NAME

       dwm - dynamic window manager

SYNOPSIS

       dwm [-v]

DESCRIPTION

       dwm  is  a dynamic window manager for X. It manages windows in tiled, monocle and floating
       layouts. Either layout can be applied dynamically,  optimising  the  environment  for  the
       application in use and the task performed.

       In tiled layouts windows are managed in a master and stacking area. The master area on the
       left contains one window by default, and the stacking area on the right contains all other
       windows.  The  number  of  master  area  windows can be adjusted from zero to an arbitrary
       number. In monocle layout all windows are maximised to the screen size. In floating layout
       windows  can  be  resized  and  moved  freely. Dialog windows are always managed floating,
       regardless of the layout applied.

       Windows are grouped by tags. Each  window  can  be  tagged  with  one  or  multiple  tags.
       Selecting certain tags displays all windows with these tags.

       Each screen contains a small status bar which displays all available tags, the layout, the
       title of the focused window, and the text read from the root window name property, if  the
       screen  is  focused.  A  floating window is indicated with an empty square and a maximised
       floating window is indicated with a filled square before the windows title.  The  selected
       tags  are  indicated  with a different color. The tags of the focused window are indicated
       with a filled square in the top left corner.  The tags which are applied to  one  or  more
       windows are indicated with an empty square in the top left corner.

       dwm draws a small border around windows to indicate the focus state.

OPTIONS

       -v     prints version information to stderr, then exits.

USAGE

   Status bar
       X root window name
              is  read  and displayed in the status text area. It can be set with the xsetroot(1)
              command.

       Button1
              click on a tag label to display all windows with that  tag,  click  on  the  layout
              label toggles between tiled and floating layout.

       Button3
              click on a tag label adds/removes all windows with that tag to/from the view.

       Mod1-Button1
              click on a tag label applies that tag to the focused window.

       Mod1-Button3
              click on a tag label adds/removes that tag to/from the focused window.

   Keyboard commands
       Mod1-Shift-Return
              Start st(1).

       Mod1-p Spawn dmenu(1) for launching other programs.

       Mod1-, Focus previous screen, if any.

       Mod1-. Focus next screen, if any.

       Mod1-Shift-,
              Send focused window to previous screen, if any.

       Mod1-Shift-.
              Send focused window to next screen, if any.

       Mod1-b Toggles bar on and off.

       Mod1-t Sets tiled layout.

       Mod1-f Sets floating layout.

       Mod1-m Sets monocle layout.

       Mod1-space
              Toggles between current and previous layout.

       Mod1-j Focus next window.

       Mod1-k Focus previous window.

       Mod1-i Increase number of windows in master area.

       Mod1-d Decrease number of windows in master area.

       Mod1-l Increase master area size.

       Mod1-h Decrease master area size.

       Mod1-Return
              Zooms/cycles focused window to/from master area (tiled layouts only).

       Mod1-Shift-c
              Close focused window.

       Mod1-Shift-space
              Toggle focused window between tiled and floating state.

       Mod1-Tab
              Toggles to the previously selected tags.

       Mod1-Shift-[1..n]
              Apply nth tag to focused window.

       Mod1-Shift-0
              Apply all tags to focused window.

       Mod1-Control-Shift-[1..n]
              Add/remove nth tag to/from focused window.

       Mod1-[1..n]
              View all windows with nth tag.

       Mod1-0 View all windows with any tag.

       Mod1-Control-[1..n]
              Add/remove all windows with nth tag to/from the view.

       Mod1-Shift-q
              Quit dwm.

   Mouse commands
       Mod1-Button1
              Move  focused  window while dragging. Tiled windows will be toggled to the floating
              state.

       Mod1-Button2
              Toggles focused window between floating and tiled state.

       Mod1-Button3
              Resize focused window while dragging. Tiled windows will be toggled to the floating
              state.

CUSTOMIZATION

       dwm  is  customized  by creating a custom config.h and (re)compiling the source code. This
       keeps it fast, secure and simple.

SEE ALSO

       dmenu(1), st(1)

ISSUES

       Java applications which use the XToolkit/XAWT backend may  draw  grey  windows  only.  The
       XToolkit/XAWT  backend  breaks  ICCCM-compliance  in  recent  JDK  1.5  and  early JDK 1.6
       versions, because it assumes a reparenting window manager. Possible workarounds are  using
       JDK  1.4  (which  doesn't  contain  the  XToolkit/XAWT backend) or setting the environment
       variable AWT_TOOLKIT=MToolkit (to use the older Motif backend instead)  or  running  xprop
       -root  -f  _NET_WM_NAME  32a -set _NET_WM_NAME LG3D or wmname LG3D (to pretend that a non-
       reparenting window manager is running that the XToolkit/XAWT  backend  can  recognize)  or
       when using OpenJDK setting the environment variable _JAVA_AWT_WM_NONREPARENTING=1.

BUGS

       Send all bug reports with a patch to hackers@suckless.org.

                                             dwm-6.5                                       DWM(1)