CenteredMaster

centerMaster layout modifier places master window at top of other, at center of screen. Other windows are managed by base layout.
topRightMaster is similar, but places master window at top right corner.

XMonad/Layout/CenteredMaster.hs

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+{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleInstances, MultiParamTypeClasses, TypeSynonymInstances #-}
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- |
+-- Module      :  XMonad.Layout.CenteredMaster
+-- Copyright   :  (c) 2009 Ilya Portnov
+-- License     :  GNU GPL v3 or any later
+--
+-- Maintainer  :  Ilya Portnov <portnov84@rambler.ru>
+-- Stability   :  unstable
+-- Portability :  unportable
+--
+-- Two layout modifiers. centerMaster places master window at center, 
+-- on top of all other windows, which are managed by base layout. 
+-- topRightMaster is similar, but places master window in top right corner 
+-- instead of center.
+--
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+module XMonad.Layout.CenteredMaster (
+         -- * Usage
+         -- $usage
+
+         centerMaster,
+         topRightMaster
+         ) where
+
+import XMonad
+import XMonad.Layout.LayoutModifier
+import qualified XMonad.StackSet as W
+
+-- $usage
+-- This module defines two new layout modifiers: centerMaster and topRightMaster.
+-- centerMaster places master window at center of screen, on top of others. 
+-- All other windows in background are managed by base layout.
+-- topRightMaster is like centerMaster, but places master window in top right corner instead of center.
+-- 
+-- Yo can use this module by adding folowing in your @xmonad.hs@:
+--
+-- > import XMonad.Layout.CenteredMaster
+-- 
+-- Then add layouts to your layoutHook:
+-- 
+-- > myLayoutHook = centerMaster Grid ||| ...
+
+-- | Function that decides where master window should be placed
+type Positioner = Rectangle -> Rectangle
+
+-- | Data type for LayoutModifier 
+data CenteredMaster a = CenteredMaster deriving (Read,Show)
+
+instance LayoutModifier CenteredMaster Window where
+  modifyLayout CenteredMaster = applyPosition (center (5/7) (5/7))
+
+data TopRightMaster a = TopRightMaster deriving (Read,Show)
+
+instance LayoutModifier TopRightMaster Window where
+  modifyLayout TopRightMaster = applyPosition (topRight (3/7) (1/2))
+
+-- | Modifier that puts master window in center, other windows in background 
+-- are managed by given layout
+centerMaster :: LayoutClass l a => l a -> ModifiedLayout CenteredMaster l a
+centerMaster = ModifiedLayout CenteredMaster
+
+-- | Modifier that puts master window in top right corner, other windows in background 
+-- are managed by given layout
+topRightMaster :: LayoutClass l a => l a -> ModifiedLayout TopRightMaster l a
+topRightMaster = ModifiedLayout TopRightMaster
+
+-- | Internal function, doing main job
+applyPosition :: (LayoutClass l a, Eq a) =>
+                    Positioner
+                 -> W.Workspace WorkspaceId (l a) a
+                 -> Rectangle
+                 -> X ([(a, Rectangle)], Maybe (l a))
+
+applyPosition pos wksp rect = do
+  let stack = W.stack wksp
+  let ws = W.integrate' $ stack
+  if null ws then
+     runLayout wksp rect
+     else do
+       let first = head ws
+       let other = tail ws
+       let filtStack = stack >>= W.filter (first /=)
+       wrs <- runLayout (wksp {W.stack = filtStack}) rect
+       return ((first, place pos other rect) : fst wrs, snd wrs)
+
+-- | Place master window (it's Rectangle is given), using the given Positioner.
+-- If second argument is empty (that is, there is only one window on workspace),
+-- place that window fullscreen.
+place :: Positioner -> [a] -> Rectangle -> Rectangle
+place _ [] rect = rect
+place pos _ rect = pos rect
+
+-- | Function that calculates Rectangle at top right corner of given Rectangle
+topRight :: Float -> Float -> Rectangle -> Rectangle
+topRight rx ry (Rectangle sx sy sw sh) = Rectangle x sy w h
+  where w = round (fromIntegral sw * rx)
+        h = round (fromIntegral sh * ry)
+        x = sx + fromIntegral (sw-w)
+
+-- | Function that calculates Rectangle at center of given Rectangle.
+center :: Float -> Float -> Rectangle -> Rectangle
+center rx ry (Rectangle sx sy sw sh) = Rectangle x y w h
+  where w = round (fromIntegral sw * rx)
+        h = round (fromIntegral sh * ry)
+        x = sx + fromIntegral (sw-w) `div` 2
+        y = sy + fromIntegral (sh-h) `div` 2
+
+

xmonad-contrib.cabal

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                         XMonad.Hooks.XPropManage
                         XMonad.Layout.Accordion
                         XMonad.Layout.BoringWindows
+                        XMonad.Layout.CenteredMaster
                         XMonad.Layout.Circle
                         XMonad.Layout.Combo
                         XMonad.Layout.Decoration