diff -r a2c094196714 dwm.c
--- a/dwm.c	Mon Apr 20 11:03:33 2009 +0100
+++ b/dwm.c	Fri May 01 22:16:50 2009 +0800
@@ -233,6 +233,7 @@
 static Client *clients = NULL;
 static Client *sel = NULL;
 static Client *stack = NULL;
+static Client *panel = NULL;
 static Cursor cursor[CurLast];
 static Display *dpy;
 static DC dc;
@@ -268,7 +269,8 @@
 		if(ch.res_name)
 			XFree(ch.res_name);
 	}
-	c->tags = c->tags & TAGMASK ? c->tags & TAGMASK : tagset[seltags];
+	if(!c->tags && panel != c)
+		c->tags = c->tags & TAGMASK ? c->tags & TAGMASK : tagset[seltags];
 }
 
 Bool
@@ -793,7 +795,7 @@
 		unsigned int i, j;
 		unsigned int modifiers[] = { 0, LockMask, numlockmask, numlockmask|LockMask };
 		XUngrabButton(dpy, AnyButton, AnyModifier, c->win);
-		if(focused) {
+		if(focused || panel == c) {
 			for(i = 0; i < LENGTH(buttons); i++)
 				if(buttons[i].click == ClkClientWin)
 					for(j = 0; j < LENGTH(modifiers); j++)
@@ -944,6 +946,13 @@
 		c->bw = borderpx;
 	}
 
+	updatetitle(c);
+	if(strstr(c->name, "panel") || strstr(c->name, "stalonetray")) {
+		panel = c;
+		c->bw = 0;
+		wh = sh - bh - panel->h;
+	}
+
 	wc.border_width = c->bw;
 	XConfigureWindow(dpy, w, CWBorderWidth, &wc);
 	XSetWindowBorder(dpy, w, dc.norm[ColBorder]);
@@ -1334,7 +1343,7 @@
 showhide(Client *c) {
 	if(!c)
 		return;
-	if(ISVISIBLE(c)) { /* show clients top down */
+	if(ISVISIBLE(c) || panel == c) { /* show clients top down */
 		XMoveWindow(dpy, c->win, c->x, c->y);
 		if(!lt[sellt]->arrange || c->isfloating)
 			resize(c, c->x, c->y, c->w, c->h);
@@ -1465,6 +1474,11 @@
 unmanage(Client *c) {
 	XWindowChanges wc;
 
+	if(panel == c) {
+		panel = NULL;
+		wh = sh - bh;
+	}
+
 	wc.border_width = c->oldbw;
 	/* The server grab construct avoids race conditions. */
 	XGrabServer(dpy);