XFCE tiling window manager

Backstory #

its been like a week since i installed linux mint cinnamon (now xfce) i was looking on the internet to enable xfce’s inbuilt tiling feature from like past three days, all i found was mostly to just remap keys with like super + up, down, left, right etc. i’ve tried it maybe four times if i recall corrrectly. Somehow i stumbled upon this video today https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUHIbkwoyU8

i recommend to watch this video! if you have time!!!

Here’s the tldr;/text version of it.

• Don't use map super key for anything, if it is already mapped to whisker menu
• Remap the keys from window manager -> keyboard with anything you like except super though
• QuickTip use alt key as most of us are used to use alt + tab to change window focus.
• QuickTip2 dont need install xcape for this (no need to add extra dependencies for simple stuff)

Here’s mine keymapping for tiling. #

• Super + numpad/keypad up, down, left, right for widow tiling