Replaces the scrolling-preset "columns" with a genuine custom tiling layout
(hl.layout.register "lua:columns"): a row of columns where each column is an
INDEPENDENTLY panning vertical strip. Moving focus up/down inside a column pans
only that column to keep the focus in view; the other columns stay frozen — the
combination-lock behaviour that the built-in scrolling engine (single shared tape
offset) structurally can't do.
- columns.lua: recalculate places every window box; per-workspace state holds each
window's column assignment and each column's pan offset. layout_msg handles the
focus/move/count/orient commands. New windows fill the least-populated column;
changing the column count reflows evenly.
- init.lua: for Lua layouts (lua = true), orientation is sent via layout_msg
("orient h|v") instead of the global scrolling:direction option.
- hypr-nav: forwards focus/move/count for the columns layout to hl.dsp.layout(...);
the built-in scrolling path is unchanged.
- binds.lua: Super+Ctrl+Alt+H/J/K/L manage the column / windows-per-view count
(axes follow the workspace's horizontal/vertical orientation).
Menu dropdown for "Columns" now selects orientation (Horizontal / Vertical).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01SUN7gg6GGfnToghMijLm5Y
astal-menu: the taskbar ⤢ toggle now collapses the compact strip and mounts
its workspace/window panel as a takeover overlay covering the 2x2 quads (with
a Back button), instead of a popover/inline reveal. QuadGrid gains a generic
takeover overlay; the menu window coordinates show/hide and resets on close.
hypr: new "Columns" layout (scrolling backend presented as independent columns)
with a menu dropdown to pick orientation — "Left / Right" or "Up / Down" — via a
new dir_labels manifest field. The layout menu now tracks direction dropdowns and
fit switches per-layout, so a second directional layout no longer clobbers the
first.
binds/scripts: focus & window-move keys (hjkl + arrows) route through a new
hypr-nav helper so they stay screen-absolute in the scrolling/columns layouts
(the layout otherwise resolves a perpendicular direction onto "scroll the tape",
rotating the keys with scrolling:direction). Adds explicit cross-monitor binds:
Super+,/. focus prev/next monitor, Super+Shift+,/. move the window there.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01SUN7gg6GGfnToghMijLm5Y
Amir Alexander Abdelbaki