Volume keys in DWM

I had earlier solved this issue in my previous arch DWM build but that was somehow broken; so had to configure this again. Considering it was such a pain I thought of sharing my own approach. I wrote a small script that changes the volume based on the parameters passed via DWM, once the volume is changed a notification is sent via dunst. Identifying Keys You first need to identify which keys toggle the volume, what is their assigned tag. ...

September 2, 2025 · 2 min · 303 words · Me