feat: use better layout notifications

src/engine/index.ts

@@ -164,6 +164,12 @@ export interface Engine {
    * @param text the text of the notification
    */
   showNotification(text: string): void;
+
+  /**
+   * Show the notification with the info
+   * about the current layout.
+   */
+  showLayoutNotification(): void;
 }
 
 export class EngineImpl implements Engine {
@@ -566,7 +572,7 @@ export class EngineImpl implements Engine {
       step
     );
     if (layout) {
-      this.controller.showNotification(layout.description);
+      this.showLayoutNotification();
 
       // Minimize inactive windows if Monocle and config.monocleMinimizeRest
       if (
@@ -584,7 +590,7 @@ export class EngineImpl implements Engine {
       layoutClassID
     );
     if (layout) {
-      this.controller.showNotification(layout.description);
+      this.showLayoutNotification();
 
       // Minimize inactive windows if Monocle and config.monocleMinimizeRest
       if (
@@ -695,6 +701,11 @@ export class EngineImpl implements Engine {
     this.controller.showNotification(text);
   }
 
+  public showLayoutNotification(): void {
+    const currentLayout = this.currentLayoutOnCurrentSurface();
+    this.controller.showNotification(`Layout: ${currentLayout.description}`);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Returns the tiling area for the given working area and the windows layout.
    *

src/engine/layout/cascade_layout.ts

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ export default class CascadeLayout implements WindowsLayout {
   public readonly classID = CascadeLayout.id;
 
   public get description(): string {
-    return "Cascade [" + CascadeDirection[this.dir] + "]";
+    return `Cascade [${CascadeDirection[this.dir]}]`;
   }
 
   constructor(private dir: CascadeDirection = CascadeDirection.SouthEast) {
@@ -105,10 +105,10 @@ export default class CascadeLayout implements WindowsLayout {
   public executeAction(engine: Engine, action: Action): void {
     if (action instanceof IncreaseMasterAreaWindowCount) {
       this.dir = (this.dir + 1 + 8) % 8;
-      engine.showNotification(this.description);
+      engine.showLayoutNotification();
     } else if (action instanceof DecreaseMasterAreaWindowCount) {
       this.dir = (this.dir - 1 + 8) % 8;
-      engine.showNotification(this.description);
+      engine.showLayoutNotification();
     } else {
       action.executeWithoutLayoutOverride();
     }

src/engine/layout/three_column_layout.ts

@@ -239,6 +239,6 @@ export default class ThreeColumnLayout implements WindowsLayout {
 
   private resizeMaster(engine: Engine, step: -1 | 1): void {
     this.masterSize = clip(this.masterSize + step, 1, 10);
-    engine.showNotification(this.description);
+    engine.showLayoutNotification();
   }
 }

src/engine/layout/tile_layout.ts

@@ -124,12 +124,12 @@ export default class TileLayout implements WindowsLayout {
       if (this.numMaster < 10) {
         this.numMaster += 1;
       }
-      engine.showNotification(this.description);
+      engine.showLayoutNotification();
     } else if (action instanceof DecreaseMasterAreaWindowCount) {
       if (this.numMaster > 0) {
         this.numMaster -= 1;
       }
-      engine.showNotification(this.description);
+      engine.showLayoutNotification();
     } else if (action instanceof Rotate) {
       this.parts.rotate(90);
     } else if (action instanceof RotatePart) {