# LeftWM

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LeftWM is an X11 tiling window manager designed around the idea of do one thing and one thing well. It's extended via theming, using scripts and/or binaries.

LeftWM has been built with multiple screens and ultrawide monitors support in mind, supporting the creation of several workspaces on one screen and a single workspace across multiple screens. It also manages keybindings

## Installation

Install the leftwmAUR package available in the AUR.

## Starting

### From tty

Run `dbus-launch leftwm` with xinit.

### Display manager

LeftWM includes `leftwm.desktop` as Xsession which starts the window manager.

## Usage

See the GitHub Readme for more information.

## Default keys

Keybinding | Description
--- | ---
Mod + (1-9) | Switch to a desktop/tag
Mod + Shift + (1-9) | Move the focused window to desktop/tag
Mod + W | Switch the desktops for each screen. Desktops [1][2] changes to [2][1]
Mod + Shift + W | Move window to the other desktop
Mod + (⬆️⬇️) | Focus on the different windows in the current workspace
Mod + Shift + (⬆️⬇️) | Move the different windows in the current workspace
Mod + Enter | Move selected window to the top of the stack in the current workspace
Mod + Ctrl + (⬆️⬇️) | Switch between different layouts
Mod + Shift + (⬅➡) | Switch between different workspaces
Mod + Shift + Enter | Open a terminal
Mod + Ctrl + L | Lock the screen
Mod + Shift + X | Exit LeftWM
Mod + Shift + Q | Close the current window
Mod + Shift + R | Reload LeftWM and its config
Mod + p | Use dmenu to start application

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- Tiling WMs