DWM Tips

Start DWM at specific tag and select multiple tags with a key bind.

• Start DWM v6 at specific tag: in dwm.c in createmon(void) function definition

  
  m->tagset[0] = m->tagset[1] = 1<<2; /* start DWM at tag 3 */
  

  or

  
  m->tagset[0] = m->tagset[1] = 1 << 1 | 1 << 2 | 1<<3; /* to start DWM at tags 2, 3, and 4 */
  

• Select multiple tags with a key bind: in config.h

  
  /* key definitions */
  #define MODKEY Mod4Mask
  #define WORKSPACE(KEY,TAG) \
      { MODKEY, KEY, view, {.ui = TAG} },
  
  /* modifier   key     function   argument */
  WORKSPACE(    XK_z,              1 << 1 | 1 << 2 | 1<<3 ) /* select tags 2, 3 and 4 with Mod4 + z key combination */
  

• Links:
  start tag
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  multiple tag selection