixed bsp/stacked layout?

[dmitrym0]

Hey folks,

Is it possible to have two regions split vertically where one is a stack and the other is a just an individual window? It seems like it should be but I can't find a reference to this.

[cherche]

Yes, this is possible. Call yabai -m window --insert stack while focused on the window which you want into make a stack. Then you may add a window to this insertion point as usual (either by warping or opening a new window while the insertion point overlay is active).

I don't know if there's a way to make all newly opened windows automatically add to this stack.

[dmitrym0]

Then you may add a window to this insertion point as usual (either by warping or opening a new window while the insertion point overlay is active).

I'm having a bit of an issue with this step. So when yabai -m window --insert stack my window now has a red overlay. What should be my next step? Warping doesn't seem work for me -- the windows are shuffled.

[danielo515]

I am also a bit puzzled with this. Do you get an answer of how you can

1. Start a stack
2. Add current window to that stack?

[bangedorrunt]

@cherche and @dmitrym0 you can make window automatically add to stack by using yabai signal:

# Signals
# Auto stacking windows
yabai -m signal --add event=window_focused action="yabai -m window $YABAI_WINDOW_ID --insert stack"
yabai -m signal --add event=application_front_switched action='yabai -m window --insert stack'
yabai -m signal --add event=window_destroyed action='yabai -m window --insert stack'
yabai -m signal --add event=application_terminated action='yabai -m window --insert stack'

Updated: Credit to @dominiklohmann or other, really sorry if I couldn't remember coz I got this for a few years and still working like a charm and @alextremblay
Ref: #674

[danielo515]

So this will add any window focused or opened to the stack, right?

[Bellavene]

yabai -m signal --add event=window_created action='yabai -m window last --insert stack;SELWIN=$(yabai -m query --windows --window last | jq -r -e ".id");yabai -m window --focus $SELWIN'

But still would be great if it would be native.