OVERVIEW
Configuration of JWM is done by editing
".jwmrc" (or the configuration file specified with the -f
option). This file is XML making it easy to edit, either by hand or
programmatically. The example.jwmrc gives an example configuration file.
Before restarting JWM, it is a good idea to run "jwm -p" to make
sure the configuration file is free of errors. Otherwise you may end up
without a root menu.
ROOT MENU
The root menu in JWM is the primary way of starting
programs. It also provides a way to restart or exit the window manager. The
outer most tag is
RootMenu. The following attributes are supported:
onroot list
Determine which buttons on the root window activate the
menu. This is a list of integers specifying buttons. The default is
"123". Note that multiple root menus may be specified by using
different buttons for different menus. The range of possible values is
0 to 9 inclusive as well as a to z inclusive,
providing for up to 36 menus. Note that only the numeric values map to mouse
buttons.
height int
Height of each menu item in pixels. 0 indicates the
largest menu item will determine the height. The default is 0.
labeled bool
Determines if a label appears at the top of the menu.
Default is false.
label string
The label to display at the top of the menu. Default is
"JWM".
dynamic string
A dynamically loaded menu. If the text starts with
exec:, the output of the specified program is used.
Within the RootMenu tag, the following tags are
supported:
Menu
This tag creates a submenu item. Any of the tags allowed
within the
RootMenu tag, including the
Menu tag are allowed
within this element. The following attributes are supported:
height int
Height of each menu item in pixels. 0 indicates the
largest menu item will determine the height. The default is inherited from the
parent menu.
label string
The label to use. No default.
tooltip string
A tooltip to display. No default.
icon string
The icon to use for this menu. No default.
labeled bool
Determines if a label appears at the top of the menu.
Default is false.
Dynamic
Dynamically include the contents of a file or executable
into a submenu. The file must start with a "JWM" tag. The file is
specified by the text of the tag. If the text starts with "exec:"
then the output of a program is used. This tag supports the same attributes as
Menu. A timeout attribute may be specified to set a timeout in
milliseconds. The default timeout is 5000 milliseconds (5 seconds).
Include
Include the contents of a file into the menu structure.
The file must start with a "JWM" tag. The file is specified by the
text of the tag. If the text starts with "exec:" then the output of
a program is used. A timeout attribute may be specified to set a
timeout in milliseconds. The default timeout is 5000 milliseconds (5
seconds).
Program
The
Program tag provides a way to start an
external program. The text in this tag is the command used to start the
program. The following attributes are supported:
label string
The label to display. Default is the text of the
tag.
tooltip string
A tooltip to display. No default.
icon string
The icon to use. No default.
Separator
This tag simply puts a line in the menu allowing menu
divisions. No text or attributes are used.
Desktops
Add a desktop menu. This will add a submenu with a list
of desktops that can be used to change the current desktop. The following
attributes are supported:
label string
The label to use for the menu. The default is
"Desktops".
tooltip string
A tooltip to display. No default.
icon string
The icon to use for this item. No default.
SendTo
Add a "send to" menu to the menu. After
selecting an item from this menu, a window may be selected to send that window
to the selected desktop. The following attributes are supported:
label string
The label to use. The default is
"SendTo".
tooltip string
A tooltip to display. No default.
icon string
The icon to use for this item. No default.
Stick
Add a stick/unstick window operation to the menu. After
selecting this item a window may be selected to toggle the sticky state of
that window. The following attributes are supported:
label string
The label to use. The default is "Stick".
tooltip string
A tooltip to display. No default.
icon string
The icon to use for this item. No default.
Maximize
Add a maximize window operation to the menu. After
selecting this item a window may be selected to toggle the maximized state of
that window. The following attributes are supported:
label string
The label to use. The default is
"Maximize".
tooltip string
A tooltip to display. No default.
icon string
The icon to use for this item. No default.
Minimize
Add a minimize window operation to the menu. After
selecting this item a window may be selected to minimize that window. The
following attributes are supported:
label string
The label to use. The default is
"Minimize".
tooltip string
A tooltip to display. No default.
icon string
The icon to use for this item. No default.
Shade
Add a shade/unshade window operation to the menu. After
selecting this item a window may be selected to toggle the shaded status of
that window. The following attributes are supported:
label string
The label to use. The default is "Shade".
tooltip string
A tooltip to display. No default.
icon string
The icon to use for this item. No default.
Move
Add a move window operation to the menu. After selecting
this item a window may be selected to move that window. The following
attributes are supported:
label string
The label to use. The default is "Move".
tooltip string
A tooltip to display. No default.
icon string
The icon to use for this item. No default.
Resize
Add a resize window operation to the menu. After
selecting this item a window may be selected to resize that window. The
following attributes are supported:
label string
The label to use. The default is
"Resize".
tooltip string
A tooltip to display. No default.
icon string
The icon to use for this item. No default.
Kill
Add a kill window operation to the menu. After selecting
this item a window may be selected to kill that window. The following
attributes are supported:
label string
The label to use. The default is "Kill".
tooltip string
A tooltip to display. No default.
icon string
The icon to use for this item. No default.
Close
Add a close window operation to the menu. After selecting
this item a window may be selected to close that window. The following
attributes are supported:
label string
The label to use. The default is "Close".
tooltip string
A tooltip to display. No default.
icon string
The icon to use for this item. No default.
Restart
This tag adds a menu item to restart the window manager.
The following attributes are supported:
label string
The label to use. The default is
"Restart".
tooltip string
A tooltip to display. No default.
icon string
The icon to use. No default.
Exit
This tag adds a menu item to exit the window manager. If
text is present within this tag, it is interpreted as a command to run when
JWM exits. This can be used to start another window manager. The following
attributes are supported:
label string
The label to use. The default is "Exit".
tooltip string
A tooltip to display. No default.
icon string
The icon to use. No default.
confirm bool
Determine if a confirm dialog appears before exiting.
Default is true.
Note that confirm dialogs can be disabled completely at the
compile-time.
TRAYS
One or more trays may be created via the
Tray tag.
This tag supports the following attributes:
autohide string
Specifies the location to hide the tray when not
activated. Default is "off" to disable hiding. Possible values are
"left", "right", "top", "bottom",
"off", "on" (JWM picks the location), and
"invisible" (trays must be activated by a key binding).
delay int
The delay before hiding the tray in milliseconds. Default
is 0 milliseconds.
x int
The x-coordinate of the tray. This may be negative to
indicate an offset from the right of the screen.
y int
The y-coordinate of the tray. This may be negative to
indicate an offset from the bottom of the screen.
width int
The width of the tray. 0 indicates that the tray should
compute an optimal width depending on what it contains and the layout. A
negative value subtracts from with screen width. 0 is the default.
height int
The height of the tray. 0 indicates that the tray should
compute an optimal height depending on what it contains and the layout. A
negative value subtracts from the screen height. 0 is the default.
screen int
The index of the screen on which to start the tray. 0 is
the default (the primary screen).
layer { below | normal | above }
The layer of the tray. The default is above.
layout { vertical | horizontal }
The layout of the tray. The default is
horizontal.
valign { fixed | top | center |
bottom }
The vertical alignment of the tray. The default is
fixed.
halign { fixed | left | center |
right }
The horizontal alignment of the tray. The default is
fixed.
Within this tag the following tags are supported:
Clock
Add a clock to the tray. The text of this tag determines
what action to take when the clock is clicked. Optionally, one or more
Button tags may be specified to bind actions to specific mouse buttons
specified via the
mask attribute. By default, the button mask is
"123". The following actions are supported:
root:n
Show root menu n. Note that the default TrayButton
action is root:1.
exec: string
Execute a command.
showdesktop
Minimize all windows on the current desktop.
This tag supports the following attributes:
format string
zone string
The time zone of the clock. See
tzset(3).
width int
The width of the clock. 0 indicates that the width should
be determined from the length of the text to be displayed.
height int
The height of the clock. 0 indicates that the height
should be determined from the font used.
Dock
Add a dock for system notifications. This can be used by
those programs that use the _NET_SYSTEM_TRAY_Sn selection. The size of the
Dock is dynamic based on the size of the tray and the number of items
contained. Only one Dock is allowed per instance of JWM. This tag supports the
following attributes:
width int
The maximum width of an item contained in the dock. This
defaults to the width or height of the tray (whichever is smaller).
spacing int
The spacing of items contained in the dock (in pixels).
This defaults to 0.
Pager
Add a pager to the tray. A pager shows a miniature
representation of a desktop. When over the pager, the scroll wheel will switch
desktops. Holding down the right mouse button allows you to drag a window
around in the pager which changes its position on the real desktop. You can
also drag a window in the pager from one desktop to another. This tag supports
the following attributes:
labeled bool
Determines if the pager has text labels. Default is
false.
Also see the PAGER STYLE section for more information.
Spacer
Add empty space to the tray. This tag supports the
following attributes:
width int
The width of the spacer (0 to fill all available space).
0 is the default.
height int
The height of the spacer (0 to fill all available space).
0 is the default.
Swallow
Swallow a program into the tray. The text of this tag
gives the command to run. This tag supports the following attributes:
name string
The name of the program to swallow. This attribute is
required.
width int
The width of the swallowed program. 0 indicates that the
width should be determined from the tray and size requested from the program.
0 is the default.
height int
The height of the swallowed program. 0 indicates that the
height should be determined from the tray and the size requested from the
program. 0 is the default.
TaskList
Add a task list to the tray. This tag supports the
following attributes:
height int
The height of an item in the task list. 0 indicates that
the height should be taken from the tray. The default is 0.
labeled bool
Determines if a label is shown for items in the task
list. The default is true.
maxwidth int
The maximum width of an item in the task list. 0
indicates no maximum. The default is 0.
TrayButton
Add a button to the tray. The text of this tag determines
what action to take when the button is clicked. Optionally, one or more
Button tags may be specified to bind actions to specific mouse buttons
specified via the
mask attribute. By default, the button mask is
"123". The following actions are supported:
root:n
Show root menu n. Note that the default TrayButton
action is root:1.
exec: string
Execute a command.
showdesktop
Minimize all windows on the current desktop.
This tag supports the following attributes:
label string
A label to display. No default.
popup string
A string to be displayed for a popup. This will default
to the value specified for label, if provided. If neither popup
nor label are specified no popup will be shown.
icon string
An icon to display. No default.
INCLUDES
Other configuration files or the output of programs may
be included under the JWM tag via the Include tag. The text of this tag
specifies the location of an additional configuration file or program. The
path may be relative to the location JWM was started, an absolute path, or a
path referencing an environment variable (using '$'). If the text starts with
"exec:", the specified program is executed and its output is used.
The format of the configuration file or program output is the same as the main
configuration file.
GROUP SETTINGS
Program groups allow one to specify options which apply
to a group of programs by name, class, window type and machine. A program
group is created with the
Group tag. As many program groups can be
created as desired. If one or more
Name tags is specified, at least one
name must match. Likewise, if one or more
Class tags is specified, at
least one class must match. JWM matches using extended POSIX regular
expressions for both
Name and
Class tags. See
regex(7).
Within the
Group tag the following tags are supported:
Name
The window name of a program to match to be in this group
(the first string in WM_CLASS).
Class
The window class for a program to match to be in this
group (the second string in WM_CLASS).
Type
The window type for a program to match to be in this
group. Possible values are desktop, dialog, dock, menu, normal, notification,
splash, toolbar, utility.
Machine
The machine on which a program runs to match to be in
this group. (the string WM_CLIENT_MACHINE)
Title
The window title for a program to match to be in this
group (string in WM_NAME)
Option
An option for this group. Possible options are:
aerosnap
Enable auto-maximization when a window is dragged to the
corner of the screen.
border
Causes windows in this group to have a border.
centered
Center windows in this group upon initial placement
instead of using cascaded placement.
constrain
Constrain windows in this group to the screen.
desktop:#
The desktop on which windows in this group will be
started.
drag
Do not pass mouse events to the window. Instead, use the
mouse to move/resize the window.
fixed
Fix windows in this group to their initial desktop. This
causes the current desktop to change when the window is activated rather than
the default behavior of bringing the window to the current desktop.
fullscreen
Make windows in this group initially fullscreen.
height:#
Set the initial window height (in pixels).
hmax
Make windows in this group maximize horizontally.
icon:string
The icon to be used for windows in this group.
ilist
Ignore the program-specified list setting for windows in
this group. If specified with nolist, windows will not be listed in the
task list, otherwise windows will be listed.
iignore
Ignore the size increment hint when maximizing windows in
this group.
ipager
Ignore the program-specified pager setting for windows in
this group. If specified with nopager, windows will not be shown in the
pager, otherwise windows will be shown.
layer:string
The layer on which windows in this group will be started.
Valid options are below, normal, and above
maximized
Make windows in this group initially maximized.
minimized
Make windows in this group initially minimized.
noborder
Causes windows in this group to be displayed without a
border.
noclose
Prevent windows in this group from being closed.
nodrag
Disable mod1+drag moving/resizing for windows in this
group.
nofocus
Prevents windows in the group from grabbing the focus
when mapped.
nofullscreen
Prevent windows in this group from being
fullscreen.
nolist
Causes the tray to ignore windows in this group when the
window is initially mapped.
nopager
Causes the pager to ignore windows in this group.
nomax
Prevent windows in this group from being maximized.
nomaxborder
Do not show a border on maximized windows in this
group.
nomaxtitle
Do not show a title bar on maximized windows in this
group.
nomin
Prevent windows in this group from being minimized.
nomove
Prevent windows in this group from being moved.
noresize
Prevent windows in this group from being resized.
noshade
Prevent windows in this group from being shaded.
notitle
Causes windows in this group to be displayed without a
title bar.
noturgent
Ignore the urgent hint for windows in this group.
opacity:#
Set the opacity for windows in this group. The value is a
number between 0.0 and 1.0 inclusive.
pignore
Ignore initial window position requested by
program.
shaded
Make windows in this group initially shaded.
sticky
Make windows in this group sticky.
tiled
Attempt to tile windows in this group upon initial
placement. If tiled placement fails, windows will fall back to cascaded
placement (the default) or centered if specified.
title
Forces windows in this group to have a title bar.
vmax
Make windows in this group maximize vertically.
width:#
Set the initial window width (in pixels).
x:#
Set the initial x-coordinate of the window. Negative
numbers indicate that the value is relative to the right side of the
screen.
y:#
Set the initial y-coordinate of the window. Negative
numbers indicate that the value is relative to the bottom of the screen.
WINDOW STYLE
The
WindowStyle tag controls the look of window
borders. This tag supports the following attributes:
decorations
The window decorations to use. Valid options are
flat and motif. flat is the default.
showclient
Include the X client machine name (WM_CLIENT_MACHINE) in
the window title. Valid options are true and false. false
is the default.
delimiters
The two characters used to wrap the X client machine name
in the window title. The default characters are ().
Within this tag, the following tags are supported:
Font
The font used for title bars. See the
FONTS
section for more information. This tag supports the following attribute:
align
The window title alignment. Valid options are
left, right, and center. left is the
default.
Width
The width of window borders in pixels. The default is 4,
the minimum is 1, and the maximum is 128.
Height
The height of window title bars in pixels. By default
this is set to the size of the title font. The minimum is 1, and the maximum
is 256.
Corner
The corner width of the window border for rounded window
borders. The default is 4, the minimum is 0 (rectangular), and the maximum is
5 (most rounded).
Active
The colors/opacity used for the active window. See the
COLORS section for more information on colors. The following tags are
supported:
Foreground
The color of the text and buttons in the title bar. The
default is white.
Background
The color of the title bar (gradients are supported). The
default is #CC7700:#884400.
Opacity
The opacity of the window. This is a floating point value
between 0.0 and 1.0. The default is 1.0. Note that a composite manager, such
as xcompmgr, is required for this.
Outline
The color of the window outline. The default is a
darkened version of the window background. If motif window decorations
are specified, two colors may be given separated by a ':' to set the down and
up colors respectively.
Foreground
The color of text and buttons in the title bar of
inactive windows. The default is white.
Background
The color of the title bar (gradients are supported) of
inactive windows. The default is #333333:#111111.
Opacity
The opacity of inactive windows. This is a floating point
value between 0.0 and 1.0. The default is 0.75. Note that a composite manager,
such as xcompmgr, is required for this.
Outline
The color of the window outline for inactive windows. The
default is a darkened version of the window background. If motif window
decorations are specified, two colors may be given separated by a ':' to set
the down and up colors respectively.
TRAY STYLE
The
TrayStyle tag controls the look of trays. The
following attribute is supported:
decorations
The type of decorations to use for trays. Possible values
are flat and motif. The default is flat.
Within this tag the following tags are supported:
Font
The default tray font to use. See the FONTS
section for more information.
Foreground
The default foreground color. See the COLORS
section for more information.
Background
The default background color. See the COLORS
section for more information.
Outline
The color of the tray outline. See the COLORS
section for more information. The default is a darkened version of the tray
background. If motif tray decorations are specified, this may be given
as two colors separated by a ':' to indicate the down and up colors
respectively.
Opacity
The opacity of trays. This is a floating point value
between 0.0 and 1.0. Note that a composite manager, such as xcompmgr, is
required for this.
Active
The default colors for active items on the tray. See the
COLORS section for more information. The following tags are supported:
Foreground
The default foreground color for active items.
Background
The default background color for active items.
Outline
The default outline color for active items. See the
COLORS section for more information. The default is a darkened version
of the background. If motif tray decorations are specified, this may be
given as two colors separated by a ':' to indicate the down and up colors
respectively.
TASK LIST STYLE
The
TaskListStyle tag controls the look of task
lists. The following attributes are supported:
decorations
The window decorations to use. Valid options are
flat and motif. The default is inherited from
TrayStyle.
group
Determines if windows are grouped by class when shown in
task bars. Possible values are true and false. The default is
false.
list
Determines which windows are shown in task bars. Possible
values are desktop and all. The default is desktop.
showkill
Determines if the Kill popup menu item is shown on
task bars and window title bars. Possible values are true and
false. The default is true.
Within this tag the following tags are supported:
Font
The font to use. See the FONTS section for more
information.
Foreground
The foreground color. See the COLORS section for
more information.
Background
The background color. See the COLORS section for
more information.
Outline
The color of the button outline. See the COLORS
section for more information. The default is a darkened version of the
background. If motif tray decorations are specified, this may be given
as two colors separated by a ':' to indicate the down and up colors
respectively.
Active
The colors for the active items. See the
COLORS
section for more information. The following tags are supported:
Foreground
The foreground color for active items.
Background
The background color for active items.
Outline
The outline color for active items. See the COLORS
section for more information. The default is a darkened version of the
background. If motif tray decorations are specified, this may be given
as two colors separated by a ':' to indicate the down and up colors
respectively.
TRAY BUTTON STYLE
The
TrayButtonStyle tag controls the look of tray
buttons.
Within this tag the following tags are supported:
Font
The font to use. See the FONTS section for more
information.
Foreground
The foreground color. See the COLORS section for
more information.
Background
The background color. See the COLORS section for
more information.
Outline
The color of the button outline. See the COLORS
section for more information. The default is a darkened version of the
background. If motif tray decorations are specified, this may be given
as two colors separated by a ':' to indicate the down and up colors
respectively.
Active
The colors for pressed buttons. See the
COLORS
section for more information. The following tags are supported:
Foreground
The foreground color for pressed buttons.
Background
The background color for pressed buttons.
Outline
The outline color for pressed buttons. See the
COLORS section for more information. The default is a darkened version
of the background. If motif tray decorations are specified, this may be
given as two colors separated by a ':' to indicate the down and up colors
respectively.
PAGER STYLE
The
PagerStyle tag controls the look of pagers.
Within this tag, the following tags are supported:
Outline
The color of the outline around windows shown in the
pager. See the COLORS section for more information.
Foreground
The color of inactive windows shown in the pager. See the
COLORS section for more information.
Background
The background color of inactive desktops shown in the
pager. See the COLORS section for more information.
Active
The colors used for active items in the pager. See the
COLORS section for more information. The following tags are supported:
Foreground
The color of active windows shown in the pager.
Background
The background color of active desktops shown in the
pager.
Text
The color to use for pager labels. See the COLORS
section for more information.
Font
The font to use for pager labels. See the COLORS
section for more information.
CLOCK STYLE
The
ClockStyle tag controls the look of clocks.
Within this tag, the following tags are supported:
Font
The font to use for clocks. This defaults to the tray
font. See the COLORS section for more information.
Foreground
The foreground (text) color of clocks. This defaults to
the tray foreground color. See the COLORS section for more
information.
Background
The background color of clocks (gradients are supported).
This defaults to the tray background color. See the COLORS section for
more information.
MENU STYLE
The
MenuStyle tag controls the look of the menus
in JWM (this includes the root menu and window menus). The following attribute
is supported:
decorations
The type of decorations to use for menus. Possible values
are flat and motif. The default is flat.
Within this tag the following tags are supported:
Font
The font used on menus See the FONTS section for
more information.
Foreground
The text color of inactive menu items. See the
COLORS section for more information.
Background
The background color of inactive menu items. See the
COLORSsection for more information.
Outline
The color of the menu outline. See the COLORS
section for more information. The default is a darkened version of the menu
background. If motif decorations are used, this may be given as two
colors separated by a ':' to indicate the down and up colors
respectively.
Active
The colors used for active menu items. See the
COLORS section for more information. The following tags are supported:
Foreground
The text color of active menu items.
Background
Text background color of active menu items (gradients are
supported).
Opacity
The opacity of menus. This is a floating point value
between 0.0 and 1.0. Note that a composite manager, such as xcompmgr, is
required for this.
POPUP STYLE
The
PopupStyle tag controls the look of popup
windows such as those shown when the mouse sits over a task list item. This
tag supports the following attributes:
delay int
The delay in milliseconds before popups activate. The
default is 600.
enabled string
Determine if popups are shown. This is a comma-separated
list of one or more of the following: true (all enabled), false
(no popups enabled), button (tray buttons), clock (clocks),
menu (menus), pager (pagers), and task (task list items).
The default is true.
Within this tag the following tags are supported:
Font
The font to use. See the FONTS section for more
information.
Outline
The color of the window outline. See the COLORS
section for more information. The default is black.
Foreground
The text color. See the COLORS section for more
information.
Background
The background color. See the COLORS section for
more information.
FONTS
Fonts for various parts of JWM are specified within a
Font tag. The text of this tag determines the font to use. This can be
either an XLFD font string or, if compiled with Pango support, an XFT font
string.
COLORS
Colors for various parts of JWM are specified within
specific tags (described above). Colors may either be hex triplets in RGB
format (for example, #FF0000 is red) or by a name recognized by the X server.
For components that support gradients, two colors may be specified separated
by a colon.
ICONS
Icons for windows that don't supply an icon via the
_NET_WM_ICON hint are located by searching the icon search path(s) for an icon
whose name (minus the ".xpm" or ".png" extension) matches
the instance name of the window as returned in the WM_CLASS hint. If this
lookup fails, a default icon is supplied. This icon will be displayed for the
window on it's title bar and on the task list. Icons that are not an
appropriate size will be scaled. Square icons work best.
For menu items, the icon path is searched for a match. the icon
specified for a menu item must be the exact name of the icon file with the
extension. If no match is found, a blank area will appear where the icon
should appear. If an icon is not specified for any menu item in a menu, no
space will be allocated for icons.
Zero or more IconPath tags may be specified. The text of
this tag is assumed to be an absolute directory path to a directory
containing XPM, PNG, and/or JPEG icons. When searching for icons, if
multiple paths are provided, they will be searched in order until a match is
made. Note that icon, PNG, JPEG, and XPM support are compile-time
options.
KEY BINDINGS
Keyboard bindings in JWM are specified in
Key
tags. Either the
key or
keycode attributes must be specified to
determine which key will cause an action. The optional attribute,
mask,
specifies what key mask, if any, must be in effect for the binding to match.
Finally, the text of the
Key tag is the action to perform. The last
action to match is used if there are duplicates.
One or more of the following key masks may be specified for
mask (see xmodmap(1)):
- A
- The "Alt" key (mod1).
- C
- Control
- S
- Shift
- 1
- mod1
- 2
- mod2
- 3
- mod3
- 4
- mod4
- 5
- mod5
The key specified in the key attribute must contain a valid
key string for XStringToKeysym(3). These values are usually what one
would expect (for example, the escape key is called "Escape").
Valid actions for a key binding are:
- up
- Move up.
- down
- Move down.
- right
- Move right.
- left
- Move left.
- escape
- Stop a move/resize, exit a menu, or cancel an action.
- fullscreen
- Toggle between fullscreen and not fullscreen.
- select
- Make a menu selection or confirm an action.
- next
- Move to the next window in the task list.
- nextstacked
- Move to the next window in the stacking order.
- none
- Remove the current binding.
- prev
- Move to the previous window in the task list.
- prevstacked
- Move to the previous window in the stacking order.
- at#
- Move to window position in the task list.
- close
- Close the active window.
- minimize
- Minimize the active window.
- maximize
- Maximize the active window.
- maxv
- Maximize the active window vertically.
- maxh
- Maximize the active window horizontally.
- maxtop
- Maximize the active window to the top of the screen.
- maxbottom
- Maximize the active window to the bottom of the screen.
- maxleft
- Maximize the active window to the left of the screen.
- maxright
- Maximize the active window to the right of the screen.
- restore
- Restore a maximized window.
- send#
- Send the active window to the specified desktop. To use this,
"#" must be specified in the key section. The number 1 to the
number of desktops configured are then substituted for "#".
- sendl
- Send the active window left.
- sendr
- Send the active window right.
- sendu
- Send the active window up.
- sendd
- Send the active window down.
- shade
- Shade the active window.
- stick
- Stick/unstick the active window.
- move
- Move the active window.
- resize
- Resize the active window. An optional suffix may be applied to this option
to specify the corner of the window to resize. The options are:
- center
- Center the current window.
- root:n
- Show root menu n.
- window
- Show the window menu for the active window.
- desktop#
- Switch to a specific desktop. To use this, "#" must be specified
in the key section. The number 1 to the number of desktops configured are
then substituted for "#".
- rdesktop
- Move one desktop to the right.
- ldesktop
- Move one desktop to the left.
- udesktop
- Move up one desktop.
- ddesktop
- Move down one desktop.
- showdesktop
- Show/hide the desktop (maximize/minimize all windows).
- showtray
- Unhide the tray (when using autohide).
- exec:command
- Execute command.
- restart
- Restart JWM.
Note that there are no default key bindings. It is possible to
bind multiple key combinations to the same action.
MOUSE BINDINGS
Mouse bindings are configured using
Mouse tags.
The
context attribute determines the context in which the binding
applies, the
button attribute species the mouse button, and the
(optional)
mask attribute specifies the key mask that must be in effect
for the binding to match. Finally, the text of the
Mouse tag determines
the action to perform (see
KEY BINDINGS for a list of actions). The
button is a mouse button number, starting at
1 (typically the
left button). A positive value for the button indicates that the action
applies on mouse press and a negative value indicates that the action applies
on release. The button number can be repeated to bind to double clicks. The
following mouse contexts are supported:
border
The window border.
close
The close button on a window.
icon
The icon button on a window.
maximize
The maximize button on a window.
minimize
The minimize button on a window.
root
The root window.
title
The title bar of a window.
Other bindings:
Button 1 (typically the left button):
Over a task bar, restores or minimizes the window. Over a
pager, switches the active desktop.
Button 2 (typically the middle button):
Over a task bar, closes the window. Over a pager,
switches the active desktop.
Button 3 (typically the right button):
Over a task bar, shows the window menu. Over a pager,
dragging while holding button 3 will move a window.
When a menu is open, the scroll wheel will move through
menu items. When over the pager, the scroll wheel will switch desktops. When
over a task list, the scroll wheel will switch windows.
DESKTOPS
Virtual desktops are controlled with the
Desktops
tag. Within this tag the following attribute is supported:
width int
The number of virtual desktops in the horizontal
direction. The default is 4.
height int
The number of virtual desktops in the vertical direction.
The default is 1.
backandforth string
Controls whether changing the desktop to the currently
active desktop using the desktop# action should instead switch to the
previously active desktop. Default is "off" to do nothing when
switching to the currently active desktop. Possible values are "on"
and "off".
Within the Desktops tag the following tags are
supported:
Background
The default background for desktops. The
type
attribute determines the type of background and the text contained within this
tag is the value. Valid types are:
solid
A solid color. See the COLORS section for more
information. This is the default.
gradient
A gradient color. See the COLORS section for more
information.
image
A stretched image. This may be an XPM, PNG, or JPEG
image. Note that support for XPM, PNG, and JPEG images must be compiled in and
icon support is required.
tile
A tiled image. Like image, but the image is tiled
instead of stretched.
scale
A scaled image. Like image, but the aspect ratio
of the image is preserved.
command
A command to run for setting the background.
Desktop
Desktop-specific data. The name attribute may be
specified to name the desktop (the default is the desktop number). Within this
tag a Background tag may be specified for a desktop-specific
background. See Background above for more information.
OTHER SETTINGS
The following tags may also be supplied:
ButtonClose
An icon to display for the close button on client windows
instead of the default.
ButtonMax
An icon to display for the maximize button on client
windows instead of the default.
ButtonMaxActive
An icon to display for the maximize button on maximized
client windows instead of the default.
ButtonMenu
An icon to display for the menu button on client windows
instead of the default. This is used for client windows that do not specify an
icon.
ButtonMin
An icon to display for the minimize button on client
windows instead of the default.
DefaultIcon
An icon to display for windows that do not specify an
icon.
DoubleClickDelta
The number of pixels the mouse can move during a double
click. The default is 2. Valid values are between 0 and 32 inclusive.
DoubleClickSpeed
The maximum number of milliseconds between clicks for a
double click. The default is 400. Valid values are between 1 and 2000
inclusive.
FocusModel
The focus model to be used. The default is
"sloppy". Valid values are:
click
Click to focus and raise.
clicktitle
Click to focus. Click the title bar to raise.
sloppy
Focus follows mouse. Click to raise.
sloppytitle
Focus follows mouse. Click the title bar to raise.
MoveMode
The move mode. The default is "opaque". Valid
values are "opaque" and "outline". This tag supports the
following attributes:
coordinates { off | corner | window |
screen }
The location of the status window. The default is
screen.
delay int
The delay in milliseconds before moving a window to a
different desktop. Setting this to 0 disables dragging windows between
desktops. The default is 1000.
mask string
The key mask of the modifier that, when held, allows one
to move the window by dragging it. The default is "A".
ResizeMode
The resize mode. The default is "opaque". Valid
values are "opaque" and "outline". The optional
coordinates attribute determines the location of the move status
window. Possible values are: This tag supports the following attribute:
coordinates { off | corner | window |
screen }
The location of the status window. The default is
screen.
RestartCommand
A command to run when JWM restarts.
SnapMode
The snap mode. The default is "border". Valid
values are "none" (for no snapping), "screen" (for
snapping to the edge of the screen), and "border" (for snapping to
the borders of windows and the screen). An optional attribute,
distance, specifies the distance for snapping. The default is 5. Valid
values are between 1 and 32 inclusive.
StartupCommand
A command to run when JWM starts.
ShutdownCommand
A command to run when JWM exits.
TitleButtonOrder
Change the order of buttons in title bars. This is a
string of zero or more of the following characters to determine the order of
items in the window title bar:
m Maximize button
i Minimize (iconify) button
t Window title
w Window menu button
x Close button