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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
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<html><head>
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<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
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<meta name="keywords" content="WindowMaker,windowmaker,window manager,Window Maker">
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<title>WindowMaker Guided tour - Index</title>
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<link href="title.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
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</head>
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<h1>
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<center>Menus</center>
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</h1>
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<center><a href="index.html">Back
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to Index</a></center>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="#menu">Menu list</a></li>
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<li><a href="#root">Root window menu</a></li>
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<li><a href="#list">Window list menu</a></li>
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<li><a href="#wspace">Workspaces menu</a></li>
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<li><a href="#apps">Application icon menu</a></li>
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</ul>
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<h2><a id="menu">Menu list</a></h2>
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<p>Different menus are available within Window Maker:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>The root window menu or applications menu</li>
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<li>The window list menu</li>
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<li>The workspace menu</li>
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<li>The application icon menu<br>
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</li>
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</ul>
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<p>Menus provide a list of applications or commands for execution. They
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can be used to launch applications, to get information, to configure
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the workspace...<br>
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</p>
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<p>Menus are opened by right-clicking either in the "blank" area of the
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workspace or in a window's titlebar or in docked icons. The <em>window
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list menu</em> is the only one opened with the middle mouse button.
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With a two-button mouse, pressing both buttons at once usually does the
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trick. A number of keyboard shortcuts are provided. These shortcuts are
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indicated by the modifier key + letter shown to the right of a menu
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item.</p>
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<p>The keyboard can be used to open and move through some of the menus.
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For instance, the root menu can be opened using F12 (default setting).
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The Up and Down arrow keys can then be used to navigate through the
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menu or the Left and Right arrow keys to jump between parent menus and
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submenus. Hitting the <em>Enter</em> key executes the selected item.
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the <em>Escape</em> key closes the menu or stops menu traversal.</p>
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<p>Menus can be forced to remain open on the workspace by left-clicking
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the titlebar. This creates a <em>close</em> button on the titlebar.</p>
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<h2><a id="root">Root window menu</a></h2>
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<center><img style="width: 107px; height: 261px;" alt="Root window menu (applications menu)" src="images/apm.png"></center>
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<br>
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The root window menu or applications menu is opened by right-clicking
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on an empty area of the workspace or by hitting the pre-defined
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keyboard shortcut (default is F12). This menu launches applications,
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allows for the customization of the workspace (backgrounds, themes...),
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and the management of other workspace characteristics using standard X
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utilities (xprop, xfontsel, xcmap...).
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<p>The menu content is totally configurable, either using WPrefs.app or
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by editing the plain text menu file. Instructions on how to configure
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one or the other can be found in the WindowMaker directory of the
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distribution. To use WPrefs.app, menus must be in property list format
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(plmenu). A script is available to convert plain text menus to property
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list menus and it's called wm-oldmenu2new. </p>
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<h2><a id="list">Window list menu</a></h2>
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<center><img style="width: 265px; height: 141px;" alt="Window list menu" src="images/wlm.png"></center>
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<br>
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Middle-clicking an empty area of the workspace opens the window list
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menu. With a two-button mouse, clicking both buttons at once usually
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gives the same result. F11 is the default keyboard shorcut to open the
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window list menu.
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<p>This menu lists all windows - whether active or inactive - in every
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workspace. The workspace containing each window is indicated at the
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right of the window name. The current focused window is marked by a
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diamond sign to the left of the window's name. Clicking any window in
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the list focuses and raises the corresponding window and moves you to
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the workspace where it's located.</p>
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<h2><a id="wspace">Workspaces menu</a></h2>
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<center><img style="width: 101px; height: 121px;" alt="Workspaces menu" src="images/wksm.png"></center>
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<br>
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<br>
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The workspaces menu is part of the root menu (applications menu).
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This item has two options: <em>new</em> and <em>destroy last</em>.
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<p>The first option creates a new workspace and automatically switches
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you to it. </p>
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<p>The second option destroys the last workspace as soon as there are
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no windows opened in it.</p>
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<p>Each workspace has a corresponding item in this menu. The active
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workspace is indicated by a diamond to the left of the workspace name
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or number.</p>
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<p>Clicking a workspace entry switches from the current workspace to
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the selected workspace.</p>
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<p>To change the name of a workspace, first "stick" the menu by
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left-clicking the menu titlebar. Then <em>Ctrl + click</em> the menu
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item to make it editable and type in the new name. Hitting <em>Return</em>
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saves the new name, hitting <em>Escape</em> cancels the operation.</p>
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<p>Key bindings allow movement from one workspace to another. Usually <em>Meta
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+ (number)</em>. The <span style="font-style: italic;">Meta</span> key
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is normally the "<span style="font-style: italic;">Alt</span>" key,
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while <em>(number)</em> represents a number
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key that corresponds to the workspace number. For instance 1 can be
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the default workspace (workspace 1), 2 the second workspace and so on.
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Thus,
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<span style="font-style: italic;">Meta + 2</span> switches to workspace
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2.</p>
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<p>These key bindings can be set (or changed) from the keyboard
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shortcut dialog in
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WPrefs.app. </p>
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<h2><a id="apps">Application icon menu</a></h2>
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<center><img style="width: 98px; height: 119px;" alt="Icon application menu" src="images/dockm.png"></center>
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<br>
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<br>
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Clicking an icon in the dock with the right mouse button brings a
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menu for modifying that icon's application. There are six options
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available in the application icon menu for docked applications. (Some
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applications will not have all six options available. If an
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option is not available, it will appear "greyed out" in the menu.) <br>
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<ol>
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<li>
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<p>Clicking "Keep on top" places a check-mark beside that option,
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which means that the icon will always be on "top" of
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opened windows. If "Keep on top" is unchecked, windows will be allowed
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to cover the icons in the dock. Selecting "Keep on top" for one icon
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automatically affects all of the items in the dock. You cannot keep
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just one docked icon on top of windows - it's all or nothing, one way
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or the other.<br>
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</p>
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</li>
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<li>
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<p>"Launch" opens the application without double-clicking the icon.</p>
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</li>
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<li>
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<p>"Bring here" unhides the application in the current workspace.</p>
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</li>
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<li>
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<p>"Hide" hides the application or unhides it if already hidden.
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Unhiding opens the application in the workspace where it is located.
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(This option may not work if the application has it's own hiding menu
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option.)</p>
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</li>
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<li>
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<p>"Settings" allows the modification of application path and
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arguments, the command line, and the icon used.</p>
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</li>
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<li>
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<p>"Kill" closes the application immediately and should only be
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used if absolutely necessary.</p>
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</li>
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</ol>
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<center><a href="index.html">Back
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to Index</a></center>
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</body></html>
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