Tough (?) Blackbox Question

[slacker_x]

I have a few dockapps running in the slit in blackbox. When I click the maximize button on a window, it covers the slit, but not the toolbar. Is it possible to setup blackbox so that when I maximize a window, it doesn't cover the slit?

second question:
Is bbkeys required to do window cycling?

[kozumo]

IIRC, there's a patch that will allow your window to maximize without covering the toolbar and the slit: http://blackbox.thelinuxcommunity.org/patches.html

I'm not sure I understand your 2nd question, but bbkeys can do Windows cycling if you mean changing focus on Windows, of if you meant switching desktops, it can do that too.

Yay blackbox!

[slacker_x]

The blackbox version I am running is from a .deb, so I can't really apply a patch.

Is it possible to do this without patching?

[kozumo]

Well I apt-getted my version of Blackbox too, and what I did was, patched it then recompiled and it worked fine.

I don't think there's another way.

[Redferne]

You should just be able to right click somewhere in the slit, and select 'always on top" (or something like that).

While I haven't used bbkeys much, I think the answer is yes to the second question.

[slacker_x]

I can make it always on top, but then it gets in the way when I maximize a window. I think you may have slightly misunderstood what I was asking.

[Toi Mak]

You should be able to set the position and geometry of the apps windows in ~/.Xresources (or .Xdefaults). This would open the window at a predefined size and location so as not to cover gkrellm, for example. Maximize would toggle between this setting and fullscreen.