From ce289911cbbb48ce3900e434ac4d1f5a3fa35400 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jameel-sawafta <jameelhsawafta@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2026 15:47:37 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] dwm: add ClkAnywhere and viewnext/viewprev for cyclic tag
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---
 config.def.h |  8 +++++++-
 dwm.c        | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 2 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
index 81c3fc0..8c850be 100644
--- a/config.def.h
+++ b/config.def.h
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 /* See LICENSE file for copyright and license details. */
 
+/* mouse buttons */
+#define Button8 8
+#define Button9 9
+
 /* appearance */
 static const unsigned int borderpx  = 1;        /* border pixel of windows */
 static const unsigned int snap      = 32;       /* snap pixel */
@@ -99,7 +103,7 @@ static const Key keys[] = {
 };
 
 /* button definitions */
-/* click can be ClkTagBar, ClkLtSymbol, ClkStatusText, ClkWinTitle, ClkClientWin, or ClkRootWin */
+/* click can be ClkTagBar, ClkLtSymbol, ClkStatusText, ClkWinTitle, ClkClientWin, ClkRootWin, or ClkAnywhere */
 static const Button buttons[] = {
 	/* click                event mask      button          function        argument */
 	{ ClkLtSymbol,          0,              Button1,        setlayout,      {0} },
@@ -113,5 +117,7 @@ static const Button buttons[] = {
 	{ ClkTagBar,            0,              Button3,        toggleview,     {0} },
 	{ ClkTagBar,            MODKEY,         Button1,        tag,            {0} },
 	{ ClkTagBar,            MODKEY,         Button3,        toggletag,      {0} },
+	{ ClkAnywhere,          MODKEY,         Button9,        viewnext,       {0} },
+	{ ClkAnywhere,          MODKEY,         Button8,        viewprev,       {0} },
 };
 
diff --git a/dwm.c b/dwm.c
index 53b393e..3ed105f 100644
--- a/dwm.c
+++ b/dwm.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ enum { NetSupported, NetWMName, NetWMState, NetWMCheck,
        NetWMWindowTypeDialog, NetClientList, NetLast }; /* EWMH atoms */
 enum { WMProtocols, WMDelete, WMState, WMTakeFocus, WMLast }; /* default atoms */
 enum { ClkTagBar, ClkLtSymbol, ClkStatusText, ClkWinTitle,
-       ClkClientWin, ClkRootWin, ClkLast }; /* clicks */
+       ClkClientWin, ClkRootWin, ClkAnywhere, ClkLast }; /* clicks */
 
 typedef union {
 	int i;
@@ -226,6 +226,8 @@ static void updatetitle(Client *c);
 static void updatewindowtype(Client *c);
 static void updatewmhints(Client *c);
 static void view(const Arg *arg);
+static void viewnext(const Arg *arg);
+static void viewprev(const Arg *arg);
 static Client *wintoclient(Window w);
 static Monitor *wintomon(Window w);
 static int xerror(Display *dpy, XErrorEvent *ee);
@@ -451,7 +453,8 @@ buttonpress(XEvent *e)
 		click = ClkClientWin;
 	}
 	for (i = 0; i < LENGTH(buttons); i++)
-		if (click == buttons[i].click && buttons[i].func && buttons[i].button == ev->button
+		if ((click == buttons[i].click || buttons[i].click == ClkAnywhere)
+		&& buttons[i].func && buttons[i].button == ev->button
 		&& CLEANMASK(buttons[i].mask) == CLEANMASK(ev->state))
 			buttons[i].func(click == ClkTagBar && buttons[i].arg.i == 0 ? &arg : &buttons[i].arg);
 }
@@ -940,7 +943,7 @@ grabbuttons(Client *c, int focused)
 			XGrabButton(dpy, AnyButton, AnyModifier, c->win, False,
 				BUTTONMASK, GrabModeSync, GrabModeSync, None, None);
 		for (i = 0; i < LENGTH(buttons); i++)
-			if (buttons[i].click == ClkClientWin)
+			if (buttons[i].click == ClkClientWin || buttons[i].click == ClkAnywhere)
 				for (j = 0; j < LENGTH(modifiers); j++)
 					XGrabButton(dpy, buttons[i].button,
 						buttons[i].mask | modifiers[j],
@@ -2062,6 +2065,32 @@ view(const Arg *arg)
 	arrange(selmon);
 }
 
+void
+viewnext(const Arg *arg)
+{
+	unsigned int i;
+	unsigned int curtag = selmon->tagset[selmon->seltags] & TAGMASK;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < LENGTH(tags) && !(curtag & (1 << i)); i++);
+	i = (i + 1) % LENGTH(tags);
+
+	Arg a = {.ui = 1 << i};
+	view(&a);
+}
+
+void
+viewprev(const Arg *arg)
+{
+	unsigned int i;
+	unsigned int curtag = selmon->tagset[selmon->seltags] & TAGMASK;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < LENGTH(tags) && !(curtag & (1 << i)); i++);
+	i = (i == 0) ? LENGTH(tags) - 1 : i - 1;
+
+	Arg a = {.ui = 1 << i};
+	view(&a);
+}
+
 Client *
 wintoclient(Window w)
 {
-- 
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