Rhialto wrote: > On Sun 25 Sep 2022 at 21:53:51 +0100, Richmond wrote: >> If I iconify a window, is there a way to move the icon to a different >> workspace? If the window is not iconified I can use the mouse to do this >> by dragging it on the workspace map, but if it is iconified it is not >> visible on the workspace map. > Yes, the icon follows the same workspace occupation rules as its window. > So you can attach a menu entry or shortcut key to the icon to bring up > the Occupation Window. I have it in a menu (I think it's derived from > some default config): > > Button3 = : icon : f.menu "iconmenu" > > menu "iconmenu" { > "Actions" f.title > "" f.separator > "Restore" f.iconify > "Move" f.move > "Occupy ..." f.occupy > "Occupy All" f.occupyall > "" f.separator > "Close Window" ("white":"red") f.delete > "Kill App" ("white":"red") f.destroy > } Thanks for your reply. I have implemented the above. I can see what I was doing wrong now, I need to use the "occupy ..." function. I was trying to use move and drag it off the edge of the workspace onto another. >> When windows are iconfied is there a way to arrange them automatically, >> and with no text? The text can be very long for example with Seamonkey. >> They are placed at random not very intelligently, i.e. sometimes half >> off the screen, sometimes on top of other icons. > I think the icon placement is determined the first time you iconify the > window, and then it's the mouse position or something like that. After > that they keep the same position. > > You can use the IconRegion to specify where icons should go, but the > application may override that (they probably rarely do). > > ShrinkIconTitles can make the icon titles at least smaller while the > mouse is away from them. Older ctwm versions used the misspelling > "SchrinkIconTitles". There are also MaxIconTitleWidth width and > NoIconTitle [{ win-list }].
This is a vast improvement! thanks. > -Olaf.