PyGrid - a better QuickTile replacement?

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PyGrid seems to be a good replacement for already shipped with Mabox QuickTile.

In fact it is a fork of QuickTile updated to Python3/GTK3 with some nice improvements.
Take a look at:

You can install it from Mabox repo:

yay pygrid

Remember to disable or uninstall QuickTile:

yay -R quicktile
rm ~/.config/autostart/quicktile.desktop

Configuration file I use ( ~/.config/pygrid.json):

{
  "default": {
    "maxheight": 0.67,
    "maxwidth": 0.75,
    "minheight": 0.33,
    "minwidth": 0.25,
    "padding": [
      0,
      0,
      0,
      0
    ],
    "snaptocursor": false,
    "spacing": 8,
    "xdivs": 4,
    "ydivs":3 
  },
  "keys": {
    "accelerator": "<Ctrl><Alt>",
    "commands": {
      "KP_0": "maximize",
      "KP_1": "bottomleft",
      "KP_2": "bottom",
      "KP_3": "bottomright",
      "KP_4": "left",
      "KP_5": "middle",
      "KP_6": "right",
      "KP_7": "topleft",
      "KP_8": "top",
      "KP_9": "topright",
      "KP_Divide": "max-stretch",
      "KP_Enter": "cycle-monitor"
    }
  }
}

Nice thing is that you can edit config file “live”, no need to restart PyGrid.

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