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From:
Stuart Henderson <stu@spacehopper.org>
Subject:
Re: dwm no longer puts firefox on 9
To:
Ted Unangst <tedu@tedunangst.com>, <ports@openbsd.org>
Date:
Tue, 29 Apr 2025 10:05:49 +0100

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Maybe we should add "Navigator" to the array in dwm. However that's getting 
set, it seems like it would be same behaviour if dwm is trying to put 
chromium and Firefox on 9.

Typical "suckless" software - perhaps "you can only configure this by 
recompiling" is not such a great idea.

-- 
  Sent from a phone, apologies for poor formatting.

On 29 April 2025 06:30:40 "Ted Unangst" <tedu@tedunangst.com> wrote:

> dwm is supposed to put Firefox windows on the ninth tab.
>
> /* xprop(1):
> * WM_CLASS(STRING) = instance, class
> * WM_NAME(STRING) = title
> */
> /* class      instance    title       tags mask     isfloating   monitor */
> { "Firefox",  NULL,       NULL,       1 << 8,       0,           -1 },
>
> However, recent firefox versions report this in xprop:
>
> WM_CLASS(STRING) = "Navigator", "firefox"
>
> Now the firefox windows show up anywhere.
>
> chrome shows up on tab 9 as expected.