patches/dwm/dwm-windowrolerule-6.2.diff

From 4ab9c0daea10cc519f764612040d5d4f901700ab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bakkeby <bakkeby@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2020 12:43:06 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Adding window role rule

This patch adds a new rule property based on WM_WINDOW_ROLE(STRING) so that one can
differentiate between window roles, e.g. Firefox "browser" vs "Preferences".
---
 config.def.h | 7 ++++---
 dwm.c        | 7 ++++++-
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
index 1c0b587..f0859dc 100644
--- a/config.def.h
+++ b/config.def.h
@@ -25,10 +25,11 @@ static const Rule rules[] = {
 	/* xprop(1):
 	 *	WM_CLASS(STRING) = instance, class
 	 *	WM_NAME(STRING) = title
+	 *  WM_WINDOW_ROLE(STRING) = role
 	 */
-	/* class      instance    title       tags mask     isfloating   monitor */
-	{ "Gimp",     NULL,       NULL,       0,            1,           -1 },
-	{ "Firefox",  NULL,       NULL,       1 << 8,       0,           -1 },
+	/* class      role        instance    title       tags mask     isfloating   monitor */
+	{ "Gimp",     NULL,       NULL,       NULL,       0,            1,           -1 },
+	{ "Firefox",  NULL,       NULL,       NULL,       1 << 8,       0,           -1 },
 };
 
 /* layout(s) */
diff --git a/dwm.c b/dwm.c
index 4465af1..f2cf8ed 100644
--- a/dwm.c
+++ b/dwm.c
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ enum { SchemeNorm, SchemeSel }; /* color schemes */
 enum { NetSupported, NetWMName, NetWMState, NetWMCheck,
        NetWMFullscreen, NetActiveWindow, NetWMWindowType,
        NetWMWindowTypeDialog, NetClientList, NetLast }; /* EWMH atoms */
-enum { WMProtocols, WMDelete, WMState, WMTakeFocus, WMLast }; /* default atoms */
+enum { WMProtocols, WMDelete, WMState, WMTakeFocus, WMWindowRole, WMLast }; /* default atoms */
 enum { ClkTagBar, ClkLtSymbol, ClkStatusText, ClkWinTitle,
        ClkClientWin, ClkRootWin, ClkLast }; /* clicks */
 
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ struct Monitor {
 
 typedef struct {
 	const char *class;
+	const char *role;
 	const char *instance;
 	const char *title;
 	unsigned int tags;
@@ -279,6 +280,7 @@ void
 applyrules(Client *c)
 {
 	const char *class, *instance;
+	char role[64];
 	unsigned int i;
 	const Rule *r;
 	Monitor *m;
@@ -290,11 +292,13 @@ applyrules(Client *c)
 	XGetClassHint(dpy, c->win, &ch);
 	class    = ch.res_class ? ch.res_class : broken;
 	instance = ch.res_name  ? ch.res_name  : broken;
+	gettextprop(c->win, wmatom[WMWindowRole], role, sizeof(role));
 
 	for (i = 0; i < LENGTH(rules); i++) {
 		r = &rules[i];
 		if ((!r->title || strstr(c->name, r->title))
 		&& (!r->class || strstr(class, r->class))
+		&& (!r->role || strstr(role, r->role))
 		&& (!r->instance || strstr(instance, r->instance)))
 		{
 			c->isfloating = r->isfloating;
@@ -1553,6 +1557,7 @@ setup(void)
 	wmatom[WMDelete] = XInternAtom(dpy, "WM_DELETE_WINDOW", False);
 	wmatom[WMState] = XInternAtom(dpy, "WM_STATE", False);
 	wmatom[WMTakeFocus] = XInternAtom(dpy, "WM_TAKE_FOCUS", False);
+	wmatom[WMWindowRole] = XInternAtom(dpy, "WM_WINDOW_ROLE", False);
 	netatom[NetActiveWindow] = XInternAtom(dpy, "_NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW", False);
 	netatom[NetSupported] = XInternAtom(dpy, "_NET_SUPPORTED", False);
 	netatom[NetWMName] = XInternAtom(dpy, "_NET_WM_NAME", False);
-- 
2.19.1