MOVERESIZE

Description

This addition to config.h allows you to move and resize dwm’s clients using keyboard bindings. See historical patches for older versions.

Usage

  1. Put the following moveresize() function somewhere in your 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));

    }

  2. 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 }}},

If you want to automatically toggle the client floating when move/resize, replace the if() statement above with this code:

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

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