Currently, if we don't want sorted icons (ie, don't specify
*FvwmIconBoxSortIcons) then the new icons get placed at the beggining of
the list of icons. This causes lots of unnecessary redraws as all the icons
get pushed down the row (or col) of icons. I would like to see icons added
to the end of the row of icons rather than the beginning. I realized that
some people might like this behaviour so I would like to ask for a
configuration option for this.
Here is a concrete example of what I am talking about. Here is the part of
my .fvwmrc file that relates to the Icon box.
*FvwmIconBoxGeometry 13x1+0-0
*FvwmIconBoxMaxIconSize 64x38
*FvwmIconBoxPadding 4
*FvwmIconBoxLines 13
*FvwmIconBoxSBWidth 8
*FvwmIconBoxPlacement Left Bottom
*FvwmIconBoxPixmap background3.xpm
*FvwmIconBoxHideSC Horizontal
*FvwmIconBoxSetWMIconSize
*FvwmIconBoxHilightFocusWin
*FvwmIconBoxMouse 1 Click RaiseLower
*FvwmIconBoxMouse 1 DoubleClick Iconify -1, Focus
*FvwmIconBoxMouse 2 Click Iconify -1, Focus
*FvwmIconBoxMouse 3 Click Module FvwmIdent
*FvwmIconBoxKey r RaiseLower
*FvwmIconBoxKey space Iconify
*FvwmIconBoxKey Return Iconify -1, Focus
#*FvwmIconBoxKey d Close
*FvwmIconBoxKey n Next
*FvwmIconBoxKey p Prev
As you can see, I have a 1 row high icon box at the bottom of the screen
with placement of Left Bottom. Currently, when a new window pops up, it
gets placed at the left side of the icon box and pushes all the other icons
to the right. This causes the entire icon box to be redrawn (potentially
for a window that may only last for a couple of seconds.) What I would like
is a behaviour more consistant with MWM's icon box. This would add new
icons to the right side of the list (given this setup, other sides given
other setups). This would minimize the redraw and flashing when windows
come and go.
Thanks,
-Greg
PS: given the above setup I am having trouble clicking on icons. When I
place my pointer on top of an Icon and do a single click nothing
happens. If I do a double click then the Click action id activated. This
happens for all three buttons. I guess I should say that I have sloppy
focus enabled.
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Greg Veres (gveres_at_cgl.uwaterloo.ca) | You got your whole life to
Computer Graphics Lab, University Of Waterloo| do something and thats not
http://www.cgl.uwaterloo.ca/~gveres | very long. - Ani Difranco
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Received on Mon Nov 06 1995 - 09:40:35 GMT