From 0aa9fdd81cb4ae58d39f09396f29827092b6e49c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: crecher <crecher@crecher.net>
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2026 22:54:08 +0000
Subject: feat: window borders thank you xorg for making this easy still
 fucking hate you tho

Signed-off-by: crecher <crecher@crecher.net>
---
 config.go |  3 +++
 main.go   | 14 ++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index daa6b45..e05855e 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ var selBg uint32 = 0x285577
 var selFg uint32 = 0xEEEEEE
 var fontName = "JetBrainsMono Nerd Font:size=16"
 var tagCount = 9
+var borderWidth int = 2
+var borderColor uint32 = 0x444444
+var borderFocus uint32 = 0x285577
 
 // shows focused window title
 var windowTitle = 0
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 272b100..698bafa 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -340,7 +340,18 @@ func handleKeyPress(conn *xgb.Conn, e xproto.KeyPressEvent) {
 	}
 }
 
+func updateBorders(conn *xgb.Conn) {
+	for _, c := range clients {
+		color := borderColor
+		if c.Win == focused {
+			color = borderFocus
+		}
+		xproto.ChangeWindowAttributes(conn, c.Win, xproto.CwBorderPixel, []uint32{color})
+	}
+}
+
 func setInputFocus(conn *xgb.Conn, win xproto.Window) {
+	updateBorders(conn)
 	if win == 0 {
 		return
 	}
@@ -421,6 +432,7 @@ func switchTags(conn *xgb.Conn, tags BitMask) {
 }
 
 func dim(v int) uint32 {
+	v -= borderWidth * 2
 	if v < 1 {
 		return 1
 	}
@@ -807,6 +819,7 @@ func updateWindows(conn *xgb.Conn) {
 		// log.Println(client.Tags & GlobalTags)
 		if (client.Tags & GlobalTags) >= 1 {
 			xproto.MapWindow(conn, client.Win)
+			xproto.ConfigureWindow(conn, client.Win, xproto.ConfigWindowBorderWidth, []uint32{uint32(borderWidth)})
 			ActiveClients = append(ActiveClients, client)
 			// log.Println("Mapping window", client.Win)
 		}
@@ -824,4 +837,5 @@ func updateWindows(conn *xgb.Conn) {
 	}
 
 	refocus(conn)
+	updateBorders(conn)
 }
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