dwl-patches/patches/bar-awesomebar/README.md

Description

Based on the corresponding dwm patch, this patch implements the AwesomeWM-style bar for dwl.

Clients are hidden using the logic already present in the arrange function.

Default key bindings

• Mod + s — Unhide the selected client.
• Mod + Shift + s — Unhide all hidden clients on the current tag.
• Mod + Shift + h — Hide the focused client.
• Mod + Shift + j / Mod + Shift + k — Cycle through both visible and hidden clients.

Bar buttons

• Clicking the focused client hides it.
• Clicking an unfocused visible client focuses it.
• Clicking a hidden client unhides and focuses it.

Dependencies

• bar

Download

• main 2026-08-03

Authors

• DanD

Credits

This patch is based on the original dwm implementation by:

• ornx <ornx[at]protonmail.com>
• Yegor Bayev kodxpub@gmail.com
• Xac jiangfengxi.c@gmail.com
• G-OD
• mpetco https://codeberg.org/mpetco