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Multi-monitor setup

If configured to use Xinerama libraries in config.mk, dwm can automatically detect configured screen outputs (monitor, overhead projector, etc.) and their resolutions and draw the windows in the output area accordingly.

Configuring monitors

One of the easiest ways to configure screen outputs is via the RandR X server extension using the xrandr tool. Without arguments it will list the current configuration of screen outputs.

xrandr For each connected output the supported resolution modes will be printed.

Mirroring two outputs

dwm will assume that two outputs should display identical windows and tags if:

one of them is configured to display in the same area as the other (--same-as switch) they have the same resolution After connecting a monitor, this could be an example of a mirroring setup

xrandr --output VGA1 --auto --same-as LVDS1 --mode 1024x768
xrandr --output LVDS1 --mode 1024x768

The --auto switch enables the output after it was connected.

Two independent outputs

If two screen outputs have different resolutions, dwm assumes that they should display different windows and tag sets. It may therefore be necessary to instruct the X server via the xrandr tool to draw the outputs in different areas of the screen, as it may default to --same-as and the areas would overlap.

After connecting a monitor, this could be an example of such a setup

xrandr --output VGA1 --auto --right-of LVDS1

In this case the --auto switch enables the output after connecting and also sets its preferred resolution mode.

Keybindings

Super key is an alternative name for the Windows key or Command key when using Linux or BSD operating systems or software.

  • App Shortcuts:

Key Combo What it'll do
super+shift+enter launch terminal
super+shift+w launch web browser
super+shift+m launch chat app
super+shift+h launch htop in st terminal
super+shift+e launch file manager
super+shift+c kill window/application
  • Window Management

Key Combo What it'll do
alt+tab Switch windows using rofi
super+b toggle bar visibility
super+left/right key toggle selected window
super+[/] increase/decrease windows in master (left) side
super+,/. decrease/increase master window's "weight"
super+shift+,/. decrease/increase slave window's "weight" wrt other slave window
super+enter switch selected slave window with master window
super+tab switch to last tag
super+shift+c kill window/application
super+f toggle fullscreen mode
super+control+,/. cycle window layout
super+space disable/enable focus on floating windows
super+shift+space toggle active window to floating window
control+,/. change focused monitor
control+shift+,/. Move selected window to next screen
  • Keybindings related to gaps

Key Combo What it'll do
super+shift+_ toggle gaps on/off
super+shift+= reset gaps back to default
super+-/+ decrease/increase all gaps
super+alt+-/+ decrease/increase inner all gaps
super+control+-/+ decrease/increase outer all gaps
alt+-/+ decrease/increase inner vertical gaps
alt+shift+-/+ decrease/increase inner horizontal gaps
control+-/+ decrease/increase outer vertical gaps
control+shift+-/+ decrease/increase outer horizontal gaps
  • Keybindings related to border size

Key Combo What it'll do
super+; Decrease border size
super+' Increase border size
super+\ Reset border size
  • DWM Controls

Key Combo What it'll do
super+F5 quit dwm session (back to tty)
control+F5 reload dwm
super+control+F5 reload dwm & apply colors from .Xresources (xrdb patch)
  • Tag related keybindings

Key Combo What it'll do
super+1-9 switch tags
super+control+left/right change current tag to the one on its left/right
super+shift+left/right move selected window one tag to the left/right
super+shift+1-9 move active window to other tags
super+shift+control+1-9 tag active window to other tags (i.e selected window will show in the newly selected tag as well)
super+0 select all tags (i.e view windows of all tags in current tag)
super+shift+0 tag active window to all tags (i.e selected window will follow the active tag)
  • dmenu/rofi/random scripts keybindings

Key Combo What it'll do
super+p run dmenu
super+x bring up power menu (dmenu)
super+m watchmedia script (dmenu)
super+a application launcher (rofi)
super+j application launcher (jgmenu)
super+s YouTube downloader (dmenu)
super+c colorpicker script
super+e emoji picker (dmenu)
super+z disable/enable touchpad
  • Multimedia/Misc Keys

Key Combo What it'll do
PrintScreen Copy full screenshot
super+PrintScreen Copy & save full screenshot
shift+PrintScreen Select a part of screen and copy it to clipboard
super+shift+PrintScreen Select a part of screen, copy it to clipboard & save
control+PrintScreen Copy active window's screenshot
super+control+PrintScreen Copy active window's screenshot & save
Audio Up/Down/Mute Increase/Decrease/Mute Audio
Brightness Up/Down Increase/Decrease brightness
Audio Play/Next/Previous Toggle between play & pause, change to next/previous song
  • Things you can do combining mouse & keyboard buttons

Keyboard+Mouse Stuff
super+Right Click a floating window to resize it.
super+shift+ Left Click a non-floating master window to change its "weight" (size).
super+shift+ Right Click a non-floating slave window to change its "weight" (size).
super+Left Click a window and drag around to move it. If non-floating window is selected, then you can drag it around to another non-floating window's place and switch with it
super+Left Click a tag to send selected window to that particular tag.
super+Right Click a tag to tag selected window to that particular tag.
Middle Click dwm status bar (except tags side) to launch terminal.
Middle Click a window to toggle floating state of that window.

Patches Applied

  • actualfullscreen
  • adjacenttag
  • alpha
  • alwayscenter
  • barborder
  • barpadding
  • canfocusfloating
  • cfacts
  • cursorwarp
  • cyclelayouts
  • dragcfact
  • dragmfact
  • focusdir
  • focusonnetactive
  • pertag
  • placemouse
  • preserveonrestart
  • removeborder
  • resizepoint
  • restartsig
  • setborderpx
  • smfact
  • status2d+systray+xrdb
  • statuscmd+status2d
  • swallow
  • switchtotag
  • underlinetags
  • vanitygaps
  • viewontag
  • winicon
  • xrdb
  • zoomswap