Re: [dev] [dwm][bug] Programs teleport tag on startup

From: Greg Reagle <list_AT_speedpost.net>
Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2021 08:44:16 -0500

DWM behaves as I expect it to behave. It assigns the tag when the window is created. Makes sense to me for a window manager. I doubt that a change as you propose would be easy or simple, but prove me wrong. :>

On Sun, Jan 17, 2021, at 01:13, Spenser Truex wrote:
> To me this seems like undesirable behaviour, since after opening a
> program one has to wait for it to load before switching the current tag.
>
> Reproduction:
> Run a program (eg. firefox) in tag 1
> Switch tag view before it loads to tag 2
> It gets labeled in tag 2, not tag 1.
>
> Expect: use tag 1, not 2.
>
> I can't imagine any way that this is desirable. I will try to patch a
> fix later, seems like low hanging fruit.
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