commit c443c249af578afc1fe31b0720f0208afc2d7a78
parent e4a31fc3e1216d3301d2b00836cb6808eef37153
Author: Miles Alan <m@milesalan.com>
Date:   Sun, 26 Apr 2020 08:57:53 -0500

Attachbelow patch

Diffstat:
M
config.def.h
 | 
3
+++
M
dwm.1
 | 
3
+++
M
dwm.c
 | 
31
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---

3 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ static const char *colors[][3]      = {
 	[SchemeTabInactive]  = { col_gray1, col_gray3,  col_gray1 }
 };
 
+/* 1 means attach after the currently active window */
+static const int attachbelow = 1;    
+
 /* tagging */
 static const char *tags[] = { "1", "2", "3", "4" };
 
diff --git a/dwm.1 b/dwm.1
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ color. The tags of the focused window are indicated with a filled square in the
 top left corner.  The tags which are applied to one or more windows are
 indicated with an empty square in the top left corner.
 .P
+The attach below patch makes newly spawned windows attach after the currently
+selected window
+.P
 dwm draws a small border around windows to indicate the focus state.
 .SH OPTIONS
 .TP
diff --git a/dwm.c b/dwm.c
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ static int applysizehints(Client *c, int *x, int *y, int *w, int *h, int interac
 static void arrange(Monitor *m);
 static void arrangemon(Monitor *m);
 static void attach(Client *c);
+static void attachBelow(Client *c);
 static void attachstack(Client *c);
 static void buttonpress(XEvent *e);
 static void checkotherwm(void);
@@ -537,6 +538,21 @@ attach(Client *c)
 	c->next = c->mon->clients;
 	c->mon->clients = c;
 }
+void
+attachBelow(Client *c)
+{
+	//If there is nothing on the monitor or the selected client is floating, attach as normal
+	if(c->mon->sel == NULL || c->mon->sel->isfloating) {
+		attach(c);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	//Set the new client's next property to the same as the currently selected clients next
+	c->next = c->mon->sel->next;
+	//Set the currently selected clients next property to the new client
+	c->mon->sel->next = c;
+
+}
 
 void
 attachstack(Client *c)
@@ -1426,7 +1442,10 @@ manage(Window w, XWindowAttributes *wa)
 		c->isfloating = c->oldstate = trans != None || c->isfixed;
 	if (c->isfloating)
 		XRaiseWindow(dpy, c->win);
-	attach(c);
+	if( attachbelow )
+		attachBelow(c);
+	else
+		attach(c);
 	attachstack(c);
 	XChangeProperty(dpy, root, netatom[NetClientList], XA_WINDOW, 32, PropModeAppend,
 		(unsigned char *) &(c->win), 1);
@@ -1847,7 +1866,10 @@ sendmon(Client *c, Monitor *m)
 	detachstack(c);
 	c->mon = m;
 	c->tags = m->tagset[m->seltags]; /* assign tags of target monitor */
-	attach(c);
+	if( attachbelow )
+		attachBelow(c);
+	else
+		attach(c);
 	attachstack(c);
 	focus(NULL);
 	arrange(NULL);
@@ -2349,7 +2371,10 @@ updategeom(void)
 					m->clients = c->next;
 					detachstack(c);
 					c->mon = mons;
-					attach(c);
+					if( attachbelow )
+						attachBelow(c);
+					else
+						attach(c);
 					attachstack(c);
 				}
 				if (m == selmon)