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Extended Window Manager Hints

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Extended Window Manager Hints, a.k.a. NetWM or Net WM,[1] is an X Window System standard for window managers. It defines various interactions between window managers, utilities, and applications, all part of an entire desktop environment. It builds on the functionality of the Inter-Client Communication Conventions Manual (ICCCM).

List of window managers that support Extended Window Manager Hints

Tiling and dynamic window managers

  • aewm
  • awesome
  • bspwm
  • goomwwm
  • herbstluftwm
  • i3

Supported properties:

_NET_SUPPORTED  _NET_SUPPORTING_WM_CHECK  _NET_WM_NAME  _NET_WM_VISIBLE_NAME  _NET_WM_MOVERESIZE  _NET_WM_STATE_STICKY  _NET_WM_STATE_FULLSCREEN  _NET_WM_STATE_DEMANDS_ATTENTION  _NET_WM_STATE_MODAL  _NET_WM_STATE_HIDDEN  _NET_WM_STATE_FOCUSED  _NET_WM_STATE  _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE  _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_NORMAL  _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_DOCK  _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_DIALOG  _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_UTILITY  _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_TOOLBAR  _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_SPLASH  _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_MENU  _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_DROPDOWN_MENU  _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_POPUP_MENU  _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_TOOLTIP  _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_NOTIFICATION  _NET_WM_DESKTOP  _NET_WM_STRUT_PARTIAL  _NET_CLIENT_LIST  _NET_CLIENT_LIST_STACKING  _NET_CURRENT_DESKTOP  _NET_NUMBER_OF_DESKTOPS  _NET_DESKTOP_NAMES  _NET_DESKTOP_VIEWPORT  _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW  _NET_CLOSE_WINDOW  _NET_MOVERESIZE_WINDOW


  • spectrwm
  • wmii
  • xmonad (needs to be turned on in the config)
  • Qtile
  • LeftWM

Stacking window managers

Other window managers

Notes and references

  1. ^ "Net WM - Blackbox". Archived from the original on 2007-10-01. Retrieved 2007-09-29.
  2. ^ "ctwm 4.0.0 changes".
  3. ^ "Fluxbox EWMH Support". Retrieved 2009-09-09.
  4. ^ "Extended Window Manager Hints Support For FVWM".
  5. ^ "FVWM - Features".
  6. ^ "IceWM COMPLIANCE". Retrieved 2020-12-28.
  7. ^ "joewing.net | JWM EWMH Support". Archived from the original on 2014-09-24. Retrieved 2014-06-02.
  8. ^ xfwm4 README, accessed f128147411a235b1651520b7620f03b35c86c5a5 on 2014-04-17

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