Mango Layouts

A clean, minimalist layout switcher plugin for MangoWC. It provides a bar widget and a fast popup panel to switch workspace layouts on the fly, directly from your desktop.

Plugin

Field	Value
ID	ezequiel/mango_layouts
Entries	Bar widget: btn; panel: panel

Requirements

Install jq and mmsg (MangoWC CLI) on PATH. Requires MangoWC as the compositor.

Usage

Add the widget to your Noctalia bar in Settings. Click the widget to open the layout switcher panel and change the current workspace layout.

Alternatively, toggle the panel directly via command line or keybinding:

noctalia msg panel-toggle ezequiel/mango_layouts:panel

Settings

Setting	Type	Default	Description
list_mode	bool	false	Display layouts in a vertical list instead of a grid.
show_tile	bool	true	Show Tile layout.
show_scroller	bool	true	Show Scroller layout.
show_monocle	bool	true	Show Monocle layout.
show_grid	bool	true	Show Grid layout.
show_fair	bool	true	Show Fair layout.
show_deck	bool	true	Show Deck layout.
show_dwindle	bool	true	Show Dwindle layout.
show_center_tile	bool	true	Show Center Tile layout.
show_vertical_tile	bool	true	Show Vertical Tile layout.
show_right_tile	bool	true	Show Right Tile layout.
show_vertical_scroller	bool	true	Show Vertical Scroller layout.
show_vertical_grid	bool	true	Show Vertical Grid layout.
show_vertical_deck	bool	true	Show Vertical Deck layout.
show_vertical_fair	bool	true	Show Vertical Fair layout.

Widget Specific Settings:

Setting	Type	Default	Description
show_glyph	bool	true	Show the widget icon.
show_text	bool	false	Show the active layout name as text.
custom_color	string	""	Custom icon/text color (e.g. primary, on_surface).

Notes

The plugin uses mmsg to communicate with MangoWC for reading the active monitor state and applying the selected layout. Make sure you don't use this plugin on compositors other than MangoWC.