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title: Guided Tour - Clip
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CLIP
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====
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By default, The clip is represented by the icon on the top left of the screen
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containing a paperclip image.
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.. figure:: images/clip.png
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:alt: Clip icon
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:figclass: borderless
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The clip's primary function is to serve as a workspace-specific dock. In other
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words, applications may be attached to the clip just as they are to the dock,
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but the clip and its associated applications are specific to each individual
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workspace - not available on all workspaces as they are on the dock.
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The clip's secondary function is to act as a "pager" - a utility for changing
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from one workspace to another (paging). The arrows at the top right and bottom
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left corners of the clip icon allow you to switch from one workspace to the
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next workspace (top right) or previous workspace (bottom left).
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The current workspace name (if any) and number are displayed on the
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clip.
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The clip also has a number of menu-driven features.
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Clip Menu
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Right-clicking the clip displays a menu.
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.. figure:: images/menu_clip.png
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:alt: Clip menu
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:figclass: borderless
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Clip menu
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Clip Options
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The first menu item allows you to select clip options. The following options
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are available:
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- *Keep on top* - do not allow windows to cover the clip.
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- *Collapsed* - icons attached to the clip are hidden until you left-click the
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clip, which unhides them.
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- *Autocollapse* - same as the previous option, except that mouseing over the
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clip unhides application icons.
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- *Autoraise* - clicking an icon representing a window hidden under a larger
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window brings that window to the front.
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- *Autoattract icons* - selecting this option attracts the icon of any
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application launched on the current workspace. Closing the application
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removes the icon from the clip.
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Rename Workspace
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This item gives you to ability to name (or rename) the current workspace.
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Some users tend to group certain applications by workspace and like to name the
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workspace to indicate the nature of the applications on the clip. For example,
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a user might have a browser, an IRC client, and a file transfer application
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clipped on a workspace, and might name that workspace "internet" to indicate
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the workspace's primary function. The user might have a seperate workspace with
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a vector graphics application, an image manipulation application, and an image
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viewer on the clip, and might name that workspace "graphics."
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Other Options
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Right-clicking a clipped application's icon gives options specific to that
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application.
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- You may make the application's icon *omnipresent* (clipped on all
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workspaces).
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- You may *select* one or all clipped icons.
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- You may *move* one or all icons to a different workspace.
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- You may *remove* the icon.
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- You may instruct Window Maker to have all icons *attracted* to the clip as
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soon as each application is launched, rather than placing them initially in
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the defined location on the display.
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The remaining clip menu items are similar to those of the `Dock application
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icon menu <dock.html#conf>`_. As with the dock, clipped applications may be
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launched, hidden, or killed and their settings (icon used, application launch
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path/arguments, middle-click launch) may be modified.
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From version 0.80.0 on, the clip can "steal" appicons. This feature has nothing
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to do with autoattracting icons. When you start an application from somewhere
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other than either the clip or the dock (i.e., from the menu or a terminal), and
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the application is already either docked or clipped, a new application icon
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does not appear at the bottom of your screen. The icon that is already docked
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or clipped "steals" the icon function. As a result, the icon for the
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newly-launched application is the icon already on the clip or the dock.
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