Hello dear dwm users, There is something that make me sad with dwm, there is a lack of role rules for clients. I explain : clients have instance and name using WM_CLASS, but there is also WM_WINDOW_ROLE which is really important and useful.
Example : you want your firefox window tiled but not the download manager or not the preference client you could make a rule that catch the WM_WINDOW_ROLE -> xprop WM_WINDOW_ROLE on the firefox windows and sub-windows --> xprop WM_WINDOW_ROLE --> WM_WINDOW_ROLE(STRING) = "Preferences" # this is preferences --> xprop WM_WINDOW_ROLE --> WM_WINDOW_ROLE(STRING) = "browser" # the main window --> xprop WM_WINDOW_ROLE --> WM_WINDOW_ROLE(STRING) = "Manager" # the download window Why is this so important? Because you can make more rules to specifig windows, I personally like to have the main browser window tiled but not the download window. This is also the same thing with pidgin, pidgin has a conversation window and a buddy list that have differents WM_WINDOW_ROLE. Of coure we could use the `title' rules but it's different on each locale you are using so it sucks as well. I would like to write a patch but for the moment I don't find the good function that handle WM_WINDOW_ROLE. With kind regards. -- Demelier David
