dwm.1
1.TH DWM 1 dwm\-VERSION
2.SH NAME
3dwm \- dynamic window manager
4.SH SYNOPSIS
5.B dwm
6.RB [ \-v ]
7.SH DESCRIPTION
8dwm is a dynamic window manager for X. It manages windows in tiled, monocle
9and floating layouts. Either layout can be applied dynamically, optimising the
10environment for the application in use and the task performed.
11.P
12In tiled layouts windows are managed in a master and stacking area. The master
13area on the left contains one window by default, and the stacking area on the
14right contains all other windows. The number of master area windows can be
15adjusted from zero to an arbitrary number. In monocle layout all windows are
16maximised to the screen size. In floating layout windows can be resized and
17moved freely. Dialog windows are always managed floating, regardless of the
18layout applied.
19.P
20Windows are grouped by tags. Each window can be tagged with one or multiple
21tags. Selecting certain tags displays all windows with these tags.
22.P
23Each screen contains a small status bar which displays all available tags, the
24layout, the title of the focused window, and the text read from the root window
25name property, if the screen is focused. A floating window is indicated with an
26empty square and a maximised floating window is indicated with a filled square
27before the windows title. The selected tags are indicated with a different
28color. The tags of the focused window are indicated with a filled square in the
29top left corner. The tags which are applied to one or more windows are
30indicated with an empty square in the top left corner.
31.P
32dwm draws a small border around windows to indicate the focus state.
33.SH OPTIONS
34.TP
35.B \-v
36prints version information to stderr, then exits.
37.SH USAGE
38.SS Status bar
39.TP
40.B X root window name
41is read and displayed in the status text area. It can be set with the
42.BR xsetroot (1)
43command.
44.TP
45.B Button1
46click on a tag label to display all windows with that tag, click on the layout
47label toggles between tiled and floating layout.
48.TP
49.B Button3
50click on a tag label adds/removes all windows with that tag to/from the view.
51.TP
52.B Mod1\-Button1
53click on a tag label applies that tag to the focused window.
54.TP
55.B Mod1\-Button3
56click on a tag label adds/removes that tag to/from the focused window.
57.SS Keyboard commands
58.TP
59.B Mod1\-Shift\-Return
60Start
61.BR st(1).
62.TP
63.B Mod1\-p
64Spawn
65.BR dmenu(1)
66for launching other programs.
67.TP
68.B Mod1\-,
69Focus previous screen, if any.
70.TP
71.B Mod1\-.
72Focus next screen, if any.
73.TP
74.B Mod1\-Shift\-,
75Send focused window to previous screen, if any.
76.TP
77.B Mod1\-Shift\-.
78Send focused window to next screen, if any.
79.TP
80.B Mod1\-b
81Toggles bar on and off.
82.TP
83.B Mod1\-t
84Sets tiled layout.
85.TP
86.B Mod1\-f
87Sets floating layout.
88.TP
89.B Mod1\-m
90Sets monocle layout.
91.TP
92.B Mod1\-space
93Toggles between current and previous layout.
94.TP
95.B Mod1\-j
96Focus next window.
97.TP
98.B Mod1\-k
99Focus previous window.
100.TP
101.B Mod1\-i
102Increase number of windows in master area.
103.TP
104.B Mod1\-d
105Decrease number of windows in master area.
106.TP
107.B Mod1\-l
108Increase master area size.
109.TP
110.B Mod1\-h
111Decrease master area size.
112.TP
113.B Mod1\-Return
114Zooms/cycles focused window to/from master area (tiled layouts only).
115.TP
116.B Mod1\-Shift\-c
117Close focused window.
118.TP
119.B Mod1\-Shift\-space
120Toggle focused window between tiled and floating state.
121.TP
122.B Mod1\-Tab
123Toggles to the previously selected tags.
124.TP
125.B Mod1\-Shift\-[1..n]
126Apply nth tag to focused window.
127.TP
128.B Mod1\-Shift\-0
129Apply all tags to focused window.
130.TP
131.B Mod1\-Control\-Shift\-[1..n]
132Add/remove nth tag to/from focused window.
133.TP
134.B Mod1\-[1..n]
135View all windows with nth tag.
136.TP
137.B Mod1\-0
138View all windows with any tag.
139.TP
140.B Mod1\-Control\-[1..n]
141Add/remove all windows with nth tag to/from the view.
142.TP
143.B Mod1\-Shift\-q
144Quit dwm.
145.SS Mouse commands
146.TP
147.B Mod1\-Button1
148Move focused window while dragging. Tiled windows will be toggled to the floating state.
149.TP
150.B Mod1\-Button2
151Toggles focused window between floating and tiled state.
152.TP
153.B Mod1\-Button3
154Resize focused window while dragging. Tiled windows will be toggled to the floating state.
155.SH CUSTOMIZATION
156dwm is customized by creating a custom config.h and (re)compiling the source
157code. This keeps it fast, secure and simple.
158.SH SEE ALSO
159.BR dmenu (1),
160.BR st (1)
161.SH ISSUES
162Java applications which use the XToolkit/XAWT backend may draw grey windows
163only. The XToolkit/XAWT backend breaks ICCCM-compliance in recent JDK 1.5 and early
164JDK 1.6 versions, because it assumes a reparenting window manager. Possible workarounds
165are using JDK 1.4 (which doesn't contain the XToolkit/XAWT backend) or setting the
166environment variable
167.BR AWT_TOOLKIT=MToolkit
168(to use the older Motif backend instead) or running
169.B xprop -root -f _NET_WM_NAME 32a -set _NET_WM_NAME LG3D
170or
171.B wmname LG3D
172(to pretend that a non-reparenting window manager is running that the
173XToolkit/XAWT backend can recognize) or when using OpenJDK setting the environment variable
174.BR _JAVA_AWT_WM_NONREPARENTING=1 .
175.SH BUGS
176Send all bug reports with a patch to hackers@suckless.org.
