Resizing window to maximum size

Question

is there a way to resize the current window to maximal size in Awesome wm? Something like maximizing, but without locking the maximum-ness. Currently, when I want to maximize a floating window I cycle through the layouts, the non-floating layouts resize the window to the desired size and then I return back to the floating layout.

How to do it better?

Thanks!

Answer 1

You could add a clientkey with a function like function(c) c:geometry(c.screen.geometry) end.

Answer 2

In Awesome 4.0+ (currently the Git master version), there is:

awful.placement.maximize