Tiles Editor Window

Available in: Actual Window Manager, Actual Multiple Monitors.

The Tiles Editor window lets you visually split the entire visible area of your desktop into the desired number of tiles of certain layout and sizes.

Here are the basics of Tiles Editor:

• tiles in the editor have hierarchy

• you can split each tile only into two child tiles (using the edit buttons)

• when you resize the parent tile, its child tiles are resized proportionally

• a tile displays its current size relatively to its host monitor

• tiles are numbered first from top to bottom, then from left to right

Tiles Editor provides the following controls:

• edit buttons
• tile splitters
• control buttons
• tile information

Edit buttons let you modify a tile which they lie on: split the tile vertically (|), horizontally (--) or delete it (X). When you delete a child tile, its sibling is deleted automatically so only their parent tile remains.

When you split a tile, tile splitter appears allowing you to change the size of adjacent child tiles within their parent tile. Please note the splitter's color: the deeper the tiles are in the hierarchy - the lighter a color of a splitter that divides them. Also, child splitters do not touch parent splitters at the junction points to let you view the hierarchy more clearly.

Control buttons let you control the editor and operate the entire layout on each monitor:

• OK button - click it to close Tiles Editor and save all changes (please note that you nevertheless need to click the Apply button to make the changes permanent)

• Cancel button - click it to cancel all changes and close Tiles Editor

• Help button - click it to show this information

• Reset button - click it to restore the layout on current monitor to its initial state as it was before you made any changes

• Clear button - click it to remove all tiles on current monitor and start dividing from scratch

• Grid division button - click it to open the special window that lets you automatically divide current monitor by a grid of a specified row/column count

• Copy to button (active only when two or more monitors are available) - click it to copy the layout from a current monitor to another monitor (lets you select which one in case you have three or more monitors)

Also, each tile displays its order number and dimensions relatively to the host monitor dimensions.