# io.github.libtmux.scaladsl.cats.Window.applyLayout

- **Module:** io.github.libtmux.scaladsl.cats
- **Package:** io.github.libtmux:libtmux-scala_3
- **Language:** Scala
- **Kind:** method
- **Source:** https://libtmux.org/en/scala/latest/reference/sources/libtmux-scala-cats/build/generated/sources/catalog/scala/operations/GeneratedOperations.scala
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/en/scala/latest/reference/io-github-libtmux-scaladsl-cats-window-applylayout/

```
extension [F[_]](self: Window[F])(using F: _root_.cats.effect.Async[F])
def applyLayout(layout: io.github.libtmux.WindowLayout): F[Unit]

extension [F[_]](self: Window[F])(using F: _root_.cats.effect.Async[F])
def applyLayout(layout: String): F[Unit]
```

Restores an exact arrangement previously read from {@link #layout()}.

## Parameters

- `layout` (`io.github.libtmux.WindowLayout`) (for `applyLayout(layout) [overload 1]`)
- `layout` (`String`) (for `applyLayout(layout) [overload 2]`)