floating indicator for all windows

[plasmoduck]

Hey, I use this for my floating windows indicator type. static int floatindicatortype = INDICATOR_BOTTOM_BAR_SLIM;

My question is, how can I make this the indicator type for normal tiled windows? I quite like the look of it like a border.

[bakkeby]

Have a look at the bar indicators, in particular the drawstateindicator function:

https://github.com/bakkeby/dwm-flexipatch/blob/master/patch/bar_indicators.c#L96-L108

at the bottom there is this check to draw the floating indicator when the client is floating:

    if (c->isfloating)
        drawindicator(m, c, occ, x, y, w, h, tag, filled, invert, floatindicatortype);

you can just add an else here to draw the slim bottom bar when the client is tiled

    if (c->isfloating)
        drawindicator(m, c, occ, x, y, w, h, tag, filled, invert, floatindicatortype);
    else
        drawindicator(m, c, occ, x, y, w, h, tag, filled, invert, INDICATOR_BOTTOM_BAR_SLIM);

(I guess preferably setting that indicator as a tiledindicatortype variable in your config.h, which you could default to INDICATOR_NONE in config.def.h)

[plasmoduck]

That's awesome thanks mate

[plasmoduck]

Hey man, how can I do this using my branch https://github.com/plasmoduck/modwm2/ I dont have the same code as your newer version to do that, so how can I make it so the indicator for all window types is the same instead of different in my version? I want to use BOTTOM_BAR_SLIM

[bakkeby]

Hi @plasmoduck,

In your build you have this right: https://github.com/plasmoduck/modwm2/blob/0797fff84f9ae64ea80899d16acbb468c9ff37cc/patch/bar_wintitle.c#L41-L42

There should be two lines like that in every module that handles client titles, so update the one you happen to use (fancybar, awesomebar, bartabgroups, etc.)

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Those two lines is then simply replaced with: https://github.com/bakkeby/dwm-flexipatch/blob/251e3a23de3f2826baad6f1187b4f48351742b0b/patch/bar_wintitle.c#L41

the function being called is a new one that you can copy-paste into your own build (remember to update the header file as well). https://github.com/bakkeby/dwm-flexipatch/blob/251e3a23de3f2826baad6f1187b4f48351742b0b/patch/bar_indicators.c#L96-L110

The tiledindicatortype config defaults to no indicator in config.def.h. https://github.com/bakkeby/dwm-flexipatch/blob/master/config.def.h#L66-L69

I guess in your case you'll want both tiledindicatortype and floatindicatortype to be set to INDICATOR_BOTTOM_BAR_SLIM.

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Alternatively, if you are not fuzzed about being able to configure this, then you could just drop the if (c->isfloating) part of the statement and leave the call to draw the floating indicator regardless of whether the window is floating or not.

[plasmoduck]

That's awesome! Thanks man, I done it pretty easy!