jwm(1) General Commands Manual jwm(1) (NAME) jwm - Joe X11 (SYNOPSIS) jwm [] (DESCRIPTION) JWM X11 . (OPTIONS) -display display X(1) . -exit JWM _JWM_EXIT (root window). -f file . -h . -p (Parse) . . -restart JWM _JWM_RESTART . -reload _JWM_RELOAD . -v . (FILES) /etc/system.jwmrc JWM. ~/.jwmrc . . -f . (CONFIGURATION) (OVERVIEW) JWM ".jwmrc" ( -f) . XML . example.jwmrc . JWM "jwm -p" . (ROOT MENU) JWM . . RootMenu . : onroot list . . "123" . . 0 9 a z . . height int . 0 . 0 . labeled bool . false . label string . "JWM" . dynamic string . exec: . RootMenu : Menu . RootMenu Menu . : height int . 0 . . label string . . tooltip string (tooltip) . . icon string . . labeled bool . false . Dynamic . "JWM" . . "exec:" . Menu . timeout . ( ) . Include . "JWM" . . "exec:" . timeout . ( ) . Program Program . . : label string . . tooltip string (tooltip) . . icon string . . Separator . . Desktops . . : label string . "Desktops" . tooltip string . . icon string . . SendTo << >> (send to) . . : label string . "SendTo" . tooltip string . . icon string . . Stick / (stick/unstick) . . : label string . "Stick" . tooltip string . . icon string . . Maximize . . : label string . "Maximize" . tooltip string . . icon string . . Minimize . . : label string . "Minimize" . tooltip string . . icon string . . Shade / (shade/unshade) . . : label string . "Shade" . tooltip string . . icon string . . Move . . : label string . "Move" . tooltip string . . icon string . . Resize . . : label string . "Resize" . tooltip string . . icon string . . Kill (Kill) . . : label string . "Kill" . tooltip string . . icon string . . Close . . : label string . "Close" . tooltip string . . icon string . . Restart . : label string . "Restart" . tooltip string . . icon string . . Exit . JWM . . : label string . "Exit" . tooltip string . . icon string . . confirm bool . true . . (TRAYS) Tray . : autohide string . "off" . : "left" "right" "top" "bottom" "off" "on" ( JWM ) "invisible" ( ). delay int . 0 . x int x . . y int y . . width int . 0 . . 0 . height int . 0 . . 0 . screen int . 0 ( ). layer { below | normal | above } . above . layout { vertical | horizontal } . horizontal . valign { fixed | top | center | bottom } . fixed . halign { fixed | left | center | right } . fixed . : Clock . . Button mask . "123" . : root:n n. (TrayButton) root:1 . exec: string . showdesktop . : format string . strftime(3) . zone string . tzset(3) . width int . 0 . height int . 0 . Dock . _NET_SYSTEM_TRAY_Sn . Dock . JWM Dock . : width int . ( ). spacing int ( ). 0 . Pager () . . . ( ) . . : labeled bool . false . PAGER STYLE . Spacer . : width int (0 ). 0 . height int (0 ). 0 . Swallow () . . : name string () . . width int . 0 . 0 . height int . 0 . 0 . TaskList ( ) . : height int . 0 . 0 . labeled bool . true . labelpos string . "right" . "right" "top" "bottom". "top" "bottom" . maxwidth int . 0 . 0 . TrayButton . . Button mask . "123" . : root:n n. (TrayButton) root:1 . exec: string . showdesktop . : label string . . popup string (popup). label . popup label . icon string . . (INCLUDES) JWM Include . . JWM ( '$') . "exec:" . . (GROUP SETTINGS) . Group . . Name . Class . JWM Name Class . regex(7) . Group : Name ( WM_CLASS). Class ( WM_CLASS). Type . : desktop dialog dock menu normal notification splash toolbar utility. Machine ( WM_CLIENT_MACHINE). Title ( WM_NAME). Option . : aerosnap . border () . centered (cascaded). constrain . desktop:# . drag . fixed . . fullscreen . height:# ( ). hmax . icon:string () . ilist . nolist . iignore (size increment hint) . ipager (pager) . nopager . layer:string . below normal above. maximized ( ) . minimized ( ) . noborder . noclose . nodrag mod1+drag . nofocus () (mapped). nofullscreen . nolist (tray) . nopager (pager) . nomax () . nomaxborder . nomaxtitle . nomin () . nomove . noresize . noshade ( / shaded) . notitle . noturgent (urgent hint) . opacity:# () . 0.0 1.0 ( ) . pignore . shaded ( / shaded). sticky ( ). tiled ( / tiled) . () . title . vmax . width:# ( ). x:# (x) . . y:# (y) . . (WINDOW STYLE) WindowStyle . : decorations . flat motif . flat . showclient X ( WM_CLIENT_MACHINE) . true false . false . delimiters X . () . : Font . FONTS . : align . left () right () center () . left . Width . 4 1 128 . Height . . 1 256 . Corner . 4 0 () 5 ( ) . Active / . COLORS . : Foreground . white () . Background ( ). #CC7700:#884400 . Opacity . 0.0 1.0 . 1.0 . ( xcompmgr) . Outline . . motif Foreground . white () . Background ( ). #333333:#111111 . Opacity . 0.0 1.0 . 0.75 . ( xcompmgr) . Outline . . motif (TRAY STYLE) TrayStyle . : decorations . flat motif . flat . : Font . FONTS . Foreground . COLORS . Background . COLORS . Outline . COLORS . . motif ':' . Opacity . 0.0 1.0 . ( xcompmgr) . Active . COLORS . : Foreground . Background . Outline . COLORS . . motif ':' . (TASK LIST STYLE) TaskListStyle . : decorations . flat motif . TrayStyle . group . true false . false . list . desktop all . desktop . showkill Kill . true false . true . : Font . FONTS . Foreground . COLORS . Background . COLORS . Outline . COLORS . . motif ':' . Active . COLORS . : Foreground . Background . Outline . COLORS . . motif ':' . Minimized . COLORS . : Foreground . Background . Outline . COLORS . . motif ':' . (TRAY BUTTON STYLE) TrayButtonStyle . : Font . FONTS . Foreground . COLORS . Background . COLORS . Outline . COLORS . . motif ':' . Active . COLORS . : Foreground . Background . Outline . COLORS . . motif ':' . (PAGER STYLE) PagerStyle . : Outline . COLORS . Foreground . COLORS . Background . COLORS . Active . COLORS . : Foreground . Background . Text . COLORS . Font . FONTS ( COLORS) . (CLOCK STYLE) ClockStyle . : Font . . FONTS ( COLORS) . Foreground () . . COLORS . Background ( ). . COLORS . (MENU STYLE) MenuStyle JWM ( ). : decorations . flat motif . flat . : Font . FONTS . Foreground . COLORS . Background . COLORS . Outline . COLORS . . motif ':' . Active . COLORS . : Foreground . Background ( ). Opacity . 0.0 1.0 . ( xcompmgr) . (POPUP STYLE) PopupStyle ( ). : delay int . 600 . enabled string . : true ( ) false ( ) button ( ) clock () menu () pager () task ( ). true . : Font . FONTS . Outline . COLORS . black () . Foreground . COLORS . Background . COLORS . FONTS JWM Font . . XLFD Pango XFT . COLORS JWM ( ) . RGB ( #FF0000 ) X . ( ) (:) (;) . ICONS (hint) _NET_WM_ICON () ( ".xpm" ".png") (instance) WM_CLASS . . . . . . . . . IconPath . XPM PNG / JPEG . . PNG JPEG XPM . KEY BINDINGS JWM Key . key keycode . mask ( ) . Key . . mask ( xmodmap(1) ): A <> (mod1). C Control. S Shift. 1 mod1 2 mod2 3 mod3 4 mod4 5 mod5 key XStringToKeysym(3) . ( escape "Escape" ). : up . down . right . left . escape / . fullscreen . select . next . nextstacked (stacking order). none . prev . prevstacked . at# . close . kill ( ) . minimize . maximize . maxv . maxh . maxtop . maxtopleft . maxtopright . maxbottom . maxbottomleft . maxbottomright . maxleft . maxright . restore ( ). send# . <<#>> . <<#>> . sendl . sendr . sendu . sendd . shade ( ) . stick / . move . resize . . : resize:n () resize:s () resize:e () resize:w () resize:nw resize:ne resize:sw resize:se center . root:n (root menu) n. window . desktop# . <<#>> . <<#>> . rdesktop . ldesktop . udesktop . ddesktop . showdesktop / (/ ). showtray ( ). exec:command command. restart JWM. . . MOUSE BINDINGS Mouse . context button () mask . Mouse ( KEY BINDINGS ). button 1 ( ). . . (contexts) : border . close . icon . maximize . minimize . root (). title . : ( ): . (pager) . ( ): . . ( ): . . . . . DESKTOPS Desktops . : width int . 4 . height int . 1 . backandforth string desktop# . "off" . "on" "off" . Desktops : Background . type . : solid . COLORS . . gradient (). COLORS . image . XPM PNG JPEG . XPM PNG JPEG . tile . image . scale . image (aspect ratio) . command . Desktop . name ( ). Background . Background . (OTHER SETTINGS) : ButtonClose . ButtonCloseFocus . ButtonMax . ButtonMaxFocus . ButtonMaxActive . ButtonMaxActiveFocus . ButtonMenu . . ButtonMenuFocus . . ButtonMin . ButtonMinFocus . DefaultIcon . DoubleClickDelta . 2 . 0 32 ( ) . DoubleClickSpeed . 400 . 1 2000 ( ) . FocusModel . <> . : click . clicktitle . . sloppy . . sloppytitle . . MoveMode . <> . <> () <> ( ) . : coordinates { off | corner | window | screen } . screen . delay int . 0 . 1000 . mask string (modifier) . <> . ResizeMode . <> . <> () <> ( ) . coordinates . : : coordinates { off | corner | window | screen } . screen . RestartCommand JWM. SnapMode (snap). <> . : <> ( ) <> ( ) <> ( ). distance . 5 . 1 32 ( ) . StartupCommand JWM. ShutdownCommand JWM. TitleButtonOrder . : m (Maximize) i (Minimize) t w x (AUTHOR) Joe Wingbermuehle (SEE ALSO) X(1) v2.4.6 2025-12-23 jwm(1)