DWM and dual head setups

clutch · 2010-05-25 15:41:35

I just started using DWM a few weeks ago and am loving the hell out of it. I'm thinking about getting a second monitor pretty soon, and was wondering how exactly DWM handles this? IE, would it show tag 1 on the main and tag 2 on the secondary, or does each tag just become twice the size? And if the latter is the case, does DWM handle that OK? For example, if I try to open up a terminal on an otherwise empty tag is it going to try to stretch it across both monitors?

I really like DWM (tried wmii for a couple of days before switching to it), so I'm willing to hack together a solution for any small hiccups. But if there're going to be major issues with it, I should probably just start getting used to a different WM. Maybe scrot.

tom5760 · 2010-05-25 16:49:37

I love the way DWM handles dual head. It is actually neither of the two you said. Each monitor gets its own set of tags (i.e. screen one gets 9 tags, screen two gets another separate 9 tags). To switch between monitors, you hit Mod + < or Mod + >, and combine that with shift to move windows between the two screens. It works really well.

clutch · 2010-05-25 16:54:17

Well thats good to know. That actually makes a lot of sense now because I misread the list of shortcuts on the man page and was thinking that mod + > and mod + < switched to the next available tag. Have been wondering why that wasn't working for me, lol. In fact, that's my only gripe with DWM. I can't seem to find a way to just cycle through the tags with one shortcut as opposed to using alt1, alt2, alt3, etc. Maybe there's a patch for it that I overlooked somewhere, idk.

orschiro · 2010-05-25 17:20:31

Perhaps you'll find here something that fits to your needs.

Regards

clutch · 2010-05-25 22:14:35

oooh good stuff there, orschiro, don't know how I missed that thread. Thank you.

chhajedji · 2020-06-19 07:27:38

Is there any way to switch workspaces (or all tags) on each monitor to one another? I have a 2 monitor setup and I want to send all tags of monitor 1 to monitor 2 and from 2 to 1 in a key binding. To see a window present on secondary monitor, on first monitor; I have to select an empty tag on primary monitor, switch to secondary monitor and then send it to first monitor. That's a lot of work. Is there any patch which will switch workspaces on both monitors?

jasonwryan · 2020-06-19 07:51:52

Instead of necrobumping a ten year old thread, look at the patches on the suckless site: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Co … bumping.22

V1del · 2020-06-19 08:09:02

Closing this old thread.

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DWM and dual head setups

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