9 Theming bspwm colors, borders and gaps

We explain “as extra” that adding run in front of applications in the autostart.sh may solve issues for you.

Then we investigate what elements we can change in the bspwmrc file.

border with
window gap
top padding
single monocle
border colors

When changing the color of the border we will show you how to theme the rest of bspwm with lxappearance.

You can also define the state of an application:

  • tile
  • float
  • fullscreen