You can even middleclick and drag two separate application windows into one another so that they become one window, each in its own tab. But ive dabbled with some higherlevel x tools, and heres my dirty solution to rearrange the windows. Macrocmd resizeto 50% 50% moveto 0 0 upperleft maximizevertical. Sep 18, 2014 the tabbing mechanism for windows is an unique feature of fluxbox. You can customize fluxbox s key handling through the.
If the mod4 key doesnt work, it means that when you set up x you probably picked a 101 or 102 key rather than 104 key keyboard. I changed the fluxbox keys file to resize windows, like this. The perfect fluxbox distro by eldervlacoste on deviantart. At this moment you should logout and then login to fluxbox, for that, you should select the session on the login manager, for the case of having installed lightdm it will be located on the upper right corner. Thunar file manager showing tabbed windows feature in fluxbox. Fluxbox shortcut to open an xterm, or switch to an existing one. I know this is an old post, but with the new fluxbox 1. It seems most of the distros that are fluxbox only, or that include fluxbox, are very minimal and i am always dissatisfied with the functionality. This is very handy for users that prefer to do most of their work with a keyboard. In the fluxbox keys file, there are some strange modifiers. Resizeto 683 740 then, i find that the terminators windows responds in a bad way, because the window changes to very small dimensions and blinks. Please refer to the manpage fluxbox keys5, as it is more uptodate than this wiki page. Apr 07, 2011 mod1 alt mod4 windows key control ctrl shift shift.
Jan 15, 2010 the fluxbox wiki has a great entry on editing the apps file. If you find yourself confused by mod1 and mod4, here are the keys to which they map. You can combine multiple windows into one window with tabs across the top by simply middleclicking the tab of one window and holding it down and dragging and dropping on the tab of another window. Tabbed windows work and feh no longer autostarts on login. The control key is called, oddly enough, control, and shift follows the same pattern, being called shift.
Used only native fluxbox commands and have hit a couple snags when multiple windows are open tiling to the right doesnt always work but will if the key binding is invoked again. The buttons or icons to place in the titlebar of decorated windows. The mouse cursor is over the desktop root window, and not any window. Many distributions have included fluxbox in their packagemanager.
The foundation of blackbox for windows is full crossplatform support. Mod1 alt mod4 windows key control ctrl shift shift. It is a wiki, so if you are interested to support fluxbox as a packagemaintainer please feel free to add your name to that site. Rearrange windows on iconbar in fluxbox knowledge base. Now you can toggle between window decos by pressing the windows key and t. Contribute to blackarchblackarchconfig fluxbox development by creating an account on github. The possibilities are endless, so try the steady simplicity that is fluxbox on your linux box today. I set up conky to be started upon startup see below, so that command toggles conky onoff. Blackbox for windows is based stylistically on the blackbox window manager for the x window system by brad hughes, however it does not use the same codebase except for the gradient rendering code.
Before changing it, there are a few things necessary to know. A doubleclick on the titlebar of a window will shade it i. What is fluxbox fluxbox is a lightweight window manager for the x windowing system. A fluxbox keybinding will almost always be on one line, for example. Use the fluxbox linux desktop as your window manager. Mod1 is commonly known as the alt key, and mod4 is the super aka windows key. Fluxbox is a stacking window manager for the x window system, which started as a fork of blackbox 0. I launch most applications using keyboard shortcuts, which are entered into the keys configuration file.
Fluxbox comes with a very weak set of default keysets. Contribute to blackarchblackarchconfigfluxbox development by creating an account on github. Faster, simpler and more minimalistic is to bind a key combination, such as mod4f mod4 is the windows key, to launch firefox. To get more information about available binaries check the wikisite that is dedicated to that issue. Fluxbox provides a number of window management features such as tabbing and grouping and has hundreds of styles themes available.
You dont have to use fluxbox s panels, because there are other excellent panels out there. Both rox and spacefm come already preconfigured with some icons in antix. Call it on the command line and start hitting keys. Fluxbox is the source of my interest for window managers. To get the root menu, then scroll with the arrow keys. Mod4 is the tux windows key on the left side of modern keyboards.
Fluxbox uses its own graphics class to render its images on the fly. With a bleeding edge version git you can even go to. Showdesktop triggers the expected action minimizes all desktop windows but the rootmenu pops up as well. Lightweight and customizable windows manager, introducing. Project management content management system cms task management project portfolio management time tracking pdf. On the ubuntu box, i logged out of kde plasma and into fluxbox. I use fluxbox because i like it not because its so light although that is a very nice feature. After saving the changes, reconfigure or restart fluxbox. Fluxbox refers to the alt key as mod1 and the windows key as mod4. It has a peruser, text config file and it is desktop agnostic. Openbox calls alt a, the windows key w, control c, and shift s. Fluxbox is a lightweight window manager for the x windowing system. Fluxbox can rearrangetile all windows on the current desktop with the. It was created from the older html only documentation with the goal of making it easily adaptable to various output formats.
As usual, mod4 can be used instead of cm in the above key assignments. Faster, simpler and more minimalistic is to bind a key combination, such as mod4 f mod4 is the windows key, to launch firefox. After a while i found out that the windows, which i am using as a modifier. The commands above are self explanatory, maybe except for the last one, which ill explain. Fluxbox, by default, does not have full compositing capabilities on its own, but you can get it through xcompmgr. You can replace k and xkill to bind just about any program to a key binding of your choice. This just scrolls like you are viewing a cube from one desktop to another.
Apr 25, 2010 open source project to enhance linux 3d desktop 3ddesktop is an opengl program for switching virtual desktops in a seamless 3dimensional manner on linux. Nautilus always start with gnomedesktop by default and it do cover up my fluxbox desktop, so i disable gnome desktop with nodektop and browser mode with browser. Is there a way to quickly show or hide all windows in fluxbox. It enables a user to switch windows and desktops, and no more. Most of the commands in the keys file do work on the toshiba. Although i often try different window managers, i always come back to fluxbox. The menu also provides a few preference settings, such as the ability to pick a theme and restart or log out from your fluxbox session. The current desktop is mapped into a fullscreen 3d environment where you may choose other screens. Fluxbox is a window manager for x11 systems thats based on an.
Rootmenu saveexit restart mod1 alt mod4 windows key you replace my apps with yours, of course. Its user interface has only a taskbar, a popup menu accessible by rightclicking on the desktop, and minimal support for graphical icons. You may also have noticed that those transparencies may not have taken effect. Some of the sections below may serve as a useful supplement to the man page. Jan 19, 2010 fluxbox names some of the keys in a way that might not be obvious at first. If you want to find out the name of a key, open a terminal and run xev. I not necessarily looking for the lightest weight distro. Mod4 is windows key, mouse1 is left click and mouse3 is right click.
You may have set some of the transparency options in the init file in a previous section. It sometimes might crash or perhaps does not work properly the build is in a state of flux, hence why it is called development version it is usually stable, though, as any show stoppers are quickly found and rectified. Here are some examples the mod4 key is the super key, which i use to designate global shortcuts. Here are some examples the mod4 key is the super key, which i use to. The latest fluxbox developmentversion is available from our new gitrepository. For example, you can open up the root menu, move windows with keystrokes, etc. You can see that the lefthand side declares the keyboard combination, followed by a colon, then the command or fluxbox specific keyword. Im certainly no expert on its use, however, this page might save the reader a few minutes of searching their documentation. Mod1 means windows command funciton key if you use keychains, the order of the modificators seems important. This is the new documentation for fluxbox, an x11 window manager. Fluxbox provides configurable window decorations, a root menu to launch applications and a toolbar that shows the current workspace name, a set of application names and the current time. Ondesktop the mouse cursor is over the desktop root window, and not any window. Tries to arrange all windows on the current workspace so that they overlap the least amount possible.
There is also a workspace menu which allows you to add or remove workspaces. To provide you with a quick walkthrough and introduction to a functional fluxbox setup. A controlclick on the tab of one windows starts the tab feature, allowing you to then drag it onto the tab of another window. Mod1 corresponds to the alt key and mod4 corresponds to super not a standard key but most users map super to the win key. Fluxbox names some of the keys in a way that might not be obvious at first. Beginners guide to fluxbox configuration make tech easier.
Fluxbox key bindings after switchover to xorg marc andre tanner. Raise the window up to the layer above, or lower it to the layer below. I think dunst is a good fit for a fluxbox notification daemon. Fluxbox is a very lightweight window manager, we may make use of some additional tools to make a friendlier environment. There are also some special modifiers that refer to mouse button presses. Jun 09, 2005 you can see that the lefthand side declares the keyboard combination, followed by a colon, then the command or fluxbox specific keyword. Among many other seemingly abandoned projects, my attention was probably caught by a quite recent release date. The two windows will appear to merge into a single window, with two title tabs. You can combine multiple windows into one window with tabs across the top.