diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
index 1c0b587..f3d9b45 100644
--- a/config.def.h
+++ b/config.def.h
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ static const Layout layouts[] = {
 	{ MODKEY|ControlMask,           KEY,      toggleview,     {.ui = 1 << TAG} }, \
 	{ MODKEY|ShiftMask,             KEY,      tag,            {.ui = 1 << TAG} }, \
 	{ MODKEY|ControlMask|ShiftMask, KEY,      toggletag,      {.ui = 1 << TAG} },
+#define HOLDKEY 0xffe9 // 0 - disable; 0xffe9 - Mod1Mask; 0xffeb - Mod4Mask
 
 /* helper for spawning shell commands in the pre dwm-5.0 fashion */
 #define SHCMD(cmd) { .v = (const char*[]){ "/bin/sh", "-c", cmd, NULL } }
@@ -94,6 +95,7 @@ static Key keys[] = {
 	TAGKEYS(                        XK_8,                      7)
 	TAGKEYS(                        XK_9,                      8)
 	{ MODKEY|ShiftMask,             XK_q,      quit,           {0} },
+	{ 0,                            HOLDKEY,   holdbar,        {0} },
 };
 
 /* button definitions */
diff --git a/dwm.c b/dwm.c
index 4465af1..4e5afa8 100644
--- a/dwm.c
+++ b/dwm.c
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ typedef struct {
 	void (*arrange)(Monitor *);
 } Layout;
 
+typedef struct Pertag Pertag;
 struct Monitor {
 	char ltsymbol[16];
 	float mfact;
@@ -130,6 +131,7 @@ struct Monitor {
 	Monitor *next;
 	Window barwin;
 	const Layout *lt[2];
+	Pertag *pertag;
 };
 
 typedef struct {
@@ -176,6 +178,7 @@ static void grabbuttons(Client *c, int focused);
 static void grabkeys(void);
 static void incnmaster(const Arg *arg);
 static void keypress(XEvent *e);
+static void keyrelease(XEvent *e);
 static void killclient(const Arg *arg);
 static void manage(Window w, XWindowAttributes *wa);
 static void mappingnotify(XEvent *e);
@@ -210,6 +213,7 @@ static void tag(const Arg *arg);
 static void tagmon(const Arg *arg);
 static void tile(Monitor *);
 static void togglebar(const Arg *arg);
+static void holdbar(const Arg *arg);
 static void togglefloating(const Arg *arg);
 static void toggletag(const Arg *arg);
 static void toggleview(const Arg *arg);
@@ -217,6 +221,7 @@ static void unfocus(Client *c, int setfocus);
 static void unmanage(Client *c, int destroyed);
 static void unmapnotify(XEvent *e);
 static void updatebarpos(Monitor *m);
+static void updateholdbarpos(Monitor *m);
 static void updatebars(void);
 static void updateclientlist(void);
 static int updategeom(void);
@@ -245,6 +250,7 @@ static int (*xerrorxlib)(Display *, XErrorEvent *);
 static unsigned int numlockmask = 0;
 static void (*handler[LASTEvent]) (XEvent *) = {
 	[ButtonPress] = buttonpress,
+	[ButtonRelease] = keyrelease,
 	[ClientMessage] = clientmessage,
 	[ConfigureRequest] = configurerequest,
 	[ConfigureNotify] = configurenotify,
@@ -252,6 +258,7 @@ static void (*handler[LASTEvent]) (XEvent *) = {
 	[EnterNotify] = enternotify,
 	[Expose] = expose,
 	[FocusIn] = focusin,
+	[KeyRelease] = keyrelease,
 	[KeyPress] = keypress,
 	[MappingNotify] = mappingnotify,
 	[MapRequest] = maprequest,
@@ -271,10 +278,62 @@ static Window root, wmcheckwin;
 /* configuration, allows nested code to access above variables */
 #include "config.h"
 
+struct Pertag {
+	unsigned int curtag, prevtag; /* current and previous tag */
+	int nmasters[LENGTH(tags) + 1]; /* number of windows in master area */
+	float mfacts[LENGTH(tags) + 1]; /* mfacts per tag */
+	unsigned int sellts[LENGTH(tags) + 1]; /* selected layouts */
+	const Layout *ltidxs[LENGTH(tags) + 1][2]; /* matrix of tags and layouts indexes  */
+};
+
 /* compile-time check if all tags fit into an unsigned int bit array. */
 struct NumTags { char limitexceeded[LENGTH(tags) > 31 ? -1 : 1]; };
 
 /* function implementations */
+void
+holdbar(const Arg *arg)
+{
+	if (selmon->showbar)
+		return;
+	selmon->showbar = 2;
+	updateholdbarpos(selmon);
+	XMoveResizeWindow(dpy, selmon->barwin, selmon->wx, selmon->by, selmon->ww, bh);
+}
+
+void
+keyrelease(XEvent *e)
+{
+	if (XEventsQueued(dpy, QueuedAfterReading)) {
+		XEvent ne;
+		XPeekEvent(dpy, &ne);
+
+		if (ne.type == KeyPress && ne.xkey.time == e->xkey.time &&
+				ne.xkey.keycode == e->xkey.keycode) {
+			XNextEvent(dpy, &ne);
+			return;
+		}
+	}
+	if (e->xkey.keycode == XKeysymToKeycode(dpy, HOLDKEY) && selmon->showbar == 2) {
+		selmon->showbar = 0;
+		updateholdbarpos(selmon);
+		XMoveResizeWindow(dpy, selmon->barwin, selmon->wx, selmon->by, selmon->ww, bh);
+		arrange(selmon);
+	}
+}
+
+void
+updateholdbarpos(Monitor *m)
+{
+	m->wy = m->my;
+	m->wh = m->mh;
+	if (m->showbar) {
+		m->by = m->topbar ? m->wy : m->wy + m->wh - bh;
+		m->wy = m->topbar ? m->wy - bh + bh : m->wy;
+	} else {
+		m->by = -bh;
+	}
+}
+
 void
 applyrules(Client *c)
 {
@@ -631,6 +690,7 @@ Monitor *
 createmon(void)
 {
 	Monitor *m;
+	unsigned int i;
 
 	m = ecalloc(1, sizeof(Monitor));
 	m->tagset[0] = m->tagset[1] = 1;
@@ -641,6 +701,17 @@ createmon(void)
 	m->lt[0] = &layouts[0];
 	m->lt[1] = &layouts[1 % LENGTH(layouts)];
 	strncpy(m->ltsymbol, layouts[0].symbol, sizeof m->ltsymbol);
+	m->pertag = ecalloc(1, sizeof(Pertag));
+	m->pertag->curtag = m->pertag->prevtag = 1;
+
+	for (i = 0; i <= LENGTH(tags); i++) {
+		m->pertag->nmasters[i] = m->nmaster;
+		m->pertag->mfacts[i] = m->mfact;
+
+		m->pertag->ltidxs[i][0] = m->lt[0];
+		m->pertag->ltidxs[i][1] = m->lt[1];
+		m->pertag->sellts[i] = m->sellt;
+	}
 	return m;
 }
 
@@ -966,7 +1037,7 @@ grabkeys(void)
 void
 incnmaster(const Arg *arg)
 {
-	selmon->nmaster = MAX(selmon->nmaster + arg->i, 0);
+	selmon->nmaster = selmon->pertag->nmasters[selmon->pertag->curtag] = MAX(selmon->nmaster + arg->i, 0);
 	arrange(selmon);
 }
 
@@ -1501,9 +1572,9 @@ void
 setlayout(const Arg *arg)
 {
 	if (!arg || !arg->v || arg->v != selmon->lt[selmon->sellt])
-		selmon->sellt ^= 1;
+		selmon->sellt = selmon->pertag->sellts[selmon->pertag->curtag] ^= 1;
 	if (arg && arg->v)
-		selmon->lt[selmon->sellt] = (Layout *)arg->v;
+		selmon->lt[selmon->sellt] = selmon->pertag->ltidxs[selmon->pertag->curtag][selmon->sellt] = (Layout *)arg->v;
 	strncpy(selmon->ltsymbol, selmon->lt[selmon->sellt]->symbol, sizeof selmon->ltsymbol);
 	if (selmon->sel)
 		arrange(selmon);
@@ -1522,7 +1593,7 @@ setmfact(const Arg *arg)
 	f = arg->f < 1.0 ? arg->f + selmon->mfact : arg->f - 1.0;
 	if (f < 0.05 || f > 0.95)
 		return;
-	selmon->mfact = f;
+	selmon->mfact = selmon->pertag->mfacts[selmon->pertag->curtag] = f;
 	arrange(selmon);
 }
 
@@ -1699,7 +1770,7 @@ tile(Monitor *m)
 void
 togglebar(const Arg *arg)
 {
-	selmon->showbar = !selmon->showbar;
+	selmon->showbar = (selmon->showbar == 2 ? 1 : !selmon->showbar);
 	updatebarpos(selmon);
 	XMoveResizeWindow(dpy, selmon->barwin, selmon->wx, selmon->by, selmon->ww, bh);
 	arrange(selmon);
@@ -1738,9 +1809,30 @@ void
 toggleview(const Arg *arg)
 {
 	unsigned int newtagset = selmon->tagset[selmon->seltags] ^ (arg->ui & TAGMASK);
+	int i;
 
 	if (newtagset) {
 		selmon->tagset[selmon->seltags] = newtagset;
+
+		if (newtagset == ~0) {
+			selmon->pertag->prevtag = selmon->pertag->curtag;
+			selmon->pertag->curtag = 0;
+		}
+
+		/* test if the user did not select the same tag */
+		if (!(newtagset & 1 << (selmon->pertag->curtag - 1))) {
+			selmon->pertag->prevtag = selmon->pertag->curtag;
+			for (i = 0; !(newtagset & 1 << i); i++) ;
+			selmon->pertag->curtag = i + 1;
+		}
+
+		/* apply settings for this view */
+		selmon->nmaster = selmon->pertag->nmasters[selmon->pertag->curtag];
+		selmon->mfact = selmon->pertag->mfacts[selmon->pertag->curtag];
+		selmon->sellt = selmon->pertag->sellts[selmon->pertag->curtag];
+		selmon->lt[selmon->sellt] = selmon->pertag->ltidxs[selmon->pertag->curtag][selmon->sellt];
+		selmon->lt[selmon->sellt^1] = selmon->pertag->ltidxs[selmon->pertag->curtag][selmon->sellt^1];
+
 		focus(NULL);
 		arrange(selmon);
 	}
@@ -2035,11 +2127,34 @@ updatewmhints(Client *c)
 void
 view(const Arg *arg)
 {
+	int i;
+	unsigned int tmptag;
+
 	if ((arg->ui & TAGMASK) == selmon->tagset[selmon->seltags])
 		return;
 	selmon->seltags ^= 1; /* toggle sel tagset */
-	if (arg->ui & TAGMASK)
+	if (arg->ui & TAGMASK) {
 		selmon->tagset[selmon->seltags] = arg->ui & TAGMASK;
+		selmon->pertag->prevtag = selmon->pertag->curtag;
+
+		if (arg->ui == ~0)
+			selmon->pertag->curtag = 0;
+		else {
+			for (i = 0; !(arg->ui & 1 << i); i++) ;
+			selmon->pertag->curtag = i + 1;
+		}
+	} else {
+		tmptag = selmon->pertag->prevtag;
+		selmon->pertag->prevtag = selmon->pertag->curtag;
+		selmon->pertag->curtag = tmptag;
+	}
+
+	selmon->nmaster = selmon->pertag->nmasters[selmon->pertag->curtag];
+	selmon->mfact = selmon->pertag->mfacts[selmon->pertag->curtag];
+	selmon->sellt = selmon->pertag->sellts[selmon->pertag->curtag];
+	selmon->lt[selmon->sellt] = selmon->pertag->ltidxs[selmon->pertag->curtag][selmon->sellt];
+	selmon->lt[selmon->sellt^1] = selmon->pertag->ltidxs[selmon->pertag->curtag][selmon->sellt^1];
+
 	focus(NULL);
 	arrange(selmon);
 }