3mo ago

Who thought putting gaps between snapped windows was a good idea?

Does anyone genuinely like this? I was relieved to see it can be turned off.

One thing I noticed is that the inactive window gets a shadow on it. I wonder if that can also be turned off.

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i3-gaps has been available since at least 2018 (according to their repo) and has since been merged into mainline i3. So there's clearly a market for that aesthetic. You not liking a design choice doesn't mean no one does.
- doesn't mean no one does.
  Think they’re here genuinely looking for those users so they can learn more.
  I thought it was a bug or something and searched it up once but forget the rationale. (Gap at top of window between menu bar)
Probably the same people who introduced the gap between the menu bar and the actual menus.
The gap acts as a divider to resize the side-by-side windows at once. Does that work if you turn it off?
- Yes every other OS allows you to resize windows just fine without the divider.
- I’m not sure, I just tested it in an Apple Store. I’ll pickup a MacBook Air this October.

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