What it is
Tiling Shell is a GNOME Shell extension that arranges windows into layouts: columns, halves or any grid of tiles you draw yourself. New windows can fill the next free tile automatically, you can drag a window into a tile while holding Ctrl, and you switch layouts from an icon in the top bar. Unlike a tiling window manager, it adds to GNOME rather than replacing it, so the rest of the desktop works as usual.
Why it’s here
- Made for wide screens. Three columns put an ultrawide monitor to good use, and simpler layouts suit a laptop.
- Keyboard control. Super and the arrow keys move windows between tiles.
- Your own layouts. Draw new ones in the layout editor, with no config files.
On CoreDesktop
CoreDesktop installs Tiling Shell from extensions.gnome.org with gext, turns it on, and loads its settings from gnome/gnome-settings.dconf: new windows tile automatically, window borders are off, and there are three layouts, three columns, two halves and one full-screen tile. Hold Super and use the arrow keys to move windows between tiles. See tiling on the System page.
To change the layout, use the tiling icon in the top right of your screen. update keeps the extension current and reapplies CoreDesktop’s settings only when CoreDesktop changes them.