2008/4/17, pancake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > What do you think about this feature? I think that could be really > interesting. > > When you have lot of windows opened it's mostly tedious to focus a desired > window > with the keyboard. So why not tag windows with a key and make them accessible > in a faster way? > > My idea is to create this code structure: > > void tagclient(char *); > void focustag(char *); > > You can setup a keybinding for each function and then store a single char > inside > the Client structure to make it accessible with it. And we can also use the > title > of the window or a property like floating for selecting the next client to be > focused. > > For example. Doing focustag(""); we will toggle between the first client in > the > list of the selected tags that are floating and non-floating clients. Like > in wmii :) > > If we call clienttag("M"); we will focus the client tagged as 'M' or with a > title > name starting with 'M' like mplayer. > > Another possibility is to call clienttag("-") and make dwm capture the next > key > pressed and use it as argument focus it. > > I don't really think this is a good design concept, but derivated ideas are > welcome! > > > > > > --pancake > >
Well, we have already got tags in dwm, I don't think we need more. As a simple solution, you could just add this to the end of view() (you will need to declare c too): for(c = clients; c && !c->tags[idxoftag(arg)]; c = c->next); focus(c); And you could have tags for lots of letter in your keyboard. I never lose windows (I don't use many of them, and I focus mostly with the mouse), but I understand it can be a problem for some people. Of course, it wouldn't always work with my patch to view the previous tags, but you get the idea. Another option is having this in config.h: { MODKEY|ShiftMask, XK_j, focusnext, NULL }, { MODKEY|ShiftMask, XK_j, focusnext, NULL }, { MODKEY|ShiftMask, XK_j, focusnext, NULL }, { MODKEY|ShiftMask, XK_j, focusnext, NULL }, so you can advance several clients with only one key stroke. hth, -- - yiyus || JGL .