switchtotag

Description

Adds a rule option to switch to the configured tag when a window opens, then switch back when it closes.

The patch modifies config.def.h. Make sure to update config.h accordingly, if the file exists.

Example Configuration

static const Rule rules[] = {
    /* class      instance title tags mask switchtotag isfloating monitor */
    { "Gimp",     NULL,    NULL, 0,        0,          1,         -1 },
    { "Firefox",  NULL,    NULL, 1 << 8,   1,          0,         -1 },
};

In this example, since Firefox is configured to start with tag 9 and switchtotag is enabled, as soon as the application starts, dwm will switch to tag 9. When Firefox closes, dwm will switch back to the tags which were active before the application started.

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