To move an application window to a different workspace one can use a keyboard shortcut. Another option is to select the Move To submenu in the window menu of the window frame.
The task bar supports drag and drop operations. When a drag is in progress, the destination window can be activated by hovering the drag icon over the task button for that window. Alternatively, the current workspace can be changed by hovering the drag icon over the desired workspace button. When edge switching is enabled, the current workspace can also be changed by bringing the drag icon to the screen edge. This is a command-line in the task bar where a shell command can be typed.
Pressing "Enter" will execute the command. The address bar maintains a history which is navigable by the Up and Down keys. The window list window shows a list of all workspaces. For each workspace it shows the window titles of the windows which are mapped on it. The bottom entry reads "All Workspaces". It holds the sticky windows. These windows are mapped in all workspaces. The window list window is normally hidden. Choose one of the following four methods to make it visible:.
A single-click on a window entry selects it. A right mouse click over a selection will popup the system menu for this selection. To close the selected windows, press "Delete". Right mouse click below the sticky windows for a menu with window arranging actions. Double-click on a workspace to switch to it.
Double-click on a window to activate it. Or navigate by arrow keys and press Enter. The space bar toggles a selection of a window.
Press the first letter of a window title to navigate to it and select it. If titles of multiple windows start with the same letter then repeatedly pressing the first letter cycles over those windows. Combine this with the "Shift" key to extend a selection over the range of motion.
The task bar can show one or more icons to reflect the status of a mailbox. For this a couple of options must be set. Then the location of the mailbox must be set. Icewm first looks for MailBoxPath in preferences. These are six examples of possible mailboxes:. Make sure you have secure file permissions on your IceWM preferences file and the directory which contains it.
For example, to hex-encode "! This is the hex-encoded password. However, it is unwise to store a password in your preferences. Consider a wallet extension for IceWM. IceWM will check a mailbox periodically. The period in seconds can be set by the MailCheckDelay option, which is 30 seconds by default. Whenever new mail arrives, the mailbox icon will be highlighted. The color will indicate if the mail has been read or not.
Hovering the mouse over the mailbox icon will show a tooltip with more details. A command can be also be run on new mail. Set the NewMailCommand option. Its environment will have these variables set by IceWM:. To control keyboard layouts on the task bar, define in preferences the option KeyboardLayouts to a comma-separated list of your preferred keyboard layouts.
For example:. A keyboard layout can simply be a name. Usually this is a two-letter country code. If it is enclosed in double quotes, it can also be a space-separated list of command-line arguments to an invocation of the "setxkbmap" program. The first layout is the default. It will be installed when icewm starts.
The task bar will show the current keyboard layout. If an icon can be found for the first two letters of the layout, then that icon will be shown. Otherwise the first two letters of the name of the layout will be shown. Click on the current keyboard layout to cycle through all the available keyboard layouts. Click with the right mouse button to open a menu of all available keyboard layouts.
It is also possible to configure a default keyboard layout for each program individually in the icewm-winoptions 5 file. Whenever such a program receives input focus, icewm will install this configured keyboard layout automatically. The keyboard status on the task bar will be updated to reflect this. Please note that for keyboard layout switching to work, the "setxkbmap" program must be installed.
To see your current keyboard layout settings, do "setxkbmap -query". These are all configurable in the preferences file. Here we give their preferences name, followed by their default value in double quotes, and a short descriptions of their effect. Note that all use one or more key modifiers.
The title frame of a window also listens for mouse clicks. Press Shift to only maximize vertically. Also press Shift to maximize horizontally. If TitleBarRollupButton is either 4 or 5 then the scroll wheel controls rolling up or down. Pressing a mouse button and moving it will move the window. When the mouse is on the window frame then a left click raises the window. Dragging with the left button down resizes the window. Clicking the right button pops up the context menu.
Dragging with the right button moves the window. Clicking on the desktop activates a menu. See icewm-preferences 5. See icewm-prefoverride 5. See icewm-winoptions 5. IceWM supports window opacity and transparency in connection with an external compositor like compton 1 or picom 1. The opacity can also be set in the icewm-winoptions 5 file. These can be helpful to configure compton. Examples of the above configuration files can be found in the default installation path or in the system-wide defaults.
See the output of "icewm --directories" for their locations. ICCCM 2. Source file: icewm. Found a problem? See the FAQ. The installation comes with several themes. Choose a theme via a menu. It positions application windows on screen and decorates them with borders. It gives input focus to the current active application.
It draws a small task bar at the bottom of the screen, which gives easy access to programs, to virtual desktops, to active applications, and to a small set of monitoring applets. It can assign plain background color or images in different formats to the X background. Each workspace can have its own background. It supports semi-transparency. Semitransparent background image and colour can be configured. When the background image has changed then icewmbg 1 can be notified to update the background.
Multi-head monitor setups are fully supported. See the icewmbg 1. Now, type the following command in the terminal window:.
The installation process would start as soon as you enter the command. Once the installation process gets completed, log out and press the Options tab which appears at the bottom of the screen.
A menu list containing the names of all the window managers installed on your system would now appear on your Ubuntu system. Since you wish to use IceWM, select it and log in to the system. Though loaded with various features, this window manager is quite simple when it comes to looks. However, you have the option of downloading different themes on it. You may download this window manager with ease and experience a change from your usual Ubuntu desktop. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.
Time limit is exhausted. For the super-minimalist, you can install 'icewm-lite', lighter and without a taskbar at the bottom. I like to use the keyboard instead of the mouse when i can, my wrist appreciates it. So i press the Windows key to get the main menu, down arrow to Themes, Enter, down arrow to designated theme, Enter, finito.
So that takes care of the 'looks' myth. When we get to the keybindings you'll see why this is enough. How did i end with 'iceme' on the main menu? If you hilite an app and paste another app, the second one will be under the first app. If you just pass the cursor over it, it will give basic information about the CPU. If you pass the cursor over the net monitor, it will give you lots of information about the net in your box. For the date and time, strftime is used.
It also comes with 'Show desktop' and 'Window list' icons by default. What more do you want? If you want to change anything, remember to 'uncomment' the line you are going to change and leave it uncommented, sometimes, all lines are uncommented, and that makes it easier. So, if you want the taskbar at the top, start by uncommenting it, and changing the value to '1', so it looks like this. The other apps will appear without the title bar, saving me space on my monitor's screen.
References: www. Last edited by Lou on , edited 9 times in total. I'm now trying out IceWM and it seems quite nice. Post by Lou » IceWM is my default wm, i'm also playing with Ion3, but that's a different beast to configure, makes you appreciate icewm.
Anyways, i'm glad you like it. Post by Arnie » Very nice manual indeed, the wallpaper option will be useful if I want other people to think this is a totally normal computer.
Debian Men Need instant advice? Get BOFH's opinion. But one thing I learned is you don't have to log out and back in to make your changes take effect. All you have to do is send it the HUP signal. You can find the pid using ps auxw grep icewm grep -v grep The pid will be the number right of your username.
Then you kill -HUP pid. Post by Lou » Thanks for the tip. Not bad huh? I have this on my. The first line of the taskbar is like a cli, just put the cursor there and write 'sudo synaptic' or 'xfe', or any other app, press Enter and it is launched.
The auto-hide saves me space on my monitor's screen.
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