# hyprland-columns-plugin

A custom Hyprland tiled layout plugin that arranges all tiled windows as equal-width vertical columns so every window remains visible on screen.

## Layout name

`columns`

## Build

```bash
cd ~/src/hyprland-columns-plugin
make
make install
```

This installs the plugin to:

```bash
~/.local/lib/hyprland/libhyprcolumns.so
```

## Load now

```bash
hyprctl plugin load ~/.local/lib/hyprland/libhyprcolumns.so
```

## Use it on the current workspace

```bash
hyprctl keyword workspace "$(hyprctl activeworkspace -j | jq -r '.id'), layout:columns"
```

## Persist across logins

Load it during Hyprland startup, e.g. from `~/.config/hypr/autostart.conf`:

```conf
exec-once = hyprctl plugin load /home/wayfinderak/.local/lib/hyprland/libhyprcolumns.so
```

## Behavior

- All tiled windows are shown at once.
- Each tiled window gets an equal-width column.
- Columns fill the workspace height.
- Left/right move and swap operations work naturally for the column order.
- Interactive resize is intentionally ignored to preserve equal columns.