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<div class="document" id="menus">
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<h1 class="title">Menus</h1>
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<div class="contents local topic" id="contents">
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<ul class="simple">
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<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#menu-list" id="id1">Menu list</a></p></li>
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<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#root-window-menu" id="id2">Root window menu</a></p></li>
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<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#window-list-menu" id="id3">Window list menu</a></p></li>
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<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#workspaces-menu" id="id4">Workspaces menu</a></p></li>
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<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#application-icon-menu" id="id5">Application icon menu</a></p></li>
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</ul>
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</div>
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<div class="section" id="menu-list">
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<h1>Menu list</h1>
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<p>Different menus are available within Window Maker:</p>
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<ul class="simple">
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<li><p>The root window menu or applications menu</p></li>
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<li><p>The window list menu</p></li>
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<li><p>The workspace menu</p></li>
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<li><p>The application icon menu</p></li>
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</ul>
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<p>Menus provide a list of applications or commands for execution. They can be
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used to launch applications, to get information, to configure the workspace...</p>
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<p>Menus are opened by right-clicking either in the "blank" area of the workspace
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or in a window's titlebar or in docked icons. The <em>window list menu</em> is the
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only one opened with the middle mouse button. With a two-button mouse,
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pressing both buttons at once usually does the trick. A number of keyboard
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shortcuts are provided. These shortcuts are indicated by the modifier key +
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letter shown to the right of a menu item.</p>
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<p>The keyboard can be used to open and move through some of the menus. For
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instance, the root menu can be opened using F12 (default setting). The Up and
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Down arrow keys can then be used to navigate through the menu or the Left and
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Right arrow keys to jump between parent menus and submenus. Hitting the <em>Enter</em>
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key executes the selected item. The <em>Escape</em> key closes the menu or stops menu
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traversal.</p>
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<p>Menus can be forced to remain open on the workspace by left-clicking the
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titlebar. This creates a <em>close</em> button on the titlebar.</p>
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</div>
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<div class="section" id="root-window-menu">
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<h1>Root window menu</h1>
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<div class="borderless figure">
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<img alt="Root window menu (applications menu)" src="images/menu_applications.png">
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<p class="caption">Root window menu (applications menu)</p>
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</div>
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<p>The root window menu or applications menu is opened by right-clicking on an
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empty area of the workspace or by hitting the pre-defined keyboard shortcut
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(default is F12). This menu launches applications, allows for the customization
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of the workspace (backgrounds, themes...), and the management of other
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workspace characteristics using standard X utilities (xprop, xfontsel,
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xcmap...).</p>
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<p>The menu content is totally configurable, either using WPrefs.app or by editing
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the plain text menu file. Instructions on how to configure one or the other can
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be found in the WindowMaker directory of the distribution. To use WPrefs.app,
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menus must be in property list format (plmenu). A script is available to
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convert plain text menus to property list menus and it's called wm-oldmenu2new.</p>
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</div>
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<div class="section" id="window-list-menu">
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<h1>Window list menu</h1>
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<div class="borderless figure">
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<img alt="Window list menu" src="images/menu_window_list.png">
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<p class="caption">Window list menu</p>
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</div>
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<p>Middle-clicking an empty area of the workspace opens the window list menu. With
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a two-button mouse, clicking both buttons at once usually gives the same
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result. F11 is the default keyboard shortcut to open the window list menu.</p>
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<p>This menu lists all windows - whether active or inactive - in every workspace.
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The workspace containing each window is indicated at the right of the window
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name. The current focused window is marked by a diamond sign to the left of the
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window's name. Clicking any window in the list focuses and raises the
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corresponding window and moves you to the workspace where it's located.</p>
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</div>
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<div class="section" id="workspaces-menu">
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<h1>Workspaces menu</h1>
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<div class="borderless figure">
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<img alt="Workspaces menu" src="images/menu_workspaces.png">
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<p class="caption">Workspaces menu</p>
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</div>
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<p>The workspaces menu is part of the root menu (applications menu). This item
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has three options: <em>new</em>, <em>destroy last</em> and <em>last used</em>.</p>
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<p>The first option creates a new workspace and automatically switches you to it.</p>
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<p>The second option destroys the last workspace as soon as there are no windows
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opened in it.</p>
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<p>The third option switches to last visited workspace.</p>
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<p>Each workspace has a corresponding item in this menu. The active workspace is
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indicated by a diamond to the left of the workspace name or number.</p>
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<p>Clicking a workspace entry switches from the current workspace to the selected
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workspace.</p>
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<p>To change the name of a workspace, first "stick" the menu by left-clicking the
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menu titlebar. Then <em>Ctrl + click</em> the menu item to make it editable and type
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in the new name. Hitting <em>Return</em> saves the new name, hitting <em>Escape</em> cancels
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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 <em>Meta</em> key is normally the "<em>Alt</em>" key, while <em>(number)</em>
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represents a number key that corresponds to the workspace number. For instance
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1 can be the default workspace (workspace 1), 2 the second workspace and so on.
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Thus, <em>Meta + 2</em> switches to workspace 2.</p>
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<p>These key bindings can be set (or changed) from the keyboard shortcut dialog in
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WPrefs.app.</p>
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</div>
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<div class="section" id="application-icon-menu">
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<h1>Application icon menu</h1>
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<div class="borderless figure">
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<img alt="Icon application menu" src="images/menu_application_icon.png">
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<p class="caption">Icon application menu</p>
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</div>
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<p>Clicking an icon in the dock with the right mouse button brings a menu for
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modifying that icon's application. There are several options available in the
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application icon menu for docked applications. Docked, but not running
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applications will not have all options available - they will appear "greyed
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out" in the menu.</p>
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<ol class="arabic simple">
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<li>
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<p>First option is a global Dock submenu, which have three items:</p>
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<ol class="arabic simple">
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<li><p><em>Normal</em> will not change dock behaviour - it can be covered by windows,
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while clicking on any docked items will bring it up.</p></li>
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<li><p><em>Auto raise & lower</em> is similar for the first options, although you don't
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have to click on dock - it's enough to hover mouse pointer on visible
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part of dock or it's items.</p></li>
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<li><p><em>Keep on top</em> means that the dock will always be on "top" of opened
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windows.</p></li>
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</ol>
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</li>
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<li><p><em>Add a drawer</em> will add special dockapp which can be used for aggregating
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applications. See <a class="reference external" href="dock.html">Dock</a> for more details about drawers.</p></li>
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<li><p>"Launch" opens the application without double-clicking the icon.</p></li>
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<li><p>"Bring here" unhides the application in the current workspace.</p></li>
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<li><p>"Hide" hides the application or unhides it if already hidden. Unhiding opens
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the application in the workspace where it is located. (This option may not
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work if the application has it's own hiding menu option.)</p></li>
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<li><p>"Settings" allows the modification of application path and arguments, the
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command line, and the icon used.</p></li>
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<li><p>"Kill" closes the application immediately and should only be used if
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absolutely necessary.</p></li>
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</ol>
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