On Tue, 2 Dec 2003 19:19:39 +0100
Moe Wibble <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 21, 2003 at 03:46:23AM +0100, Thorben Thuermer wrote:
> > my setup is quite similar to yours, just that i have a FloatWS in the right
> > frame, and a ionws in a ("fullscreen") floatframe inside it
> > ( http://irc.wearlab.de/~r00t/ion-floats.jpg )
>
> How did you open these floating windows on top of the regular
> ion banana split? I've been trying to achieve that for quite some time but
> failed due to the total lack of documentation. :-(
>
> Or ist that screenshot just showing a maximized window containing tabs on a
> FloatWS?
like i wrote:
"just that i have a FloatWS in the right frame, and a ionws in a ("fullscreen")
floatframe inside it"
so yes, it is a "maximized" windows containing my other workspaces.
i don't think there's another way to do it.
the only thing that could improve it would be explict "fullscreen" support
in floatws.
to me the possibility of having floating windows on top of my ionws desktop
is a practical and necessary compromise between ion's and the traditional
managing models (like in the example, for a video player).
a note if you're trying to re-create the setup: you need quite some
creativity to open a window in the floatws if you don't have one already
(because if the focus is in a frame of a ionws, all new windows will open
there)
one approach i have is to shade the main window
kpress(DEFAULT_MOD.."F12", function()
lookup_workspace("ion_root"):parent():toggle_shade() end),
and then drag a window from the "dock" bar into the free space.
attached is a sample workspace file with a float containing a ionws (otherwise
it would be closed on startup with no client to put inside it)
> m
- Thorben
workspace-float.lua
Description: Binary data
