Material Shell

Material Shell is a tiling window manager and Linux desktop environment that replaces traditional window management with a grid-based organizer. It functions as a spatial layout engine that automatically arranges application windows into non-overlapping grids to maximize screen space.

The system acts as a desktop session manager, recording and restoring window positions and workspace assignments to preserve the exact state of a previous session after a restart. It employs a coordinate-based layout engine to map applications to specific rows and cells for consistent placement.

The project covers keyboard-driven navigation for switching between virtual desktops and application windows. It also includes interface styling capabilities for applying visual themes, color schemes, and blur effects to the environment.

Features

Tiling Window Managers - Automatically arranges application windows into non-overlapping grids to maximize screen space and productivity.

Virtual Workspace Managers - Isolates application windows into distinct virtual desktops to reduce visual clutter and separate workflows.

Desktop Layout Persistence - Saves window positions and workspace assignments to ensure the previous session arrangement is preserved.

Interactive Window Manipulation - Implements interactive window movement and resizing using mouse gestures and modifier keys within a tiling layout.

Workspace Session Managers - Tracks window positions and workspace assignments to restore the exact state of a previous session.

Desktop Layout Persistence - Records window coordinates and workspace assignments to a local store to recreate the desktop environment after restart.

Grid Layout Managers - Organizes application windows through a spatial grid and tiling engine to simplify navigation.

Window Layout Grids - Implements coordinate systems that map screen pixels to virtual window placement grids for precise window positioning.

Linux Desktop Environments - Provides a graphical user interface for Linux based on a predictable grid-based navigation system.

Tiling Window Managers - Automatically organizes open applications into non-overlapping grids to maximize screen space.

Window Switching and Tiling - Provides keyboard shortcuts and interface panels for efficient window switching and workspace navigation.

Spatial Focus Navigation - Provides logic for switching active windows based on their physical proximity and cardinal direction on the screen.

Desktop Session Restoration - Saves and restores the exact positions of windows and workspace assignments after restarting the computer.

Desktop Workspace Layouts - Organizes a desktop workspace using a spatial grid and structural layout system.

Window Organizers - Maps applications to rows and cells for consistent window placement and navigation.

Keyboard-Driven Window Orchestration - Provides toolsets for moving and swapping window locations using keyboard-driven grid overlays.

Session State Restoration - Remembers and restores the previous configuration and placement of application windows upon startup.

Desktop Interface Customization - Changes the look and feel of the environment through themes, color schemes, and visual styles.

Interface Appearance Customizations - Allows applying light, dark, or blurred visual themes to customize the interface appearance.

Style Injection Systems - Applies global CSS and theme overrides to the desktop environment to customize colors and visual effects.

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