setlayoutaxisex

Function	Expected argument	Default keybindings
setlayoutaxisex	int (binary, see below)	N/A

The setlayoutaxisex function allows for flextile-deluxe layout axes to be set externally.

The argument is an integer where:

• the lower two bits indicate the layout split, master, primary stack area or the secondary stack area
• and the remaining upper bits indicate type of split or arrangement

Lower bits	Description
00	Layout split
01	Master area
10	Primary stack area
11	Secondary stack area

Splits:

Upper bits	Description	Split
0000	No split	0
0001	Vertical	4
0010	Horizontal	8
0011	Centered vertical	12
0100	Centered horizontal	16
0101	Vertical dual stack	20
0110	Horizontal dual stack	24
0111	Floating master	28
1000	Fixed vertical	32
1001	Fixed horizontal	36
1010	Fixed centered vertical	40
1011	Fixed centered horizontal	44
1100	Fixed vertical dual stack	48
1101	Fixed horizontal dual stack	52
1110	Fixed floating master	56

Arrangements:

Upper bits	Description	Master	Stack 1	Stack 2
0000	Top to bottom	1	2	3
0001	Left to right	5	6	7
0010	Monocle	9	10	11
0011	Gapplessgrid	13	14	15
0100	Gapplessgrid (cfacts)	17	18	19
0101	Gapplessgrid alt1	21	22	23
0110	Gapplessgrid alt2	25	26	27
0111	Gridmode	29	30	31
1000	Horizgrid	33	34	35
1001	Dwindle	37	38	39
1010	Dwindle (cfacts)	41	42	43
1011	Spiral	45	46	47
1100	Spiral (cfacts)	49	50	51
1101	Tatami	53	54	55
1110	Tatami (cfacts)	57	58	59

External commands:

$ duskc run_command setlayoutaxisex 53  # sets the tatami arrangement for the master area (110101)
$ duskc run_command setlayoutaxisex 16  # sets centered horizontal split (010000)

Also see the rotatelayoutaxis function.

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