3 bspwm \- Tiling window manager based on binary space partitioning
6 .RI [ -h | -v | "-s PANEL_FIFO" | "-p PANEL_PREFIX" ]
13 is a tiling window manager where each window is represented as the leaf of a binary tree.
15 It is controlled and configured via
19 have only two sources of informations: the
21 events it receives and the messages it reads on a dedicated socket.
23 Its configuration file is
24 .IR $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/bspwm/autostart .
26 Keyboard and pointer bindings are defined through
29 Example configuration files can be found in the
33 There is only two splitting modes:
34 .IR automatic " and " manual .
40 mode is entered by sending a
44 Example: insertion of a new node (number 4) into the given tree in
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60 | 3 |------------| --> | 4 |------------|
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68 Same departure, but the mode is
72 message was sent beforehand:
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85 | 3 |------------| --> |------------|------------|
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95 Return the value of the given setting.
97 .BI set " SETTING VALUE"
98 Set the value of the given setting.
100 .BI list " [DESKTOP_NAME]"
101 Output the internal representation of the window tree.
103 .BI list_desktops " [--quiet]"
104 Perform a dump of each desktop for the current monitor.
106 .BI list_monitors " [--quiet]"
107 Perform a dump of each monitor.
110 Return the list of managed windows (i.e. their identifiers).
113 Return the list of rules.
115 .BI presel " left|right|up|down [SPLIT_RATIO]"
116 Switch to manual mode and select the splitting direction.
119 Switch to automatic mode.
122 Set the splitting ratio of the focused window.
124 .BI pad " MONITOR_NAME [TOP_PADDING [RIGHT_PADDING [BOTTOM_PADDING [LEFT_PADDING]]]]"
125 Set the padding of the given monitor.
127 .BI focus " left|right|up|down"
128 Focus the neighbor window situated in the given direction.
130 .BI shift " left|right|up|down"
131 Exchange the current window with the given neighbor.
133 .BI swap " [biggest|smallest]"
134 Swap the focused window with the biggest/smallest window or with the last focused window if no arguments are given.
136 .BI push " left|right|up|down"
137 Push the fence located in the given direction.
139 .BI pull " left|right|up|down"
140 Pull the fence located in the given direction.
142 .BI cycle " next|prev [--skip-floating|--skip-tiled|--skip-class-equal|--skip-class-differ]"
143 Focus the next or previous window matching the given constraints.
145 .BI nearest " older|newer [--skip-floating|--skip-tiled|--skip-class-equal|--skip-class-differ]"
146 Focus the nearest window matching the given constraints.
148 .BI circulate " forward|backward"
149 Circulate the leaves in the given direction.
151 .BI grab_pointer " focus|move|resize_side|resize_corner"
152 Begin the specified pointer action.
154 .BI track_pointer " ROOT_X ROOT_Y"
155 Pass the pointer root coordinates for the current pointer action.
158 End the current pointer action.
160 .BI toggle_fullscreen
161 Toggle the fullscreen state of the current window.
164 Toggle the floating state of the current window.
167 Toggle the locked state of the current window (locked windows will not respond to the
171 .BI toggle_visibility
172 Toggle the visibility of all the managed windows.
175 Close the focused window.
178 Kill the focused window.
180 .BI send_to " DESKTOP_NAME [--follow]"
181 Send the focused window to the given desktop.
183 .BI drop_to " next|prev [--follow]"
184 Send the focused window to the next or previous desktop.
186 .BI send_to_monitor " MONITOR_NAME [--follow]"
187 Send the focused window to the given monitor.
189 .BI drop_to_monitor " next|prev [--follow]"
190 Send the focused window to the next or previous monitor.
192 .BI use " DESKTOP_NAME"
193 Select the given desktop.
195 .BI use_monitor " MONITOR_NAME"
196 Select the given monitor.
199 Alternate between the current and the last focused window.
201 .BI alternate_desktop
202 Alternate between the current and the last focused desktop.
204 .BI alternate_monitor
205 Alternate between the current and the last focused monitor.
207 .BI add " DESKTOP_NAME ..."
208 Make new desktops with the given names.
210 .BI add_in " MONITOR_NAME DESKTOP_NAME ..."
211 Make new desktops with the given names in the given monitor.
213 .BI rename_monitor " CURRENT_NAME NEW_NAME"
214 Rename the monitor named CURRENT_NAME to NEW_NAME.
216 .BI rename " CURRENT_NAME NEW_NAME"
217 Rename the desktop named CURRENT_NAME to NEW_NAME.
219 .BI cycle_monitor " next|prev"
220 Select the next or previous monitor.
222 .BI cycle_desktop " next|prev [--skip-free|--skip-occupied]"
223 Select the next or previous desktop.
225 .BI layout " monocle|tiled [DESKTOP_NAME ...]"
226 Set the layout of the given desktops (current if none given).
229 Cycle the layout of the current desktop.
231 .BI rotate " clockwise|counter_clockwise|full_cycle"
232 Rotate the window tree.
234 .BI flip " horizontal|vertical"
235 Flip the window tree.
238 Adjust the split ratios so that all windows occupy the same area.
240 .BI rule " PATTERN [DESKTOP_NAME] [floating] [follow]"
241 Create a new rule (PATTERN must match the class or instance name).
243 .BI remove_rule " UID ..."
244 Remove the rules with the given UIDs.
247 Manage all the unmanaged windows remaining from a previous session.
249 .BI restore " FILE_PATH"
250 Restore the layout of each desktop from the content of FILE_PATH.
252 .BI quit " [EXIT_STATUS]"
264 .IR "true " "or " false .
266 .I focused_border_color
267 Color of the border of a focused window of a focused monitor.
269 .I active_border_color
270 Color of the border of a focused window of an unfocused monitor.
272 .I normal_border_color
273 Color of the border of an unfocused window.
275 .I presel_border_color
280 .I focused_locked_border_color
281 Color of the border of a focused locked window of a focused monitor.
283 .I active_locked_border_color
284 Color of the border of a focused locked window of an unfocused monitor.
286 .I normal_locked_border_color
287 Color of the border of an unfocused locked window.
289 .I urgent_border_color
290 Color of the border of an urgent window.
296 Value of the gap that separates windows.
308 Padding space added at the sides of the current monitor.
311 The value that shall be used for the
313 property of the root window.
315 .I borderless_monocle
316 Whether to remove borders for tiled windows in monocle mode.
319 Whether to remove gaps for tiled windows in monocle mode.
321 .I focus_follows_pointer
322 Whether to focus the window under the pointer.
325 Prevent floating windows from being raised when they might cover other floating windows.
327 .I apply_shadow_property
328 Enable shadows for floating windows via the
333 Whether to interpret two consecutive identical
338 .SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
341 The path of the socket used for the communication between
342 .BR bspc " and " bspwm .
345 Bastien Dejean <baskerville at lavabit.com>
348 Ivan Kanakarakis <ivan.kanak at gmail.com>
349 Thomas Adam <thomas at xteddy.org>
353 https://github.com/baskerville/bspwm
356 bspwm at librelist.com