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47 lines
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### Description
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This patch adds an ability to add or change client rules at runtime.
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Sometimes it happens that some client rule I've set is not relevant in the
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current circumstance and adds major disturbance and annoyance to my work
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(e.g., `isfloating` is set or unset and I want the opposite). Changing the rule
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is not an option because it will require recompilation and restarting dwl, which
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is even worse. Having an option of always being able to change a rule solves
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this issue.
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The patch only adds one keybinding (`Alt+Shift+R`) to toggle `isfloating`
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option. Upon pressing it, dwl will try to find a matching rule for the focused
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client and change its `isfloating` setting. If there's no such a rule, a new
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rule will be added. The new rule will inherit an appid of the focused client.
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It's very easy to add support for more rule options from other patches as well.
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You just need to define a new function similar to `setruleisfloating` and add a
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new keybinding to `config.h`. For example, this is a function I created for my
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build to toggle `noswallow` option from the [swallow][swallow] patch:
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```c
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void
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setrulenoswallow(const Arg *arg)
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{
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Rule *r = getrule(focustop(selmon));
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if (!r)
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return;
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r->noswallow = !r->noswallow;
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}
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```
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You can also try [menurule][menurule] patch if you want to be able to edit rules
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with dmenu.
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[swallow]: /dwl/dwl-patches/src/branch/main/patches/swallow
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[menurule]: /dwl/dwl-patches/src/branch/main/patches/menurule
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### Download
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- [v0.7](/dwl/dwl-patches/raw/branch/main/patches/setrule/setrule.patch)
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- [2025-02-14 v0.7](https://codeberg.org/dwl/dwl-patches/raw/commit/268bee3cee239e5bd52cceed88a52bfc21143cc3/patches/setrule/setrule.patch)
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### Authors
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- [Nikita Ivanov](https://codeberg.org/nikitaivanov) ([GitHub](https://github.com/NikitaIvanovV))
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