dwm Configuration - README

This README outlines the keybindings, scratchpad usage, layouts, and other important settings in the config.def.h file for my dwm build.

Appearance

Property	Value
Border Width	0px (no window border)
Gaps	2px gap between windows
Snap	8px
Status Bar	Displayed at the top of the screen
Fonts	TerminessTTF Nerd Font (18px, bold), JoyPixels (16px, bold)
Colors	See below

Color Scheme

Element	Foreground	Background	Border
SchemeNorm	#dddfff	#000000	#444444
SchemeSel	#ffffff	#000000	#00ffff

Keybindings

Action	Keybinding
Terminal	Alt + Enter
Quit dwm	Alt + Shift + q
Switch Windows	Alt + Tab
Toggle Floating	Alt + Space
Tile Layout	Alt + t
Floating Layout	Alt + f
Monocle Layout	Alt + m
Move Focus	Alt + j/k
Resize Windows	Alt + h/l
Increase/Decrease Gaps	Alt + Shift + h/l
Switch Master/Slave Windows	Alt + ,/.
View Tag	Alt + [1-9]
Move Window to Tag	Alt + Shift + [1-9]
View All Tags	Alt + 0
Move Window to All Tags	Alt + Shift + 0

Scratchpads

Program	Keybinding
Terminal	Alt + Shift + Return
Ranger	Alt + Shift + r
ncmpcpp	Alt + Shift + m
tty-clock	Alt + Shift + c
Vim	Alt + Shift + v
nnn	Alt + Shift + n
Typiskt	Alt + Shift + t
Cava	Alt + Shift + a

Layouts

Layout	Keybinding
Tile	Alt + t
Floating	Alt + f
Monocle	Alt + m

Autostart Programs

• st (simple terminal)
• picom (compositor for transparency)
• slstatus (status bar)
• mpd (music player daemon)
• dunst (notification daemon)
• nm-applet (network manager tray icon)
• redshift (for adjusting screen color temperature)
• feh (for setting background image)
• blueman (for Bluetooth management)
• pasystray (for PulseAudio volume control)
• gpg-agent (for managing GPG keys)
• xbindkeys (for custom keybindings)
• xsettingsd (for GTK+ and QT settings)
• barrier (for mouse and keyboard sharing)
• Background image via .fehbg
• Cursor hiding via xhidecursor

Tags

Tag	Icon
Terminal	
Web Browser	
Development	
Chat	
Files	󰑈
Music	󰛍
Documents	
Media Editing	󰣠
Video	
Recording	

Tag Rules

Application	Tag	Description
discord	5	Chat
qemu	9	Virtualization
surf / qutebrowser	3	Browser
firefox / chromium	9	Browser
obs	7	Recording
virt-manager	8	Virtual Machines
transmission-gtk	9	Downloads
krita, gimp, kdenlive	7	Media Editing

Special Rules

Floating scratchpad windows (e.g., spterm, spfm, spncm, etc.) are not swallowed and behave as independent floating windows.