configurations that provide #3. For as much as I want to spend the time to familiarize myself with Haskell, I just simply don't have time. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. As far as I can tell, Ion has no conception of master pane or window, so this behavior is not desired. [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ion_%28window_manager%29 "Ion 3" [2]: http://xmonad.org "XMonad"""" Thank you, Matt