@@ 0,0 1,169 @@
+diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
+index db0babc..0f672d4 100644
+--- a/config.def.h
++++ b/config.def.h
+@@ -20,11 +20,12 @@ static const float fullscreen_bg[] = {0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 1.0}; /* You can al
+ static int log_level = WLR_ERROR;
+
+ static const Rule rules[] = {
+- /* app_id title tags mask isfloating monitor */
++ /* app_id title tags mask isfloating monitor scratchkey */
+ /* examples:
+ { "Gimp", NULL, 0, 1, -1 },
+ */
+- { "firefox", NULL, 1 << 8, 0, -1 },
++ { "firefox", NULL, 1 << 8, 0, -1, 0 },
++ { NULL, "scratchpad", 0, 1, -1, 's' },
+ };
+
+ /* layout(s) */
+@@ -115,11 +116,16 @@ static const enum libinput_config_tap_button_map button_map = LIBINPUT_CONFIG_TA
+ static const char *termcmd[] = { "foot", NULL };
+ static const char *menucmd[] = { "bemenu-run", NULL };
+
++/* named scratchpads - First arg only serves to match against key in rules*/
++static const char *scratchpadcmd[] = { "s", "alacritty", "-t", "scratchpad", NULL };
++
+ static const Key keys[] = {
+ /* Note that Shift changes certain key codes: c -> C, 2 -> at, etc. */
+ /* modifier key function argument */
+ { MODKEY, XKB_KEY_p, spawn, {.v = menucmd} },
+ { MODKEY|WLR_MODIFIER_SHIFT, XKB_KEY_Return, spawn, {.v = termcmd} },
++ { MODKEY, XKB_KEY_grave, togglescratch, {.v = scratchpadcmd } },
++ { MODKEY|WLR_MODIFIER_SHIFT, XKB_KEY_grave, focusortogglescratch, {.v = scratchpadcmd } },
+ { MODKEY, XKB_KEY_j, focusstack, {.i = +1} },
+ { MODKEY, XKB_KEY_k, focusstack, {.i = -1} },
+ { MODKEY, XKB_KEY_i, incnmaster, {.i = +1} },
+diff --git a/dwl.c b/dwl.c
+index ef27a1d..6b5d55d 100644
+--- a/dwl.c
++++ b/dwl.c
+@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ typedef struct {
+ uint32_t tags;
+ int isfloating, isurgent, isfullscreen;
+ uint32_t resize; /* configure serial of a pending resize */
++ char scratchkey;
+ } Client;
+
+ typedef struct {
+@@ -215,6 +216,7 @@ typedef struct {
+ uint32_t tags;
+ int isfloating;
+ int monitor;
++ const char scratchkey;
+ } Rule;
+
+ typedef struct {
+@@ -307,12 +309,15 @@ static void setpsel(struct wl_listener *listener, void *data);
+ static void setsel(struct wl_listener *listener, void *data);
+ static void setup(void);
+ static void spawn(const Arg *arg);
++static void spawnscratch(const Arg *arg);
+ static void startdrag(struct wl_listener *listener, void *data);
+ static void tag(const Arg *arg);
+ static void tagmon(const Arg *arg);
+ static void tile(Monitor *m);
+ static void togglefloating(const Arg *arg);
+ static void togglefullscreen(const Arg *arg);
++static void togglescratch(const Arg *arg);
++static void focusortogglescratch(const Arg *arg);
+ static void toggletag(const Arg *arg);
+ static void toggleview(const Arg *arg);
+ static void unlocksession(struct wl_listener *listener, void *data);
+@@ -424,6 +429,7 @@ applyrules(Client *c)
+ Monitor *mon = selmon, *m;
+
+ c->isfloating = client_is_float_type(c);
++ c->scratchkey = 0;
+ if (!(appid = client_get_appid(c)))
+ appid = broken;
+ if (!(title = client_get_title(c)))
+@@ -433,6 +439,7 @@ applyrules(Client *c)
+ if ((!r->title || strstr(title, r->title))
+ && (!r->id || strstr(appid, r->id))) {
+ c->isfloating = r->isfloating;
++ c->scratchkey = r->scratchkey;
+ newtags |= r->tags;
+ i = 0;
+ wl_list_for_each(m, &mons, link)
+@@ -2372,6 +2379,16 @@ spawn(const Arg *arg)
+ }
+ }
+
++void spawnscratch(const Arg *arg)
++{
++ if (fork() == 0) {
++ dup2(STDERR_FILENO, STDOUT_FILENO);
++ setsid();
++ execvp(((char **)arg->v)[1], ((char **)arg->v)+1);
++ die("dwl: execvp %s failed:", ((char **)arg->v)[1]);
++ }
++}
++
+ void
+ startdrag(struct wl_listener *listener, void *data)
+ {
+@@ -2454,6 +2471,63 @@ togglefullscreen(const Arg *arg)
+ setfullscreen(sel, !sel->isfullscreen);
+ }
+
++void
++togglescratch(const Arg *arg)
++{
++ Client *c;
++ unsigned int found = 0;
++
++ /* search for first window that matches the scratchkey */
++ wl_list_for_each(c, &clients, link)
++ if (c->scratchkey == ((char**)arg->v)[0][0]) {
++ found = 1;
++ break;
++ }
++
++ if (found) {
++ c->tags = VISIBLEON(c, selmon) ? 0 : selmon->tagset[selmon->seltags];
++
++ focusclient(c->tags == 0 ? focustop(selmon) : c, 1);
++ arrange(selmon);
++ } else{
++ spawnscratch(arg);
++ }
++}
++
++void
++focusortogglescratch(const Arg *arg)
++{
++ Client *c;
++ unsigned int found = 0;
++
++ /* search for first window that matches the scratchkey */
++ wl_list_for_each(c, &clients, link)
++ if (c->scratchkey == ((char**)arg->v)[0][0]) {
++ found = 1;
++ break;
++ }
++
++ if (found) {
++ if (VISIBLEON(c, selmon)) {
++ if (focustop(selmon) == c) {
++ // hide
++ c->tags = 0;
++ focusclient(focustop(selmon), 1);
++ } else {
++ // focus
++ focusclient(c, 1);
++ }
++ } else {
++ // show
++ c->tags = selmon->tagset[selmon->seltags];
++ focusclient(c, 1);
++ }
++ arrange(selmon);
++ } else{
++ spawnscratch(arg);
++ }
++}
++
+ void
+ toggletag(const Arg *arg)
+ {