[Feature Request] Allow tile configurations where tiles can overlap

[stevemagruder]

Fancy Tiles is great now but it's missing one last key feature for me: the ability to have a setup where tiles can overlap. FancyZones currently provides for this. Having overlapping tiles helps me maximize my monitor real estate, whereas without it, I am limited to boxes that can only fill the screen space in a flat manner.

[BasGeertsema]

Thank you for your request :)

Fancy Tiles currently supports the 'Grid' layout mode, but not (yet) the 'Canvas' layout mode.

Supporting the canvas mode will require quite a bit of effort as it has a totally different operational model compared to the grid mode. It acts on most of current code: the layout editor, snapping mode, configuration, etc. Just something to be aware of to manage your expectations :) I hope I can find the time to implement such a large feature.

For other people awaiting the canvas support, please tag this issue with an emoji so I can prioritize.

[Praful]

I have suggested adding Gnome tactile like snapping. This would allow overlapping tiles (regions) too. And it could make the app keyboard driven instead of having to use a mouse.

Edit: if you want more regions, you could have 26: A-Z. The first letter being the top left, the second being the bottom right - then the current app would occupy the region denoted by the two letters.