GridSnap/TODO.md

GridSnap TODO List

Critical Issues

1. Custom Layout Persistence ✅ COMPLETED

Priority: High

• Custom layouts are only stored in memory
• Layouts are lost when extension reloads or Cinnamon restarts
• Need to implement file-based storage
• Location: ~/.local/share/gridsnap/layouts.json
• Save layouts when created in graphical editor
• Load layouts on extension initialization

2. Remove Last Zone Implementation (extension.js:236-274)

Priority: Medium

• _removeLastZone() destroys and recreates entire editor interface
• Causes visual flicker
• Inefficient approach
• Could leave dangling event listeners
• Refactor to only remove the last zone widget without recreating everything

Functionality Improvements

3. Multi-Monitor Support

Priority: High

• Currently only works on primary monitor (extension.js:61)
• Need per-monitor zone configurations
• Detect which monitor window is on when snapping
• Allow zone editor to work on any monitor
• Store zone layouts per monitor

4. High-DPI Display Support

Priority: Medium

• Coordinates from get_coords() may not respect window scaling
• Test on high-DPI displays
• Verify zone calculations work correctly with display scaling
• May need to use get_resource_scale() or similar

5. Edit Existing Custom Layouts

Priority: Medium

• Currently can only create new layouts in editor
• Add ability to select and edit existing custom layouts
• Add UI to choose which layout to edit
• Pre-populate editor with existing zones when editing

15. Show Zone Dimensions in Editor ✅ COMPLETED

Priority: Medium

• Display zone dimensions while drawing in graphical editor
• Show width and height in pixels and/or percentage
• Update dimensions in real-time as zone is resized
• Display position coordinates (x, y)
• Show dimensions near cursor or inside zone preview

16. Move/Reposition Zones in Editor ✅ COMPLETED

Priority: Medium

• Allow clicking and dragging existing zones to move them
• Visual feedback when zone is selected for moving (yellow highlight)
• Prevent moving zones outside monitor bounds
• Update zone coordinates as zone is moved
• Maintain zone size while moving (only change position)
• Snap to grid or guides (future enhancement)

Code Quality & Robustness

6. Comprehensive Error Handling

Priority: Medium

• Add validation of zone sizes during window snapping
• Add checks for window.move_resize_frame() success
• Validate monitor dimensions before calculations
• Handle edge cases (window too small, zone too small, etc.)
• Add user notifications for errors instead of silent failures

7. Event Leak Prevention

Priority: Low

• Zone preview widgets might not be properly destroyed if motion events stop unexpectedly
• Audit all signal connections and ensure disconnect in cleanup
• Add defensive cleanup in edge cases
• Review overlay widget lifecycle

8. Zone Overlap Detection

Priority: Low

• Warn user if zones overlap in graphical editor
• Provide visual feedback for overlapping zones
• Optionally prevent overlaps or auto-adjust

Features from README (Planned)

9. Zone Layout Import/Export

Priority: Low

• Allow exporting custom layouts to JSON files
• Import layouts from JSON files
• Share layouts between systems
• Backup/restore functionality

10. More Pre-configured Layouts

Priority: Low

• Add more default layout options
• Common patterns: ultrawide monitor layouts, vertical splits
• 1/3 - 2/3 layouts
• Picture-in-picture style layouts

11. Animation Effects

Priority: Low

• Add smooth transitions when snapping windows
• Animate zone overlay appearance/disappearance
• Visual feedback when window snaps to zone

12. Settings Panel ✅ COMPLETED

Priority: Medium

• Add Cinnamon settings panel for the extension
• Toggle features on/off (shift-drag, keyboard snap)
• Manage saved layouts (view, delete, export)
• Customize zone appearance (colors, border width, opacity)
• Configure zone number visibility
• Enable/disable snap notifications
• Allow customization of keybindings (future enhancement)
• Configure animation speeds (when animations added)

Documentation

13. Update Metadata ✅ COMPLETED

Priority: Low

• Add "url" property to metadata.json
• Update author name to "Keith Smith"
• Add project URL/repository link

Testing

14. Test Coverage

Priority: Low

• Test on different Cinnamon versions (5.0, 5.2, 5.4, 5.6, 6.0)
• Test with different window types (maximized, minimized, dialog boxes)
• Test edge cases (dragging between monitors, rapid key presses)
• Test with different keyboard layouts
• Verify memory leaks don't occur with repeated enable/disable

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Recently Fixed ✅

• Keybinding closure bug (all zones mapped to zone 9)
• Keybinding conflicts with panel app launcher (changed to Super+Ctrl+1-9)
• Shift-drag detection (implemented modifier polling)
• Window object reference (use global.display.focus_window)
• Window API compatibility (property checks vs get_maximized())
• Signal handler parameters (grab-op-begin/end)
• Laptop keyboard support (removed numpad dependency)