Apply patch to hide vacant tags

README.md

@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
 2. Manually apply any failed hunks
 3. Add your terminal of choice to your config.h (simply copy the St line from the patch)
 
+#### [Hide Vacant Tags](https://dwm.suckless.org/patches/hide_vacant_tags/)
+1. `git apply <diff file>`
+
 dwm - dynamic window manager
 ============================
 dwm is an extremely fast, small, and dynamic window manager for X.

dwm.c

@@ -499,9 +499,15 @@ buttonpress(XEvent *e)
 	}
 	if (ev->window == selmon->barwin) {
 		i = x = 0;
-		do
+		unsigned int occ = 0;
+		for(c = m->clients; c; c=c->next)
+			occ |= c->tags == TAGMASK ? 0 : c->tags;
+		do {
+			/* Do not reserve space for vacant tags */
+			if (!(occ & 1 << i || m->tagset[m->seltags] & 1 << i))
+				continue;
 			x += TEXTW(tags[i]);
-		while (ev->x >= x && ++i < LENGTH(tags));
+		} while (ev->x >= x && ++i < LENGTH(tags));
 		if (i < LENGTH(tags)) {
 			click = ClkTagBar;
 			arg.ui = 1 << i;
@@ -784,19 +790,18 @@ drawbar(Monitor *m)
 	}
 
 	for (c = m->clients; c; c = c->next) {
-		occ |= c->tags;
+		occ |= c->tags == TAGMASK ? 0 : c->tags;
 		if (c->isurgent)
 			urg |= c->tags;
 	}
 	x = 0;
 	for (i = 0; i < LENGTH(tags); i++) {
+		/* Do not draw vacant tags */
+		if(!(occ & 1 << i || m->tagset[m->seltags] & 1 << i))
+			continue;
 		w = TEXTW(tags[i]);
 		drw_setscheme(drw, scheme[m->tagset[m->seltags] & 1 << i ? SchemeSel : SchemeNorm]);
 		drw_text(drw, x, 0, w, bh, lrpad / 2, tags[i], urg & 1 << i);
-		if (occ & 1 << i)
-			drw_rect(drw, x + boxs, boxs, boxw, boxw,
-				m == selmon && selmon->sel && selmon->sel->tags & 1 << i,
-				urg & 1 << i);
 		x += w;
 	}
 	w = TEXTW(m->ltsymbol);