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<!ENTITY kompmgr "kompmgr">
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<!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE">
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<!ENTITY % English "INCLUDE">
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]>
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<article lang="&language;">
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<title>Window Behavior</title>
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<articleinfo>
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<authorgroup>
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<author>&Mike.McBride;</author>
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<author>&Jost.Schenck;</author>
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<author>&tde-authors;</author>
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<!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS -->
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</authorgroup>
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<releaseinfo>&tde-release-version;</releaseinfo>
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<date>Reviewed: &tde-release-date;</date>
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<copyright>
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<year>2010</year>
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<holder>Mike McBride</holder>
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<holder>Jost Schenck</holder>
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</copyright>
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<copyright>
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<year>&tde-copyright-date;</year>
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<holder>&tde-team;</holder>
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</copyright>
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<keywordset>
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<keyword>TDE</keyword>
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<keyword>KControl</keyword>
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<keyword>system settings</keyword>
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<keyword>window behavior</keyword>
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<keyword>focus</keyword>
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<keyword>actions</keyword>
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<keyword>moving</keyword>
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</keywordset>
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</articleinfo>
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<sect1 id="window-behavior">
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<title>Window Behavior</title>
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<para> In the upper part of this control module you can see several
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tabs: <guilabel>Focus</guilabel>, <guilabel>Titlebar Actions</guilabel>,
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<guilabel>Window Actions</guilabel>, <guilabel>Moving</guilabel>,
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<guilabel>Advanced</guilabel>, and <guilabel>Translucency</guilabel>.
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In the <guilabel>Focus</guilabel> panel you can configure how windows gain or
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lose focus, &ie; become active or inactive.
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Using <guilabel>Titlebar Actions</guilabel> and <guilabel>Window Actions</guilabel>
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you can configure how titlebars and windows react to
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mouse clicks.
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<guilabel>Moving</guilabel> allows you to configure how
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windows move and place themselves when started.
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The <guilabel>Advanced</guilabel> options cover some specialized options
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involving moving windows between desktops and <quote>window
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shading</quote>.
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The <guilabel>Translucency</guilabel> options support
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window manager desktop effects through the kompmgr compositing manager.
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</para>
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<note>
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<para>
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Please note the configuration options in this module will not take effect
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when you do not use &tde;'s native window manager, &twin;. When you use a
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different window manager, please refer to the respective documentation for
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customizing window behavior.
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</para>
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</note>
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<sect2 id="focus">
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<title>Focus</title>
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<para>
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The <quote>focus</quote> of the desktop refers to the window which the
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user is currently working on. The window with focus is often referred to
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as the <quote>active window</quote>.
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</para>
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<para>Focus does not necessarily mean the window is the one at the
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front — this is referred to as <quote>raised</quote>, and
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although this is configured here as well, focus and raising of windows
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are configured independently.</para>
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<sect3 id="focus-focus-policy">
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<title>Focus Policy</title>
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<para>
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There are four methods &tde; can use to determine the current focus:
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</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Click to Focus</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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A window becomes active when you click into it.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Focus Follows Mouse</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Moving the mouse pointer actively over a normal window activates it. New
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windows such as the mini command line invoked with
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<keycombo action="simul">&Alt;<keycap>F2</keycap></keycombo> will receive the focus,
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without you having to point the mouse at them explicitly.
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</para>
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<para>
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In other window managers, this is sometimes known as <quote>Sloppy focus
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follows mouse.</quote>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Focus Under Mouse</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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The window that happens to be under the mouse pointer becomes active. When
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the mouse is not over a window (for instance, it's on the desktop) the last
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window that was under the mouse has focus. New windows such as the mini
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command line invoked with <keycombo action="simul">&Alt;<keycap>F2</keycap></keycombo> will
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not receive the focus, you must move the mouse over them to type.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Focus Strictly Under Mouse</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Similar to <guilabel>Focus Under Mouse</guilabel>, but even more
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strict with its interpretation. Only the window under the mouse pointer is
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active. When the mouse pointer is not over a window, no window has focus.
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New windows such as the mini command line invoked with
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<keycombo action="simul">&Alt;<keycap>F2</keycap></keycombo> will not receive the focus,
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you must move the mouse over them to type.
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</para>
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<note><para>Note that <guilabel>Focus Under Mouse</guilabel> and
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<guilabel>Focus Strictly Under Mouse</guilabel> prevent certain
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features from working properly, such as the
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<keycombo action="simul">&Alt;	</keycombo> windows switching dialog.</para>
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</note>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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<para>
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After deciding the focus policy, there are window raising options.
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</para>
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<para>
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When enabling <guilabel>Auto raise</guilabel>, &tde; can
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bring a window to the front when the mouse is over that window for a
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specified period. When <guilabel>Delay focus</guilabel> is enabled,
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there will be a delay after which the window the mouse pointer is over will become
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active (receive focus).
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This is very useful with the <guilabel>Focus Follows Mouse</guilabel> option.
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You can determine the delay for both options by using the spin box controls.
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</para>
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<tip>
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<para>
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Setting the delay too short will cause a rapid fire changing of
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windows, which can be quite distracting. Most people will like a delay
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of 100-300 milliseconds. This is responsive, but it will let you slide over the
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corners of a window on your way to your destination without bringing
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that window to the front.
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</para>
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</tip>
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<para>
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When you do not use <guilabel>Auto raise</guilabel>, ensure the
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<guilabel>Click raises active window</guilabel> option is enabled. You
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will not be happy with both <guilabel>Auto raise</guilabel> and
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<guilabel>Click raises active window</guilabel> disabled, the net effect is that
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windows are not raised at all.
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</para>
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</sect3>
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<sect3 id="focus-focus-stealing">
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<title>Focus stealing prevention level</title>
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<para>This option specifies how much TWin will try to prevent unwanted focus
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stealing caused by unexpected activation of new windows.</para>
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<note><para>This feature does not work with the <guilabel>Focus Under Mouse</guilabel>
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or <guilabel>Focus Strictly Under Mouse</guilabel> focus policies.</para></note>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>None</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para>Prevention is turned off and new windows always become activated.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Low</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para>Prevention is enabled; when some window does not have support
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for the underlying mechanism and TWin cannot reliably decide whether to activate
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the window or not, it will be activated. This setting may have both worse and better
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results than the medium level, depending on the applications.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Medium</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para>Prevention is enabled.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>High</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para>New windows get activated only
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when no window is currently active or when they belong to the currently active
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application. This setting is probably not really usable when not using mouse
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focus policy.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Extreme</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para>All windows must be explicitly activated by the user.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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<para>Windows that are prevented from stealing focus are marked as demanding
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attention, which by default means their taskbar entry will be highlighted.
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This can be changed in the Notifications control module.</para>
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</sect3>
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<sect3 id="focus-navigation">
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<title><guilabel>Navigation</guilabel></title>
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<para>
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In the <guilabel>Navigation</guilabel> frame you can configure the way
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switching between applications or desktops using <keycombo
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action="simul"> &Alt;	</keycombo> or <keycombo
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action="simul"> &Ctrl;	</keycombo>.
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</para>
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<para>
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<guilabel>Show window list while switching windows</guilabel>. This option determines
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the method used when switching applications using <keycombo action="simul">&Alt;
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	</keycombo>. Pressing and holding &Alt; while
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repeatedly pressing and releasing the 	 key, can take place in
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&tde; mode or in &CDE; mode. In &tde; mode you will see
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a window box in the middle of the screen showing the currently selected
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application while still holding the &Alt; key. In
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&CDE; mode there is no window box and the focus immediately goes to each
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new application when selected by pressing the 	 key.
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</para>
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<para>
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<guilabel>Traverse windows on all desktops</guilabel>. With this option enabled, switching
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windows with <keycombo action="simul">
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&Alt;	</keycombo> will show all applications on all
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desktops and take you to the appropriate desktop for the application you
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select. When disabled, only windows on your current desktop are
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selectable with <keycombo action="simul">
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&Alt;	</keycombo> and you must use <keycombo
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action="simul">&Ctrl;	</keycombo> or other methods to switch to other
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desktops.
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</para>
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<para>
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<guilabel>Desktop navigation wraps around</guilabel>. With this option, you cycling
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through to the <quote>last</quote> desktop, pressing 	 again will
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select the first desktop.</para>
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<para>
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<guilabel>Popup desktop name on desktop switch</guilabel>. Many people name their virtual
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desktops according to their purpose or some other naming scheme. You might find this method
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convenient to select the desired desktop to tell that you have switched to the right one.</para>
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</sect3>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="titlebar-actions">
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<title>Titlebar Actions</title>
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<para>
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In this panel you can configure what happens to windows when a mouse button is
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clicked on their titlebars.
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</para>
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<sect3 id="titlebar-actions-sec1">
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<title><guilabel>Titlebar double-click</guilabel></title>
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<para>
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In this drop down box you can select either
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<guilabel>Shade</guilabel>, several variations of
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<guilabel>Maximize</guilabel> or <guilabel>Lower</guilabel>.
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</para>
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<para>
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Selecting <guilabel>Maximize</guilabel> causes &tde; to maximize the
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window whenever you double click on the titlebar. You can further
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choose to maximize windows only horizontally or only
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vertically.</para>
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<para><guilabel>Shade</guilabel>, on the other hand, causes the window to be
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reduced to simply the titlebar. Double clicking on the titlebar again,
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restores the window to its normal size.
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</para>
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</sect3>
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<sect3 id="titlebar-actions-sec2">
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<title><guilabel>Titlebar wheel event</guilabel></title>
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<para>This feature functions much the same as <guilabel>Titlebar double-click</guilabel>
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except the mouse scroll wheel causes the events.</para>
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<tip>
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<para>
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You can have windows automatically unshade when you simply place the
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mouse over their shaded titlebar. Just check the <guilabel>Enable
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hover</guilabel> check box in the <guilabel>Advanced</guilabel> tab of
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this module. This is a great way to reclaim desktop space when you are
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cutting and pasting between a lot of windows, for example.
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</para>
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</tip>
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</sect3>
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<sect3 id="titlebar-actions-sec3">
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<title><guilabel>Titlebar & Frame</guilabel></title>
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<para>
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This section allows you to determine what happens when you single click
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on the titlebar or frame of a window. Notice that you can have
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different actions associated with the same click depending on whether
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the window is active or not.
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</para>
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<para> For each combination of mouse buttons, modifiers, Active and
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Inactive, you can select the most appropriate choice. The actions are
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as follows: </para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Activate</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Make this window active.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Lower</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Will move this window to the bottom of the display. This will get the
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window out of the way.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Nothing</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Just like it says. Nothing happens.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Operations Menu</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Will bring up a small submenu, where you can choose window related
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commands (&ie; Maximize, Minimize, Close, &etc;).
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Raise</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Will bring the window to the top of the display. All other windows
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which overlap with this one, will be hidden <quote>below</quote> it.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>Toggle Raise & Lower</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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This will raise windows which are not on top, and lower windows which
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are already on top.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</sect3>
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<sect3 id="titlebar-actions-maximize-button">
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<title><guilabel>Maximize Button</guilabel></title>
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<para>
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This section allows you to determine the behavior of the three mouse buttons
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onto the maximize button. You have the choice between vertical only, horizontal
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only or both directions.
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</para>
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</sect3>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="window-actions">
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<title>Window Actions</title>
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<sect3 id="window-actions-sec1">
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<title><guilabel>Inactive Inner Window</guilabel></title>
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<para>
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This part of the module, allows you to configure what happens when you
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click on an inactive window, with any of the three mouse buttons.
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</para>
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<para>
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Your choices are as follows:
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</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Activate, Raise & Pass Click</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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This makes the clicked window active, raises it to the top of the
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display, and passes a mouse click to the application within the window.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Activate & Pass Click</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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This makes the clicked window active and passes a mouse click to the
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application within the window.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Activate</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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This simply makes the clicked window active. The mouse click is not
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passed on to the application within the window.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Activate & Raise</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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This makes the clicked window active and raises the window to the top of
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the display. The mouse click is not passed on to the application within
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the window.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</sect3>
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<sect3 id="window-actions-sec2">
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<title><guilabel>Inner Window, Titlebar & Frame</guilabel></title>
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<para>
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This bottom section, allows you to configure additional actions, when
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a modifier key (by default &Alt;) is pressed, and a mouse click is
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made on a window.</para>
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<para>
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Once again, you can select different actions for
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<mousebutton>Left</mousebutton>, <mousebutton>Middle</mousebutton> and
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<mousebutton>Right</mousebutton> button clicks and the <guilabel>Mouse
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wheel</guilabel>.
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</para>
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<para>Your choices are:</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Lower</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Will move this window to the bottom of the display. This will get the
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window out of the way.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Move</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Allows you to drag the selected window around the desktop.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Nothing</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Just like it says. Nothing happens.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Raise</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Will bring the window to the top of the display. All other windows
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which overlap with this one, will be hidden <quote>below</quote> it.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Resize</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Allows you to change the size of the selected window.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Toggle Raise & Lower</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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This will raise windows which are not on top, and lower windows which
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are already on top.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</sect3>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="moving">
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<title>Moving</title>
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<sect3>
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<title><guilabel>Windows</guilabel></title>
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<para>The options here determine how windows appear on screen when you
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are moving them. Most of these options mean a price in performance,
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so when you want to streamline your desktop, you should turn them off.
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However, when you have a fast computer, they may make your day a little
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more pleasant, so leave them on.</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Display content in moving windows</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Enable this option when you want a window's content to be fully
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shown while moving it, instead of just showing a window
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<quote>skeleton</quote>. The result may not be satisfying on slow
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computers without graphic acceleration.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Display content in resizing windows</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Enable this option when you want a window's content to be shown
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|
while resizing it, instead of just showing a window
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|
<quote>skeleton</quote>. The result, again, may not be satisfying on
|
|
slower computers.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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|
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Display window geometry when moving or
|
|
resizing</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Enable this option when you want a popup tooltip to tell you the
|
|
size in pixels of a window as you resize it.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><guilabel>Animate minimize and restore</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>When enabled, this feature provides animation when
|
|
windows are minimized or restored. The effect is the window "shrinks"
|
|
while minimizing to the panel and "grows" when restoring.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
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<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><guilabel>Allow moving and resizing of maximizing windows</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>When enabled, this feature activates the titlebar and border of maximized windows
|
|
to allow moving or resizing maximized windows.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><guilabel>Restore size of maximized/tiled windows when moving</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>When enabled, this feature restores the original size of a maximized or <link linkend="active-borders">tiled</link> window when the window is dragged.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><guilabel>Placement</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>This feature determines where new windows are placed on the desktop.</para>
|
|
|
|
<itemizedlist>
|
|
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para><guilabel>Smart</guilabel> will try to achieve a minimum overlap of all windows.
|
|
Generally, placement begins at the upper left and continues to the right, then begins again
|
|
at the left but lower, something like the rasterization of CRT tubes in TVs.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para><guilabel>Maximizing</guilabel> will try to maximize every window to fill the whole screen. It might be
|
|
useful to selectively affect placement of some windows using the window-specific settings.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para><guilabel>Cascade</guilabel> will cascade the windows.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para><guilabel>Random</guilabel> will use a random position.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para><guilabel>Centered</guilabel> will place the window centered.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para><guilabel>Zero-Cornered</guilabel> will place the window in the top-left corner
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
|
|
</itemizedlist>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
</sect3>
|
|
|
|
<sect3>
|
|
<title><guilabel>Snap Zones</guilabel></title>
|
|
|
|
<para>The rest of this page allows you to configure the <guilabel>Snap
|
|
Zones</guilabel>. These are like a magnetic field along the side of
|
|
the desktop and each window, which will make windows snap alongside
|
|
when moved near.</para>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><guilabel>Border snap zone:</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
|
|
<para>Here you can set the snap zone for screen borders. Moving a
|
|
window within the configured distance will make it snap to the edge of
|
|
the desktop.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><guilabel>Window snap zone:</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
|
|
<para>Here you can set the snap zone for windows. As with screen
|
|
borders, moving a window near to another will make it snap to the edge
|
|
as when the windows were magnetized.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><guilabel>Snap windows only when overlapping</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
|
|
<para>When checked, windows will not snap together when they are only near
|
|
each other, they must be overlapping, by the configured amount or
|
|
less.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
</sect3>
|
|
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
|
|
<sect2 id="advanced">
|
|
<title>Advanced</title>
|
|
|
|
<para>
|
|
In the <guilabel>Advanced</guilabel> panel you can do more advanced fine
|
|
tuning to the window behavior.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
<title>Shading</title>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><guilabel>Animate</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>When this option is enabled, shading, or rolling up a window until just
|
|
the title bar is shown, will be animated.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><guilabel>Enable hover</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
When this option is enabled, a shaded window will un-shade automatically
|
|
when the mouse pointer has been over the titlebar for the configured delay.
|
|
Use the slider widget to configure the delay.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist id="active-borders">
|
|
<title>Active Borders</title>
|
|
|
|
<para>Active Borders is a feature which allows you to quickly perform window management actions by moving your mouse into a desktop border.</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>The corresponding section allows you to configure the function that will be performed when pushing your mouse cursor against a border or moving a window into it:</para>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><guilabel>Disabled</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>This option disables the Active Borders feature.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><guilabel>Switch desktop</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Moving your mouse pointer against the side of the screen will switch to another desktop.</para>
|
|
<para>By default the switch occurs both when moving your mouse pointer into a border and dragging a window into it. The <guilabel>Switch desktop only when moving a window</guilabel> checkbox disables the former behaviour and only switches to another desktop when a window is being dragged into a desktop border.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><guilabel>Tile window</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Dragging a window into a desktop border will tile that window at that side of the screen. This feature is also known as <quote>Aerosnap</quote> or <quote>Quick Tile</quote>.</para>
|
|
<para><guilabel>Maximize windows by dragging them to the top of the screen</guilabel> changes the behaviour of the top border of the desktop. If this option is enabled, dragging a window into the top border will not result in tiling, but the window will become maximized instead.</para>
|
|
<para>By default dragging a tiled window does not reset its original size. This behaviour is controlled by an option in the <link linkend="moving">Moving</link> tab of this control module.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
<para>
|
|
<guilabel>Border activation delay</guilabel>.
|
|
This option controls the delay before the designated active border function is performed. A higher value can prevent accidental activations of this feature.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<sect3>
|
|
<title>Other</title>
|
|
|
|
<para>
|
|
<guilabel>Hide utility windows for inactive applications</guilabel>. When
|
|
enabled, utility windows (tool windows, torn-off menus) of
|
|
inactive applications will be hidden and will be shown only when the
|
|
application becomes active. Note that applications have to mark the windows
|
|
with the proper window type for this feature to work.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</sect3>
|
|
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
|
|
<sect2 id="translucency">
|
|
<title>Translucency</title>
|
|
|
|
<para>The options available in this module are explained in the
|
|
<ulink url="help:/kompmgr/index.html">&kompmgr; Handbook</ulink>.</para>
|
|
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
|
|
</sect1>
|
|
|
|
</article>
|