3 dwm \- dynamic window manager
8 dwm is a dynamic window manager for X. It manages windows in tiling and
9 swimming layouts. Either layout can be applied dynamically, optimizing the
10 environment for the application in use and the task performed.
12 In tiling layout windows are managed in a master and stacking area. The master
13 area contains the windows which currently need most attention, whereas the
14 stacking area contains all other windows. In swimming layout windows can be
15 resized and moved freely. Dialog windows are always managed swimming,
16 regardless of the layout applied.
18 Windows are grouped by tags. Each window can be tagged with one or multiple
19 tags. Selecting certain tags displays all windows with these tags.
21 dwm contains a small status bar which displays all available tags, the layout,
22 the title of the focused window, and the text read from standard input. The
23 selected tags are indicated with a different color. The tags of the focused
24 window are indicated with a filled square in the top left corner. The tags
25 which are applied to one or more windows are indicated with an empty square in
28 dwm draws a small border around windows to indicate the focus state.
32 prints version information to standard output, then exits.
37 is read and displayed in the status text area.
40 click on a tag label to display all windows with that tag, click on the layout
41 label toggles between tiling and swimming layout.
44 click on a tag label adds/removes all windows with that tag to/from the view.
47 click on the layout label increases the number of windows in the master area (tiling layout only).
50 click on the layout label decreases the number of windows in the master area (tiling layout only).
53 click on a tag label applies that tag to the focused window.
56 click on a tag label adds/removes that tag to/from the focused window.
67 Focus previous window.
70 Zooms/cycles current window to/from master area (tiling layout), toggles maximization of current window (swimming layout).
73 Grow master area (tiling layout only).
76 Shrink master area (tiling layout only).
79 Increase the number of windows in the master area (tiling layout only).
82 Decrease the number of windows in the master area (tiling layout only).
87 tag to current window.
90 Apply all tags to current window.
92 .B Mod1-Control-Shift-[1..n]
95 tag to/from current window.
101 Toggle between tiling and swimming layout (affects all windows).
104 Toggle focused window between swimming and non-swimming state (tiling layout only).
107 View all windows with
112 View all windows with any tag.
114 .B Mod1-Control-[1..n]
115 Add/remove all windows with
117 tag to/from the view.
124 Move current window while dragging (swimming layout only).
127 Zooms/cycles current window to/from master area (tiling layout), toggles maximization of current window (swimming layout).
130 Resize current window while dragging (swimming layout only).
132 dwm is customized by creating a custom config.h and (re)compiling the source
133 code. This keeps it fast, secure and simple.
137 The status bar may display
139 when dwm has been started by an X session manager like
141 because those close standard output before executing dwm.
143 Java applications which use the XToolkit/XAWT backend may draw grey windows
144 only. The XToolkit/XAWT backend breaks ICCCM-compliance in recent JDK 1.5 and early
145 JDK 1.6 versions, because it assumes a reparenting window manager. As a workaround
146 you can use JDK 1.4 (which doesn't contain the XToolkit/XAWT backend) or you
147 can set the following environment variable (to use the older Motif
149 .BR AWT_TOOLKIT=MToolkit .