Provided by: jwm_2.3.7-1_amd64 
NAME
JWM - Joe's Window Manager
SYNOPSIS
jwm [options]
DESCRIPTION
JWM is a window manager for the X11 Window System.
OPTIONS
-display display
This option specifies the display to use; see X(1).
-exit
Exit JWM by sending _JWM_EXIT to the root window.
-f file
Specify an alternate configuration file to use.
-h
Display a help message and exit.
-p
Parse the configuration file and exit. It is a good idea to use this after making modifications
to the configuration file to ensure there are no errors.
-restart
Restart JWM by sending _JWM_RESTART to the root window.
-reload
Reload menus by sending _JWM_RELOAD to the root window.
-v
Display version information and exit.
FILES
/etc/jwm/system.jwmrc
The default JWM configuration file.
~/.jwmrc
Default local configuration file. Copy the default configuration file to this location to make
user-specific changes. See also, option -f.
CONFIGURATION
OVERVIEW
Configuration of JWM is done by editing ".jwmrc" (or the configuration file specified with the -f
option). This file is XML making it easy to edit, either by hand or programmatically. The
example.jwmrc gives an example configuration file. Before restarting JWM, it is a good idea to
run "jwm -p" to make sure the configuration file is free of errors. Otherwise you may end up
without a root menu.
ROOT MENU
The root menu in JWM is the primary way of starting programs. It also provides a way to restart
or exit the window manager. The outer most tag is RootMenu. The following attributes are
supported:
onroot list
Determine which buttons on the root window activate the menu. This is a list of integers
specifying buttons. The default is "123". Note that multiple root menus may be specified
by using different buttons for different menus. The range of possible values is 0 to 9
inclusive as well as a to z inclusive, providing for up to 36 menus. Note that only the
numeric values map to mouse buttons.
height int
Height of each menu item in pixels. 0 indicates the largest menu item will determine the
height. The default is 0.
labeled bool
Determines if a label appears at the top of the menu. Default is false.
label string
The label to display at the top of the menu. Default is "JWM".
dynamic string
A dynamically loaded menu. If the text starts with exec:, the output of the specified
program is used.
Within the RootMenu tag, the following tags are supported:
Menu
This tag creates a submenu item. Any of the tags allowed within the RootMenu tag, including
the Menu tag are allowed within this element. The following attributes are supported:
height int
Height of each menu item in pixels. 0 indicates the largest menu item will determine
the height. The default is inherited from the parent menu.
label string
The label to use. No default.
tooltip string
A tooltip to display. No default.
icon string
The icon to use for this menu. No default.
labeled bool
Determines if a label appears at the top of the menu. Default is false.
Dynamic
Dynamically include the contents of a file or executable into a submenu. The file must
start with a "JWM" tag. The file is specified by the text of the tag. If the text starts
with "exec:" then the output of a program is used. This tag supports the same attributes as
Menu.
Include
Include the contents of a file into the menu structure. The file must start with a "JWM"
tag. The file is specified by the text of the tag. If the text starts with "exec:" then
the output of a program is used.
Program
The Program tag provides a way to start an external program. The text in this tag is the
command used to start the program. The following attributes are supported:
label string
The label to display. Default is the text of the tag.
tooltip string
A tooltip to display. No default.
icon string
The icon to use. No default.
Separator
This tag simply puts a line in the menu allowing menu divisions. No text or attributes are
used.
Desktops
Add a desktop menu. This will add a submenu with a list of desktops that can be used to
change the current desktop. The following attributes are supported:
label string
The label to use for the menu. The default is "Desktops".
tooltip string
A tooltip to display. No default.
icon string
The icon to use for this item. No default.
SendTo
Add a "send to" menu to the menu. After selecting an item from this menu, a window may be
selected to send that window to the selected desktop. The following attributes are
supported:
label string
The label to use. The default is "SendTo".
tooltip string
A tooltip to display. No default.
icon string
The icon to use for this item. No default.
Stick
Add a stick/unstick window operation to the menu. After selecting this item a window may be
selected to toggle the sticky state of that window. The following attributes are
supported:
label string
The label to use. The default is "Stick".
tooltip string
A tooltip to display. No default.
icon string
The icon to use for this item. No default.
Maximize
Add a maximize window operation to the menu. After selecting this item a window may be
selected to toggle the maximized state of that window. The following attributes are
supported:
label string
The label to use. The default is "Maximize".
tooltip string
A tooltip to display. No default.
icon string
The icon to use for this item. No default.
Minimize
Add a minimize window operation to the menu. After selecting this item a window may be
selected to minimize that window. The following attributes are supported:
label string
The label to use. The default is "Minimize".
tooltip string
A tooltip to display. No default.
icon string
The icon to use for this item. No default.
Shade
Add a shade/unshade window operation to the menu. After selecting this item a window may be
selected to toggle the shaded status of that window. The following attributes are
supported:
label string
The label to use. The default is "Shade".
tooltip string
A tooltip to display. No default.
icon string
The icon to use for this item. No default.
Move
Add a move window operation to the menu. After selecting this item a window may be selected
to move that window. The following attributes are supported:
label string
The label to use. The default is "Move".
tooltip string
A tooltip to display. No default.
icon string
The icon to use for this item. No default.
Resize
Add a resize window operation to the menu. After selecting this item a window may be
selected to resize that window. The following attributes are supported:
label string
The label to use. The default is "Resize".
tooltip string
A tooltip to display. No default.
icon string
The icon to use for this item. No default.
Kill
Add a kill window operation to the menu. After selecting this item a window may be selected
to kill that window. The following attributes are supported:
label string
The label to use. The default is "Kill".
tooltip string
A tooltip to display. No default.
icon string
The icon to use for this item. No default.
Close
Add a close window operation to the menu. After selecting this item a window may be
selected to close that window. The following attributes are supported:
label string
The label to use. The default is "Close".
tooltip string
A tooltip to display. No default.
icon string
The icon to use for this item. No default.
Restart
This tag adds a menu item to restart the window manager. The following attributes are
supported:
label string
The label to use. The default is "Restart".
tooltip string
A tooltip to display. No default.
icon string
The icon to use. No default.
Exit
This tag adds a menu item to exit the window manager. If text is present within this tag,
it is interpreted as a command to run when JWM exits. This can be used to start another
window manager. The following attributes are supported:
label string
The label to use. The default is "Exit".
tooltip string
A tooltip to display. No default.
icon string
The icon to use. No default.
confirm bool
Determine if a confirm dialog appears before exiting. Default is true.
Note that confirm dialogs can be disabled completely at the compile-time.
TRAYS
One or more trays may be created via the Tray tag. This tag supports the following attributes:
autohide string
Specifies the location to hide the tray when not activated. Default is "off" to disable
hiding. Possible values are "left", "right", "top", "bottom", and "off".
x int
The x-coordinate of the tray. This may be negative to indicate an offset from the right of
the screen.
y int
The y-coordinate of the tray. This may be negative to indicate an offset from the bottom of
the screen.
width int
The width of the tray. 0 indicates that the tray should compute an optimal width depending
on what it contains and the layout. A negative value subtracts from with screen width. 0 is
the default.
height int
The height of the tray. 0 indicates that the tray should compute an optimal height
depending on what it contains and the layout. A negative value subtracts from the screen
height. 0 is the default.
layer { below | normal | above }
The layer of the tray. The default is above.
layout { vertical | horizontal }
The layout of the tray. The default is horizontal.
valign { fixed | top | center | bottom }
The vertical alignment of the tray. The default is fixed.
halign { fixed | left | center | right }
The horizontal alignment of the tray. The default is fixed.
Within this tag the following tags are supported:
Clock
Add a clock to the tray. The text of this tag determines what action to take when the clock
is clicked. Optionally, one or more Button tags may be specified to bind actions to
specific mouse buttons specified via the mask attribute. By default, the button mask is
"123". The following actions are supported:
root:n
Show root menu n. Note that the default TrayButton action is root:1.
exec: string
Execute a command.
showdesktop
Minimize all windows on the current desktop.
This tag supports the following attributes:
format string
The format of the clock. See strftime(3).
zone string
The time zone of the clock. See tzset(3).
width int
The width of the clock. 0 indicates that the width should be determined from the
length of the text to be displayed.
height int
The height of the clock. 0 indicates that the height should be determined from the
font used.
Dock
Add a dock for system notifications. This can be used by those programs that use the
_NET_SYSTEM_TRAY_Sn selection. The size of the Dock is dynamic based on the size of the
tray and the number of items contained. Only one Dock is allowed per instance of JWM. This
tag supports the following attributes:
width int
The maximum width of an item contained in the dock. This defaults to the width or
height of the tray (whichever is smaller).
spacing int
The spacing of items contained in the dock (in pixels). This defaults to 0.
Pager
Add a pager to the tray. A pager shows a miniature representation of a desktop. When over
the pager, the scroll wheel will switch desktops. Holding down the right mouse button
allows you to drag a window around in the pager which changes its position on the real
desktop. You can also drag a window in the pager from one desktop to another. This tag
supports the following attributes:
labeled bool
Determines if the pager has text labels. Default is false.
Also see the PAGER STYLE section for more information.
Spacer
Add empty space to the tray. This tag supports the following attributes:
width int
The width of the spacer (0 to fill all available space). 0 is the default.
height int
The height of the spacer (0 to fill all available space). 0 is the default.
Swallow
Swallow a program into the tray. The text of this tag gives the command to run. This tag
supports the following attributes:
name string
The name of the program to swallow. This attribute is required.
width int
The width of the swallowed program. 0 indicates that the width should be determined
from the tray and size requested from the program. 0 is the default.
height int
The height of the swallowed program. 0 indicates that the height should be
determined from the tray and the size requested from the program. 0 is the default.
TaskList
Add a task list to the tray. This tag supports the following attributes:
height int
The height of an item in the task list. 0 indicates that the height should be taken
from the tray. The default is 0.
labeled bool
Determines if a label is shown for items in the task list. The default is true.
maxwidth int
The maximum width of an item in the task list. 0 indicates no maximum. The default
is 0.
TrayButton
Add a button to the tray. The text of this tag determines what action to take when the
button is clicked. Optionally, one or more Button tags may be specified to bind actions to
specific mouse buttons specified via the mask attribute. By default, the button mask is
"123". The following actions are supported:
root:n
Show root menu n. Note that the default TrayButton action is root:1.
exec: string
Execute a command.
showdesktop
Minimize all windows on the current desktop.
This tag supports the following attributes:
label string
A label to display. No default.
popup string
A string to be displayed for a popup. This will default to the value specified for
label, if provided. If neither popup nor label are specified no popup will be shown.
icon string
An icon to display. No default.
INCLUDES
Other configuration files or the output of programs may be included under the JWM tag via the
Include tag. The text of this tag specifies the location of an additional configuration file or
program. The path may be relative to the location JWM was started, an absolute path, or a path
referencing an environment variable (using '$'). If the text starts with "exec:", the specified
program is executed and its output is used. The format of the configuration file or program
output is the same as the main configuration file.
GROUP SETTINGS
Program groups allow one to specify options which apply to a group of programs by name and/or
class. A program group is created with the Group tag. As many program groups can be created as
desired. If one or more Name tags is specified, at least one name must match. Likewise, if one
or more Class tags is specified, at least one class must match. JWM matches using extended POSIX
regular expressions for both Name and Class tags. See regex(7). Within the Group tag the
following tags are supported:
Name
The window name of a program to match to be in this group (the first string in WM_CLASS).
Class
The window class for a program to match to be in this group (the second string in
WM_CLASS).
Option
An option for this group. Possible options are:
aerosnap
Enable auto-maximization when a window is dragged to the corner of the screen.
border
Causes windows in this group to have a border.
centered
Center windows in this group upon initial placement instead of using cascaded
placement.
constrain
Constrain windows in this group to the screen.
desktop:#
The desktop on which windows in this group will be started.
drag
Do not pass mouse events to the window. Instead, use the mouse to move/resize the
window.
fixed
Fix windows in this group to their initial desktop. This causes the current desktop
to change when the window is activated rather than the default behavior of bringing
the window to the current desktop.
fullscreen
Make windows in this group initially fullscreen.
height:#
Set the initial window height (in pixels).
hmax
Make windows in this group maximize horizontally.
icon:string
The icon to be used for windows in this group.
ilist
Ignore the program-specified list setting for windows in this group. If specified
with nolist, windows will not be listed in the task list, otherwise windows will be
listed.
iignore
Ignore the size increment hint when maximizing windows in this group.
ipager
Ignore the program-specified pager setting for windows in this group. If specified
with nopager, windows will not be shown in the pager, otherwise windows will be
shown.
layer:string
The layer on which windows in this group will be started. Valid options are below,
normal, and above
maximized
Make windows in this group initially maximized.
minimized
Make windows in this group initially minimized.
noborder
Causes windows in this group to be displayed without a border.
noclose
Prevent windows in this group from being closed.
nodrag
Disable mod1+drag moving/resizing for windows in this group.
nofocus
Prevents windows in the group from grabbing the focus when mapped.
nofullscreen
Prevent windows in this group from being fullscreen.
nolist
Causes the tray to ignore windows in this group when the window is initially mapped.
nopager
Causes the pager to ignore windows in this group.
nomax
Prevent windows in this group from being maximized.
nomin
Prevent windows in this group from being minimized.
nomove
Prevent windows in this group from being moved.
noresize
Prevent windows in this group from being resized.
noshade
Prevent windows in this group from being shaded.
notitle
Causes windows in this group to be displayed without a title bar.
noturgent
Ignore the urgent hint for windows in this group.
opacity:#
Set the opacity for windows in this group. The value is a number between 0.0 and
1.0 inclusive.
pignore
Ignore initial window position requested by program.
shaded
Make windows in this group initially shaded.
sticky
Make windows in this group sticky.
tiled
Attempt to tile windows in this group upon initial placement. If tiled placement
fails, windows will fall back to cascaded placement (the default) or centered if
specified.
title
Forces windows in this group to have a title bar.
vmax
Make windows in this group maximize vertically.
width:#
Set the initial window width (in pixels).
x:#
Set the initial x-coordinate of the window. Negative numbers indicate that the value
is relative to the right side of the screen.
y:#
Set the initial y-coordinate of the window. Negative numbers indicate that the value
is relative to the bottom of the screen.
WINDOW STYLE
The WindowStyle tag controls the look of window borders. This tag supports the following
attribute:
decorations
The window decorations to use. Valid options are flat and motif. flat is the default.
Within this tag, the following tags are supported:
Font
The font used for title bars. See the FONTS section for more information. This tag
supports the following attribute:
align
The window title alignment. Valid options are left, right, and center. left is the
default.
Width
The width of window borders in pixels. The default is 4, the minimum is 1, and the maximum
is 128.
Height
The height of window title bars in pixels. By default this is set to the size of the title
font. The minimum is 1, and the maximum is 256.
Corner
The corner width of the window border for rounded window borders. The default is 4, the
minimum is 0 (rectangular), and the maximum is 5 (most rounded).
Active
The colors/opacity used for the active window. See the COLORS section for more information
on colors. The following tags are supported:
Foreground
The color of the text and buttons in the title bar. The default is white.
Background
The color of the title bar (gradients are supported). The default is
#CC7700:#884400.
Opacity
The opacity of the window. This is a floating point value between 0.0 and 1.0. The
default is 1.0. Note that a composite manager, such as xcompmgr, is required for
this.
Outline
The color of the window outline. The default is a darkened version of the window
background. If motif window decorations are specified, two colors may be given
separated by a ':' to set the down and up colors respectively.
Foreground
The color of text and buttons in the title bar of inactive windows. The default is white.
Background
The color of the title bar (gradients are supported) of inactive windows. The default is
#333333:#111111.
Opacity
The opacity of inactive windows. This is a floating point value between 0.0 and 1.0. The
default is 0.75. Note that a composite manager, such as xcompmgr, is required for this.
Outline
The color of the window outline for inactive windows. The default is a darkened version of
the window background. If motif window decorations are specified, two colors may be given
separated by a ':' to set the down and up colors respectively.
TRAY STYLE
The TrayStyle tag controls the look of trays. The following attributes are supported:
decorations
The type of decorations to use for trays. Possible values are flat and motif. The default
is flat.
group
Determines if windows are grouped by class when shown in task bars. Possible values are
true and false. The default is false.
list
Determines which windows are shown in task bars. Possible values are desktop and all. The
default is desktop.
Within this tag the following tags are supported:
Font
The default tray font to use. See the FONTS section for more information.
Foreground
The default foreground color. See the COLORS section for more information.
Background
The default background color. See the COLORS section for more information.
Outline
The color of the tray outline. See the COLORS section for more information. The default is
a darkened version of the tray background. If motif tray decorations are specified, this
may be given as two colors separated by a ':' to indicate the down and up colors
respectively.
Opacity
The opacity of trays. This is a floating point value between 0.0 and 1.0. Note that a
composite manager, such as xcompmgr, is required for this.
Active
The default colors for active items on the tray. See the COLORS section for more
information. The following tags are supported:
Foreground
The default foreground color for active items.
Background
The default background color for active items.
Outline
The default outline color for active items. See the COLORS section for more
information. The default is a darkened version of the background. If motif tray
decorations are specified, this may be given as two colors separated by a ':' to
indicate the down and up colors respectively.
TASK LIST STYLE
The TaskListStyle tag controls the look of task lists. The following attribute is supported:
decorations
The window decorations to use. Valid options are flat and motif. The default is inherited
from TrayStyle.
Within this tag the following tags are supported:
Font
The font to use. See the FONTS section for more information.
Foreground
The foreground color. See the COLORS section for more information.
Background
The background color. See the COLORS section for more information.
Outline
The color of the button outline. See the COLORS section for more information. The default
is a darkened version of the background. If motif tray decorations are specified, this may
be given as two colors separated by a ':' to indicate the down and up colors respectively.
Active
The colors for the active items. See the COLORS section for more information. The
following tags are supported:
Foreground
The foreground color for active items.
Background
The background color for active items.
Outline
The outline color for active items. See the COLORS section for more information.
The default is a darkened version of the background. If motif tray decorations are
specified, this may be given as two colors separated by a ':' to indicate the down
and up colors respectively.
TRAY BUTTON STYLE
The TrayButtonStyle tag controls the look of tray buttons.
Within this tag the following tags are supported:
Font
The font to use. See the FONTS section for more information.
Foreground
The foreground color. See the COLORS section for more information.
Background
The background color. See the COLORS section for more information.
Outline
The color of the button outline. See the COLORS section for more information. The default
is a darkened version of the background. If motif tray decorations are specified, this may
be given as two colors separated by a ':' to indicate the down and up colors respectively.
Active
The colors for pressed buttons. See the COLORS section for more information. The
following tags are supported:
Foreground
The foreground color for pressed buttons.
Background
The background color for pressed buttons.
Outline
The outline color for pressed buttons. See the COLORS section for more information.
The default is a darkened version of the background. If motif tray decorations are
specified, this may be given as two colors separated by a ':' to indicate the down
and up colors respectively.
PAGER STYLE
The PagerStyle tag controls the look of pagers. Within this tag, the following tags are
supported:
Outline
The color of the outline around windows shown in the pager. See the COLORS section for more
information.
Foreground
The color of inactive windows shown in the pager. See the COLORS section for more
information.
Background
The background color of inactive desktops shown in the pager. See the COLORS section for
more information.
Active
The colors used for active items in the pager. See the COLORS section for more
information. The following tags are supported:
Foreground
The color of active windows shown in the pager.
Background
The background color of active desktops shown in the pager.
Text
The color to use for pager labels. See the COLORS section for more information.
Font
The font to use for pager labels. See the COLORS section for more information.
CLOCK STYLE
The ClockStyle tag controls the look of clocks. Within this tag, the following tags are
supported:
Font
The font to use for clocks. This defaults to the tray font. See the COLORS section for
more information.
Foreground
The foreground (text) color of clocks. This defaults to the tray foreground color. See
the COLORS section for more information.
Background
The background color of clocks (gradients are supported). This defaults to the tray
background color. See the COLORS section for more information.
MENU STYLE
The MenuStyle tag controls the look of the menus in JWM (this includes the root menu and window
menus). The following attribute is supported:
decorations
The type of decorations to use for menus. Possible values are flat and motif. The default
is flat.
Within this tag the following tags are supported:
Font
The font used on menus See the FONTS section for more information.
Foreground
The text color of inactive menu items. See the COLORS section for more information.
Background
The background color of inactive menu items. See the COLORSsection for more information.
Outline
The color of the menu outline. See the COLORS section for more information. The default is
a darkened version of the menu background. If motif decorations are used, this may be
given as two colors separated by a ':' to indicate the down and up colors respectively.
Active
The colors used for active menu items. See the COLORS section for more information. The
following tags are supported:
Foreground
The text color of active menu items.
Background
Text background color of active menu items (gradients are supported).
Opacity
The opacity of menus. This is a floating point value between 0.0 and 1.0. Note that a
composite manager, such as xcompmgr, is required for this.
POPUP STYLE
The PopupStyle tag controls the look of popup windows such as those shown when the mouse sits over
a task list item. This tag supports the following attributes:
delay int
The delay in milliseconds before popups activate. The default is 600.
enabled string
Determine if popups are shown. This is a comma-separated list of one or more of the
following: true (all enabled), false (no popups enabled), button (tray buttons), clock
(clocks), menu (menus), pager (pagers), and task (task list items). The default is true.
Within this tag the following tags are supported:
Font
The font to use. See the FONTS section for more information.
Outline
The color of the window outline. See the COLORS section for more information. The default
is black.
Foreground
The text color. See the COLORS section for more information.
Background
The background color. See the COLORS section for more information.
FONTS
Fonts for various parts of JWM are specified within a Font tag. The text of this tag determines
the font to use. This can be either a standard X font string or, if compiled with XFT support, an
XFT font string.
COLORS
Colors for various parts of JWM are specified within specific tags (described above). Colors may
either be hex triplets in RGB format (for example, #FF0000 is red) or by a name recognized by the
X server. For components that support gradients, two colors may be specified separated by a
colon.
ICONS
Icons for windows that don't supply an icon via the _NET_WM_ICON hint are located by searching the
icon search path(s) for an icon whose name (minus the ".xpm" or ".png" extension) matches the
instance name of the window as returned in the WM_CLASS hint. If this lookup fails, a default icon
is supplied. This icon will be displayed for the window on it's title bar and on the task list.
Icons that are not an appropriate size will be scaled. Square icons work best.
For menu items, the icon path is searched for a match. the icon specified for a menu item must be
the exact name of the icon file with the extension. If no match is found, a blank area will
appear where the icon should appear. If an icon is not specified for any menu item in a menu, no
space will be allocated for icons.
Zero or more IconPath tags may be specified. The text of this tag is assumed to be an absolute
directory path to a directory containing XPM, PNG, and/or JPEG icons. When searching for icons,
if multiple paths are provided, they will be searched in order until a match is made. Note that
icon, PNG, JPEG, and XPM support are compile-time options.
KEY BINDINGS
Keyboard bindings in JWM are specified in Key tags. Either the key or keycode attributes must be
specified to determine which key will cause an action. The optional attribute, mask, specifies
what key mask, if any, must be in effect for the binding to match. Finally, the text of the Key
tag is the action to perform.
One or more of the following key masks may be specified for mask (see xmodmap(1)):
A The "Alt" key (mod1).
C Control
S Shift
1 mod1
2 mod2
3 mod3
4 mod4
5 mod5
The key specified in the key attribute must contain a valid key string for XStringToKeysym(3).
These values are usually what one would expect (for example, the escape key is called "Escape").
Valid actions for a key binding are:
up Move up.
down Move down.
right Move right.
left Move left.
escape Stop a move/resize, exit a menu, or cancel an action.
fullscreen
Toggle between fullscreen and not fullscreen.
select Make a menu selection or confirm an action.
next Move to the next window in the task list.
nextstacked
Move to the next window in the stacking order.
prev Move to the previous window in the task list.
prevstacked
Move to the previous window in the stacking order.
close Close the active window.
minimize
Minimize the active window.
maximize
Maximize the active window.
maxv Maximize the active window vertically.
maxh Maximize the active window horizontally.
maxtop Maximize the active window to the top of the screen.
maxbottom
Maximize the active window to the bottom of the screen.
maxleft
Maximize the active window to the left of the screen.
maxright
Maximize the active window to the right of the screen.
restore
Restore a maximized window.
sendl Send the active window left.
sendr Send the active window right.
sendu Send the active window up.
sendd Send the active window down.
shade Shade the active window.
stick Stick/unstick the active window.
move Move the active window.
resize Resize the active window.
root:n Show root menu n.
window Show the window menu for the active window.
desktop#
Switch to a specific desktop. To use this, "#" must be specified in the key section.
The number 1 to the number of desktops configured are then substituted for "#".
rdesktop
Move one desktop to the right.
ldesktop
Move one desktop to the left.
udesktop
Move up one desktop.
ddesktop
Move down one desktop.
showdesktop
Show/hide the desktop (maximize/minimize all windows).
showtray
Unhide the tray (when using autohide).
exec:command
Execute command.
restart
Restart JWM.
Note that there are no default key bindings. It is possible to bind multiple key combinations to
the same action.
MOUSE BINDINGS
Any button other than the scroll wheel (buttons 4 and 5) on the root window will bring up the root
menu unless otherwise specified via the onroot attribute of RootMenu. Scrolling up on the root
window switches to the left desktop and scrolling down switches to the right desktop.
Button 1 (typically the left button):
Over the border, dragging resizes the window. Over the title bar, dragging moves the
window and double clicking toggles the maximized state. Over the window while holding the
appropriate modifier key, dragging moves the window. Over the menu button, clicking shows
the menu. Over the minimize button, clicking minimizes the window. Over the maximize
button, clicking toggles between maximized and normal. Over the close button, clicking
closes the window. Over a task bar, restores or minimizes the window. Over a pager,
switches the active desktop.
Button 2 (typically the middle button):
Over the maximize button, clicking toggles between vertically maximized and normal.
Anywhere else on a window frame, dragging while holding button 2 will move the window.
Over a pager, switches the active desktop.
Button 3 (typically the right button):
Over the frame, clicking shows the window menu. On the minimize button, clicking toggles
between shaded and unshaded. On the maximize button, clicking toggles between horizontally
maximized and normal. On the close button, clicking closes the window. Over a task bar,
shows the window menu. Over a pager, dragging while holding button 3 will move a window.
Scrolling up over the title bar will shade the window and scrolling down will unshade the window.
When a menu is open, the scroll wheel will move through menu items. When over the pager, the
scroll wheel will switch desktops. When over a task list, the scroll wheel will switch windows.
DESKTOPS
Virtual desktops are controlled with the Desktops tag. Within this tag the following attribute is
supported:
width int
The number of virtual desktops in the horizontal direction. The default is 4.
height int
The number of virtual desktops in the vertical direction. The default is 1.
Within the Desktops tag the following tags are supported:
Background
The default background for desktops. The type attribute determines the type of background
and the text contained within this tag is the value. Valid types are:
solid
A solid color. See the COLORS section for more information. This is the default.
gradient
A gradient color. See the COLORS section for more information.
image
A stretched image. This may be an XPM, PNG, or JPEG image. Note that support for
XPM, PNG, and JPEG images must be compiled in and icon support is required.
tile
A tiled image. Like image, but the image is tiled instead of stretched.
scale
A scaled image. Like image, but the aspect ratio of the image is preserved.
command
A command to run for setting the background.
Desktop
Desktop-specific data. The name attribute may be specified to name the desktop (the default
is the desktop number). Within this tag a Background tag may be specified for a desktop-
specific background. See Background above for more information.
OTHER SETTINGS
The following tags may also be supplied:
ButtonClose
An icon to display for the close button on client windows instead of the default.
ButtonMax
An icon to display for the maximize button on client windows instead of the default.
ButtonMaxActive
An icon to display for the maximize button on maximized client windows instead of the
default.
ButtonMenu
An icon to display for the menu button on client windows instead of the default. This is
used for client windows that do not specify an icon.
ButtonMin
An icon to display for the minimize button on client windows instead of the default.
DefaultIcon
An icon to display for windows that do not specify an icon.
DoubleClickDelta
The number of pixels the mouse can move during a double click. The default is 2. Valid
values are between 0 and 32 inclusive.
DoubleClickSpeed
The maximum number of milliseconds between clicks for a double click. The default is 400.
Valid values are between 1 and 2000 inclusive.
FocusModel
The focus model to be used. The default is "sloppy". Valid values are:
click
Click to focus and raise.
clicktitle
Click to focus. Click the title bar to raise.
sloppy
Focus follows mouse. Click to raise.
sloppytitle
Focus follows mouse. Click the title bar to raise.
MoveMode
The move mode. The default is "opaque". Valid values are "opaque" and "outline". This tag
supports the following attributes:
coordinates { off | corner | window | screen }
The location of the status window. The default is screen.
delay int
The delay in milliseconds before moving a window to a different desktop. Setting
this to 0 disables dragging windows between desktops. The default is 1000.
mask string
The key mask of the modifier that, when held, allows one to move the window by
dragging it. The default is "A".
ResizeMode
The resize mode. The default is "opaque". Valid values are "opaque" and "outline". The
optional coordinates attribute determines the location of the move status window. Possible
values are: This tag supports the following attribute:
coordinates { off | corner | window | screen }
The location of the status window. The default is screen.
SnapMode
The snap mode. The default is "border". Valid values are "none" (for no snapping), "screen"
(for snapping to the edge of the screen), and "border" (for snapping to the borders of
windows and the screen). An optional attribute, distance, specifies the distance for
snapping. The default is 5. Valid values are between 1 and 32 inclusive.
StartupCommand
A command to run when JWM starts.
ShutdownCommand
A command to run when JWM exits.
RestartCommand
A command to run when JWM restarts.
AUTHOR
Joe Wingbermuehle <joewing@joewing.net>
SEE ALSO
X(1)