[xmonad] how do I get a layout like this?

[Jeremy Apthorp]

2009/1/20 Karl Hasselström <kha-xmonad at hemma.treskal.com>:
> [ Apologies if this is a duplicate -- I haven't seen it show up on the
>  list, so I'm resending from the address that I subscribed with. ]
>
> Hi all.
>
> I just started using xmonad, and there's a layout I want to have but
> can't quite figure out how to get. I'm sure it's just a matter of
> gluing the right pieces from the contrib library together, but I
> haven't gotten it right yet.
>
> I want the workspace to be divided vertically into two areas. Each
> area should show just one window at a time. Pressing Alt-Tab (or
> something) should cycle through, in the currently focused half of the
> screen, all windows except the one that's visible in the other area.
> The idea being that visible but non-focused windows should stay
> visible and non-focused.
>
> For example, assume the workspace has five windows, A through E, with
> C and E currently visible. Alt-Tabbing when the focus is on the left
> half of the workspace should cycle through A, B, C, and D; if the
> right half is focused, we should cycle through A, B, D, and E.
>
> XMonad.Actions.CycleWS lets me do exactly this with workspaces and two
> Xinerama screens, by binding (moveTo Next HiddenNonEmptyWS) to a key.

XMonad.Layout.TwoPane is similar to what you want, maybe you could
hack it a bit.

Jeremy