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