moveresize

Description

This changes allows you to move and resize dwm's clients using keyboard bindings.

Usage

  1. Put the following moveresize() function somewhere in your dwm.c,

after the line which includes the config.h file:

static void
moveresize(const Arg *arg)
{
	XEvent ev;
	Monitor *m = selmon;

	if(!(m->sel && arg && arg->v && m->sel->isfloating))
		return;

	resize(m->sel, m->sel->x + ((int *)arg->v)[0],
		m->sel->y + ((int *)arg->v)[1],
		m->sel->w + ((int *)arg->v)[2],
		m->sel->h + ((int *)arg->v)[3],
		True);

	while(XCheckMaskEvent(dpy, EnterWindowMask, &ev));
}
  1. Add a moveresize() function definition in dwm.c below the line:
static void movemouse(const Arg *arg);

static void moveresize(const Arg *arg);
  1. Insert the bindings into the keys list. Here is an example which uses the arrow keys to move (mod+arrow) or resize (mod+shift+arrow) the selected client:
{ MODKEY,					XK_Down,	moveresize,		{.v = (int []){ 0, 25, 0, 0 }}},
{ MODKEY,					XK_Up,		moveresize,		{.v = (int []){ 0, -25, 0, 0 }}},
{ MODKEY,					XK_Right,	moveresize,		{.v = (int []){ 25, 0, 0, 0 }}},
{ MODKEY,					XK_Left,	moveresize,		{.v = (int []){ -25, 0, 0, 0 }}},
{ MODKEY|ShiftMask,			XK_Down,	moveresize,		{.v = (int []){ 0, 0, 0, 25 }}},
{ MODKEY|ShiftMask,			XK_Up,		moveresize,		{.v = (int []){ 0, 0, 0, -25 }}},
{ MODKEY|ShiftMask,			XK_Right,	moveresize,		{.v = (int []){ 0, 0, 25, 0 }}},
{ MODKEY|ShiftMask,			XK_Left,	moveresize,		{.v = (int []){ 0, 0, -25, 0 }}},

In latest version you can also add the following bindings to move client to the edge of screen (mod+ctrl+arrow) or resize client to edge of screen (mod+shift+ctrl+arrow). Pressing resize to edge of screen towards the same direction a second time, will resize client back to original size.

{ MODKEY|ControlMask,           XK_Up,     moveresizeedge, {.v = "t"} },
{ MODKEY|ControlMask,           XK_Down,   moveresizeedge, {.v = "b"} },
{ MODKEY|ControlMask,           XK_Left,   moveresizeedge, {.v = "l"} },
{ MODKEY|ControlMask,           XK_Right,  moveresizeedge, {.v = "r"} },
{ MODKEY|ControlMask|ShiftMask, XK_Up,     moveresizeedge, {.v = "T"} },
{ MODKEY|ControlMask|ShiftMask, XK_Down,   moveresizeedge, {.v = "B"} },
{ MODKEY|ControlMask|ShiftMask, XK_Left,   moveresizeedge, {.v = "L"} },
{ MODKEY|ControlMask|ShiftMask, XK_Right,  moveresizeedge, {.v = "R"} },

If you want to automatically toggle the client floating when move/resize, then replace the second if statement in the moveresize function with this code:

if (!(m->sel && arg && arg->v))
	return;
if (m->lt[m->sellt]->arrange && !m->sel->isfloating)
	togglefloating(NULL);

Multi-head

From dwm 6.0 onward there's the following patch which is aware of the screen sizes in a multi monitor setup. A second patch allows you to maximize windows.

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20201206:

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