Tagging\015\012\015\012{{>toc}}\015\012\015\012Tags are generally used in subtle for placement of windows. This placement is mandatory, that means that - aside from other tiling window managers - windows must have a matching tag to be on a certain view. This also includes that windows that are started on a certain view will not automatically be placed there.\015\012\015\012There are two ways to define a tag in the config:\015\012\015\012h2. Simple\015\012\015\012The simple way just needs a name and a regular expression to just handle the placement:\015\012\015\012

tag "tag", "xterm"

\015\012\015\012h2. Extended\015\012\015\012Additionally tags can do a lot more then just control the placement - they also have properties than can define and control some aspects of a window like the default gravity or the default screen per view.\015\012\015\012

{{hide}}\015\012tag "tag" do\015\012  match   "xterm|[u]?rxvt"\015\012  gravity :center\015\012end\015\012

\015\012\015\012h2. Default\015\012\015\012Whenever a window has no tags it will get the default tag and be placed on the default view. The default view can either be set by the user with adding the default tag to a view by choice or otherwise the first defined view will be chosen automatically.\015\012\015\012Example:\015\012\015\012

{{hide}}\015\012view "terms", "terms",\015\012view  "www", "default|browser",\015\012view  "dev", "editor"\015\012

\015\012\015\012h2. Properties\015\012\015\012Additionally tags can do a lot more then just control the placement - they also have properties than can define and control some aspects of a window like the default gravity or the default screen per view.\015\012\015\012h3. float\015\012\015\012This property either sets the tagged client floating or prevents it from being floating depending on the value.\015\012

{{hide}}\015\012tag "float" do\015\012  match"xterm"\015\012  float true\015\012end\015\012\015\012tag "nofloat" do\015\012  match "xterm"\015\012  float false\015\012end\015\012

\015\012\015\012h3. full\015\012\015\012This property either sets the tagged client to fullscreen or prevents it from being set to fullscreen depending on the value.\015\012

{{hide}}\015\012tag "full" do\015\012  match "xterm"\015\012  full  true\015\012end\015\012\015\012tag "nofull" do\015\012  match "xterm"\015\012  full  false\015\012end\015\012

\015\012\015\012h3. gravity\015\012\015\012This property sets a certain to gravity to the tagged client, but only on views that have this tag too.\015\012

{{hide}}\015\012tag "gravity" do\015\012  match   "xterm"\015\012  gravity :center\015\012end\015\012

\015\012\015\012h3. match\015\012\015\012This property adds matching patterns to a tag, a tag can have more than one. Matching works either via plaintext, regex (see regex) or window id. Per default tags will only match the WM_NAME and the WM_CLASS portion of a client.\015\012\015\012This can be changed by following possible values:\015\012\015\012| :title | Match the title which is also visible in the panel |\015\012| :name | Match the {{color(#ff0000, WM_NAME)}} |\015\012| :class | Match the {{color(#0000ff, WM_CLASS)}} |\015\012| :role | Match the window role |\015\012| :type | Match the window type |\015\012\015\012\015\012There are several ways to get these values, here are the most common:\015\012\015\012* xprop: Just select the window and have a look for the WM_CLASS line which usually look like this:\015\012\015\012p{class:pre}. WM_CLASS(STRING) = "{{color(#ff0000, urxvt)}}", "{{color(#0000ff, URxvt)}}")\015\012\015\012* subtler: Run subtler cl and look for the matching line:\015\012\015\012p{class:pre}. 0x800007 * 1 100x100 5 0 -- {{color(#ff0000, xterm)}} ({{color(#0000ff,XTerm)}})\015\012\015\012

{{hide}}\015\012tag "match" do\015\012  match [ :title, :class ] => "xterm"\015\012end\015\012\015\012tag "match" \015\012  match "xterm"\015\012end\015\012

\015\012\015\012h3. exclude\015\012\015\012This property works exactly the same way as match, but it excludes clients that match from this tag. That can be helpful with catch-all tags e.g. for console apps.\015\012\015\012

{{hide}}\015\012tag "exclude" do\015\012  match   "urxvt"\015\012  exclude :instance => "irssi"\015\012end\015\012

\015\012\015\012h3. resize\015\012\015\012This property either enables or disables honoring of client resize hints and is independent of the global option.\015\012\015\012

{{hide}}\015\012tag "resize" do\015\012  match  "xterm"\015\012  resize true\015\012end\015\012

\015\012\015\012h3. size\015\012\015\012This property sets a certain to size as well as floating to the tagged cient, but only on views that have this tag too. It expects an array with x, y, width and height values.\015\012\015\012

{{hide}}\015\012tag "size" do\015\012  match "xterm"\015\012  size  [ 10, 10, 100, 100 ]\015\012end\015\012

\015\012\015\012h3. stick\015\012\015\012This property either sets the tagged client to stick or prevents it from being set to stick depending on the value. Stick clients are visible on every view.\015\012\015\012

{{hide}}\015\012tag "stick" do\015\012  match "xterm"\015\012  stick true\015\012end\015\012\015\012tag "nostick" do\015\012  match "xterm"\015\012  stick false\015\012end\015\012

\015\012\015\012h3. urgent\015\012\015\012This property either sets the tagged client to be urgent or prevents it from being urgent depending on the value. Urgent clients will get keyboard and mouse focus automatically.\015\012\015\012

{{hide}}\015\012tag "urgent" do \015\012  match  "xterm"\015\012  urgent true\015\012end\015\012\015\012tag "nourgent" do\015\012  match  "xterm"\015\012  urgent false\015\012end\015\012

\015\012\015\012h3. type\015\012\015\012This property sets the tagged client to be treated as a specific window type though as the window sets the type itself. \015\012\015\012Following types are possible:\015\012\015\012| :desktop | Treat as desktop window (_NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_DESKTOP) |\015\012| :dock | Treat as dock window (_NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_DOCK) |\015\012| :toolbar | Treat as toolbar windows (_NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_TOOLBAR) |\015\012| :splash | Treat as splash window (_NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_SPLASH) |\015\012| :dialog | Treat as dialog window (_NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_DIALOG) |\015\012\015\012

{{hide}}\015\012tag "desktop" do \015\012  match   "xterm"\015\012  desktop true\015\012end\015\012

\015\012\015\012h2. Examples\015\012\015\012

{{hide}}\015\012tag "bashrun" do\015\012  match  "bashrun"\015\012  size   [ 50, 1000, 200, 28 ]#\015\012  stick  true\015\012  float  true\015\012  urgent true\015\012  screen 0\015\012end\015\012\015\012tag "browser" do\015\012  match   "chrom[e|ium]"\015\012  gravity :center\015\012  screen  1\015\012end\015\012

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